Pimlico.
Baltimore City Code, Article 14, § 11-24
in effect§ 11-24. Pimlico.
(a) District established.
The area located within the boundaries set forth in this section is hereby declared to be a Retail Business District and may be referred to as “Pimlico Business District”:
Beginning for the same at the point formed by the intersecting center lines of Park Heights Avenue and W. Garrison Avenue; thence running Southwesterly along said center line 161 feet + to a point formed by extending the center line of the first 10 foot alley; thence running Northwesterly 150 feet + intersecting the center line of the adjoining 15 foot alley; thence running Southwesterly 169 feet + intersecting the center line of the adjoining 15 foot alley; thence running Northwesterly 300 feet + to the center line of Spaulding Avenue; thence running Northeasterly along said center line 28 feet + to a point 257 feet + Southwesterly from the center line of Park Heights Avenue, also known as the extended Southwestern lot line of lots 21, 8/9, 22, 11, 12, 13 and 14, Ward 27, Section 21, block 4582; thence running Northwesterly along said lot line 369 feet + to the center line of W. Belvedere Avenue; thence running Southwesterly along said center line 100 feet + to a point 79 feet + Northeasterly from the intersecting center line of Denmore Avenue, also known as the point formed by extending the lot line between lots 1 and 2, Ward 27, Section 21, block 4552; thence running Northwesterly along said lot line 275 feet + adjoining the Northeasterly right-of-way line of the 10 foot alley extending said line to the center line of Paton Avenue at a point 145 feet + Southwesterly from the center line of Park Heights Avenue; thence running Southwesterly 5 feet + along said center line 235 feet + Northeasterly from the intersecting center lines of Denmore Avenue and Paton Avenue, also known as the extended lot line between lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 29, Ward 27, Section 21, block 4553; thence running Northwesterly 115 feet + along said lot line to a point 149 + feet Southwesterly from the center line of Park Heights Avenue approximately 200 feet + Northeasterly from the intersecting center lines of Denmore Avenue and Paton Avenue, also known as the lot line between lots 6 and 7, Ward 27, Section 21, block 4553; thence running Southwesterly along said lot line 70 feet + to the center line of the adjoining 15 foot alley; thence running Northwesterly 593 feet + crossing Hayward Avenue to intersect the center line of the next adjoining 15 foot alley, as extended, at a point 140 feet + Northeasterly from the center line of Denmore Avenue; thence running Westerly and Northwesterly along said center line 800 feet + to intersect the southwestern lot line of Lot 16, Ward 27, Section 21, block 527; thence running Northwesterly 35 feet + to intersect the northwestern lot line of said lot, also known as the lot line dividing lots 16, 16a and 17, Ward 27, Section 21, block 527; thence running Southwesterly 30 feet + to intersect the center line of the adjoining 15 foot alley; thence running Southwesterly 145 feet + to the center line of Denmore Avenue; thence running Northwesterly 390 feet + to intersect the center line of West Rogers Avenue; thence running Southwesterly 140 feet + to intersect the center line of the next 20 foot alley, as extended, at a point 175 feet + Northeasterly from the center line of Magnolia Avenue; thence running Northwesterly 415 feet + to intersect the center line of West Northern Parkway; thence running Northeasterly 486 feet + to intersect the lot line dividing lots 5/8 and 9, Ward 27, Section 22, block 444-a, as extended; thence running Southeasterly along said lot line 179 feet + to intersect the center line of the 16 foot alley; thence running Northeasterly 210 feet + to intersect the center line of Clover Road; thence running Southeasterly 209 feet + to intersect the center line of the next 15 foot alley, as extended, thence running Southeasterly 762 feet + to intersect the center line of Clover Road at a point 120 feet + Northeasterly from the center line of Park Heights Avenue; thence running Northeasterly 60 feet + to intersect the northern lot line, as extended, of lot 16, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4536, also known as the lot line dividing said lot and lots 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4536; thence running Easterly 249 feet + to intersect the center line of Hamlin Avenue; thence running Southeasterly 140 feet + to intersect the center line of Court Street; thence running Southwesterly 120 feet + to intersect the center line of the 10 foot unimproved alley; thence running Southeasterly 90 feet + to intersect the center line of the closed 6 foot alley; thence running Northwesterly 115 feet + to intersect the center line of Hamlin Avenue; thence running Southeasterly 350 feet + intersect the center line of Hayward Avenue; thence running Southwesterly 100 feet + to intersect the intersecting the center line of Park Heights Avenue; thence running Southeasterly along the center line of Park Heights Avenue 195 feet + to a point formed by extending the Western lot line of lot 22, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4554, also known as the lot line dividing lots 23/26 and lot 22; thence running Northerly along said lot line 135 feet + to a point 115 feet + Southeasterly from the center line of Hayward Avenue, also known as the northern lot line of lot 22, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4554; thence running Southeasterly along said lot line 29 feet + to the eastern lot line of said lot, also known as the lot line dividing lots 22 and 19/21, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4554; thence running Southerly along said lot line 135 feet + to the center line of Park Heights Avenue; thence running Southeasterly to the center line of W. Belvedere Avenue; thence running Northeasterly 304 feet + to a point 430 feet + Northwesterly from the center line of Spaulding Avenue, also known as the extended lot line between lots 7, 8 and 9, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4584; thence running Southeasterly 130 feet +; thence running Southeasterly 50 feet + to the western right-of-way line of the Municipal parking lot at a point 250 feet + Northwesterly from the intersecting center lines of Spaulding and Palmer Avenues; thence running Northeasterly along said right-of-way line 20 feet + to the Northern right-of-way line of said parking lot; thence running Southeasterly 240 feet + to the center line of Spaulding Avenue; thence running Southwesterly 140 feet + to a point where extending the center line of the 10 foot alley intersects the center lines of Spaulding and Palmer Avenues; thence running Southeasterly along said extended 10 foot alley center line 45 feet +; thence running easterly along said center line 85 feet + to the eastern right-of-way line of said 10 foot alley, also known as the lot line dividing lots 19D and 20, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4585; thence running Southerly 5 feet + to a point approximately 280 feet Northerly from the point of beginning, also known as the Southwesterly lot line of Lots 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4585; thence running Southeasterly along said line 40 feet + to a point 268 feet Northerly from the point of beginning, also known as the lot line dividing Lots 24 and 25, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4585; thence running Northeasterly along said line 48 feet + to the center line of Palmer Avenue; thence running Southeasterly 50 feet + to a point 383 feet + Northeasterly from the point of beginning also known as the extended lot line dividing Lots 25 and Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4585; thence running Southwesterly along said lot line 200 feet + to a point 185 feet + northerly from the point of beginning, also known as the lot line dividing lots 8, 9/10, Ward 27, Section 19, block 4585; thence running Southeasterly 127 feet + to the center line of Garrison Avenue; thence running Southwesterly 186 feet + to the center line of Park Heights Avenue; thence running Northwesterly along said center line to the point of beginning.
(b) Calculation of fee.
(1) The fee for the Pimlico Business District license shall be based on the total number of square feet of 1st-floor space occupied for retail, service, rental, or professional services rendered by that establishment, whether the premises are owned, leased, or otherwise held by such business establishment.
(2) Parking lots and warehouses are exempt from the payment of any fee. However, storage space incidental to a business establishment’s primary business is not exempt hereunder for the purposes of calculation and payment of this license fee.
(3) The Pirnlico Business District license fee shall be calculated as follows:
(i) the first 1,200 square feet is to be rated at $0.15 per square foot, with minimum fee of $100;
(ii) the next 1,800 square feet is to be rated $0.11 per square foot;
(iii) the next 3,000 square feet is to be rated at 0.05 per square foot; and
(iv) all remaining square feet are to be rated at $0.01 per square foot.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of § 11-7(b) of this subtitle, it is further understood that the license fee due from business establishments shall be calculated by the Merchants’ Association and certified to the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development on a yearly basis.
(c) Voting.
(1) Voting on the annual budget shall be by a majority of the licensees, represented by 1 vote per $100 of assessment rounded to the nearest hundred, at a meeting called for such purposes by the Pimlico Merchants’ Association, and no vote shall carry except by a majority of the votes cast.
(2) All other voting shall be by 1 vote per licensed business establishment.
(Ord. 85-546.)
Source: City of Baltimore Department of Legislative Reference, City of Baltimore Law Library (codes.baltimorecity.gov; Open Law Library bulk XML)URL: https://codes.baltimorecity.gov/us/md/cities/baltimore/code/14/11-24Fetched: 10/25/2026