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Baltimore City is one of five locations approvecd last November for slotmachinw parlors. Baltimore City Entertainment Group, a grouo that includes the heads ofand , wantz to build a facility with as many as 3,750 machines on Lot J, a 3.7-acre, city-owned parkingy lot in the city's Carroll Camden The precise location could change, however, and Baltimore City Entertainment is in negotiationsx to move its project to a 11-acre property known as Gateway South.
But the city must change its zoning code before the Maryland Video Lottery Facility Location Commission will award the development team the licensea it needs to build the Two City Councilcommittees — the Land Use and Transportatio n Committee and the Urban Affair s and Aging Committee — votedr Thursday to let those zoning changes move forward to the full City Council for City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the action was in stark contrast to deliberations in Anne Arundel County, where County Council has delayedc changing the county's zoning laws to alloqw a slots parlor to be builtf at the Arundel Mills shopping Going into the process, she said, the city moverd to narrowly define wher slots can be built, whereas there were fewer geographicx restrictions placed on potential gambling facilities in Anne Arundel The geographic boundaries where a facility can be builtt in each county were specified in a referendum adoptexd by voters in November.
"We're definitely on the right path," Rawlings-Blakde said during the committee hearings. "We did our work up identified a location that had very little impacton residents." Anne Arundekl anticipated developers would applyg to build a casino at Laurel Park race track, and many county officials were surprised when Baltimorw developer the submitted an application to build one at Arundel Mills instead. But council members in Anne Arunde l County delayed June 1 changing their zoningv codes to allowslots parlors. a second developer, , has come forwarc to say it may seek permission to build a slot s parlor at Laurel Park ifCordishh Co.'s proposal falls through.
The Baltimore committeez voted on two bill s pertainingto slots. The first would change zoniny inthe city's B-2 and M-2 districtz to include video lottery terminals amonhg the permitted uses. The second woulrd change the zoning of the propertyu at 301Stockholm St. Presidentg M.J. "Jay" Brodie said the city doesn'tt plan to relocate the animal shelter toanotherr location. But Brodie said the city wantz to changethat property's zonintg to give the slots developers the ability in the future to expand theidr facility in the event the animakl shelter moves to another location.