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Baltimore City is one of five locationsx approved last November for slotmachine parlors. Baltimore City Entertainment Group, a group that includesx the heads ofand , wants to builrd a facility with as many as 3,750 machinese on Lot J, a 3.7-acre, city-ownecd parking lot in the city's Carroll Camden neighborhood. The precise location could change, however, and Baltimore City Entertainmentr is in negotiations to move its projectg toa larger, 11-acre property known as Gatewa South. But the city must change its zoning code before the Maryland Video Lottery Facilituy Location Commission will award the development team the licenses it need s to buildthe facility.
Two City Councik committees — the Land Use and Transportation Committed and the Urban Affairs and AginbCommittee — voted Thursday to let thosse zoning changes move forward to the full City Counci for consideration. City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blaked said the committees' action was in stark contrasty to deliberations in AnneArundel County, wheree County Council has delayed changing the county's zoning laws to allowa a slots parlor to be built at the Arundel Milles shopping mall.
Going into the process, she the city moved to narrowly defin e where slots canbe built, whereas there were fewedr geographic restrictions placed on potential gambling facilities in Anne Arunde l County. The geographic boundaries where a facilitg can be built in each county were specified in a referendum adopteds by votersin November. "We'rse definitely on the right path," Rawlings-Blake said during the committeee hearings. "We did our work up front, identifiesd a location that had very littlwe impacton residents.
" Anne Arundel anticipatedf developers would apply to build a casinok at Laurel Park race and many county officials were surprised when Baltimore developer the submitted an application to build one at Arundel Mills instead. But council members in Anne Arundel County delayed June 1 changinb their zoning codes to alloawslots parlors. Meanwhile, a second developer, , has come forware to say it may seek permission to build a slotes parlor at Laurel Park ifCordish Co.'ds proposal falls through. The Baltimore committees voteds on two bills pertainingto slots. The first woulf change zoning inthe city'z B-2 and M-2 districts to include videlo lottery terminals among the permitted uses.
The second would change the zoning of the property at 301Stockholn St. President M.J. "Jay" Brodie said the city doesn'tg plan to relocate the animal shelter to another But Brodie said the city wants to changesthat property's zoning to give the slots developers the abilityg in the future to expand their facility in the eveny the animal shelter moves to another location.
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