A long-simmering debate about parking in Hampden will get a public airing this week when Baltimore City Council members hold an in-person hearing about legislation that would permit demolition of two semi-detached dwellings on Elm Avenue to make way for a parking lot.
The council’s Economic and Community Development Committee is scheduled to meet in City Hall on Tuesday to consider a bill that would permit “the establishment, maintenance and operation of an open off-street parking area” in place of the residences at 3618 and 3620 Elm Ave.
The duplex is half a block north of Hampden’s 36th Street shopping district, known as The Avenue. The bill, No. 22-0332, was requested by Wonder Dog Enterprises LLC, the owner of The Wine Source, a store across the street from the houses targeted for demolition. Baltimore’s Planning Commission voted 7 to 0 to approve the bill during a public hearing in February.
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