PUBLIC NOTICE

Hopkins Student Center Phase 2

3200 N Charles St

Baltimore City, Maryland

Application for Redevelopment Waiver

The City of Baltimore Department of Public Works is accepting public review and comments on this project’s application for a redevelopment waiver.

Applicant:      The Johns Hopkins University

3910 Keswick Rd, N-3100, Baltimore, MD, 21211

Lisa Egan 443-997-4314

ESD #: 6211N   BCNR #: 10315

Watershed(s): Jones Falls

Project Description: The project has an approximate area of 6.58 acres and is located in the southeast corner of The Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus, at 3200 N. Charles Street. The site area includes the recently razed Mattin Center and Whitehead Hall buildings. The project will increase the impervious area by 0.05 acres to 3.39 impervious acres for the new Homewood Campus Student Center. Additional site improvements include an addition to the existing JHU Power Plant building, utility construction, stormwater management facilities, hardscaping, and landscaping.

The Applicant is requesting a redevelopment waiver in accordance with Article 7, §23-7 of the City Code.  The existing impervious area coverage meets the conditions for this waiver.  This phase of the project will provide water quality controls through two (2) underground StormFilter facilities and one (1) Rainwater Harvesting Cistern to satisfy the requirements of this waiver for all of the 1.72 acres of this project.

AND

The Applicant is requesting a qualitative control waiver in accordance with Article 7, Division II, §23-2 of the City Code. The Applicant has demonstrated that the 15,042 square feet of mill and overlay and asphalt replacement will be restored to the existing runoff condition. The Applicant will not be required to provide qualitative control measures for the 15,042 square feet of area for this project.

To obtain information about this application, please contact Kimberly Grove, Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Office of Compliance and Research, Room 232, 3001 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215, (410-396-0732) or by e-mail to DPW.Plansreview@baltimorecity.gov.

Send information or comments about this waiver request to Kimberly Grove, Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Office of Compliance and Research, Room 2.0, 3001 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, MD  21215, (410-396-0732) or by e-mail to DPW.Plansreview@baltimorecity.gov by 4:30 PM, July 26, 2022.  Comments received after 4:30 PM, July 26, 2022 will not be considered.

Any further notices about actions on this application will be posted on the Department’s website.