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Kansas City Councilman Scott Wagner ’s drive to get a controversial housing measure before voters this year fell short on Thursday. Members of the city council’s Housing Committee put Wagner ’s ordinance seeking an inspection fee for rental units on hold, meaning the city will not meet a deadline to put a question on the November ballot. Wagner and officials from the Health Department had wanted to follow the lead of more than 50 cities around the nation and create a program whereby owners of rental properties would pay an annual fee. The city would use the money to hire inspectors, who would respond to complaints from tenants and neighbors about unsafe or unhealthy conditions. In response to complaints from property owners, Wagner dropped the proposed fee to $25 per building, with a higher re- inspection fee required of landlords who fail to correct problems. “That’s far less stringent than what we see in most areas around the country,” said Ruth Ann Norton , president of Ba...

Over the next week, SouthBMore.com will be posting development photo tours of all the projects under construction in South Baltimore . This tour features development in Otterbein, Federal Hill, and Sharp-Leadenhall. Check out SouthBMore.com’s South Baltimore Development Rundown for information about all the real estate projects under construction, recently completed, or in planning in South Baltimore . 414 Light Street The currently under- construction 414 Light Street development will include 394 apartments, 40,000 sq. ft. of outdoor and indoor amenity space , 12,300 sq. ft. of ground floor retail space , and a 550- car parking garage . More than 25 floors have been constructed and exterior glass is being installed. The site was formerly a McCormick & Company spice factory . Each of the building’s 41 floor plans will be named after a spice. 414 Light Street will offer studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments. More than half of the units will have private balconies. Ba...