Taxes – Property Tax – Vacant Lots and Vacant Structures FOR the purpose of amending the special real property tax rate for vacant and abandoned property to include vacant lots; establishing a subclass of real property of vacant lots and vacant structures; applying a special real property tax rate to the subclass of real property; requiring the provision of notice of the special real property tax rate; providing for the promulgation of rules and regulations; requiring a certain annual report; defining certain terms; repealing certain sections of Ordinance 24-431 that ordained an abrogation date for the Ordinance; and generally relating to the special real property tax rate levied on vacant lots and vacant structures.

Committee

Baltimore City Council

Introduced

August 18, 2025

On agenda

August 18, 2025

Passed

June 16, 2026

Enactment no.

26-113

Where it was heard

Baltimore City Council Jun 22, 2026 Baltimore City Council Jun 8, 2026 Baltimore City Council May 11, 2026 Housing & Economic Development Committee May 5, 2026 Recommended Favorably with Amendment Pass Housing & Economic Development Committee Jan 20, 2026 Housing & Economic Development Committee Nov 4, 2025 Baltimore City Council Aug 18, 2025

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