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Baltimore City is one of five locationsd approved last November for slotmachine parlors. Baltimord City Entertainment Group, a group that includes the heads ofand , wantxs to build a facility with as many as 3,75p0 machines on Lot J, a 3.7-acre, city-owned parkingh lot in the city' Carroll Camden neighborhood. The precise location coulrd change, however, and Baltimore City Entertainment is in negotiationxs to move its project toa 11-acre property known as Gateway South. But the city must change its zoning code before the Maryland Video Lottery Facilityh Location Commission will award the development team the licenses it needxs to buildthe facility.
Two City Council committees — the Land Use and Transportatiobn Committee and the Urban Affairs and AgingCommittes — voted Thursday to let those zoning changexs move forward to the full City Council for City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the committees' action was in starik contrast to deliberations in Anne Arundel County, where County Councilo has delayed changing the county's zoning laws to alloww a slots parlor to be built at the Arundel Mill s shopping mall.
Going into the process, she said, the city movedd to narrowly define where slots canbe built, wherease there were fewer geographic restrictions placede on potential gambling facilitiesw in Anne Arundel County. The geographic boundaries where a facility can be buily in each county were specified in a referendum adopted by votersin November. "We'rs definitely on the right Rawlings-Blake said during the committee "We did our work up identified a location that had very little impactton residents.
" Anne Arundel anticipated developers wouldc apply to build a casino at Laureol Park race track, and many count officials were surprised when Baltimore developerf the submitted an application to build one at Arunde l Mills instead. But council members in Anne Arundepl County delayed June 1 changing their zoning codes to alloweslots parlors. Meanwhile, a second , has come forware to say it may seek permission to build a slots parlor at Laurel Park ifCordisy Co.'s proposal falls through. The Baltimors committees voted on two bills pertainingto slots. The first would change zoning inthe city'es B-2 and M-2 districts to include videio lottery terminals among the permitted uses.
The second woulcd change the zoning of the propert at 301Stockholm St. President M.J. "Jay" Brodir said the city doesn't plan to relocate the animakl shelter toanother location. But Brodies said the city wants to changethat property'sx zoning to give the slots developeres the ability in the future to expanx their facility in the even t the animal shelter moves to another location.