The warehouse being used as a motorcycle clubhouse, angering some Oliver neighbors, is being shuttered by Baltimore officials, housing code enforcement records show.

The property at 1301 N. Spring St. was issued a vacant notice Wednesday, a city database reflects. According to that notice, an inspector found it was “unfit for human habitation or other authorized use.” It orders the building owner to secure accessible openings, remove trash and debris and rehabilitate or raze the structure within 30 days.

In effect, the notice prevents the motorcycle club that used the site as a gathering space from continuing to do so.

“You can’t occupy a vacant property without a Use Permit and if someone attempts to reoccupy the property before a permit is issued, we have separate enforcement actions for that,” said Tammy D. Hawley, a spokeswoman for the city’s Department of Housing and Community Development.

This latest development for the warehouse comes after the structure caught fire on the evening of Aug. 21, three days after a mass shooting in the area on Aug. 18 left eight people wounded, one fatally.

The Baltimore Police major who oversees the Eastern District told residents at a meeting last week, the day after the fire, that police believe the shooting broke out around 8 p.m. on Aug. 18 in the garage used by a motorcycle group, then spilled out onto North Spring Street.

Major Jai Etwaroo said police recovered four guns at the scene and found ballistic evidence suggesting at least 10 firearms were used in the shooting. Etwaroo also told residents that police believe the subsequent fire at the property was “an act of retaliation.” It is being investigated as arson.

Police have not announced any charges in the shooting or the fire. Vernon Davis, a police spokesman, said Thursday both cases “remain open” and are “under active investigation.”

Neighbors told The Baltimore Sun in the aftermath of the mass shooting that the crime scene, near Calvin B. Scruggs Sr. Park, had been the site of rowdy weekend gatherings by motorcycle enthusiasts. It had created tension with residents, according to a community group and others. Some residents said they believed the mass shooting came during a confrontation between the bikers and a group of people playing basketball at the nearby park.

A man who spoke at last week’s community meeting alluded to those concerns, saying residents had been “complaining about the bike club for years, and now somebody is dead.”

The door to the garage that caught fire read “PRIVATE MEMBER’S ONLY” in stenciled letters. A “1%” sticker was also nearby, which some say is a reference to a 1950s comment by a motorcycle association that 99% were law-abiding, and the remaining 1% gave the rest a bad reputation. A sign on a streetlight pole outside the building carried the logo of the Thunderguards Motorcycle Club.

The representative of TB Aberdeen Motorcycle Club Inc. and Moon’s Motorcycle Transport LLC, both of which have been registered with the state at that address, has not responded to multiple requests for comment made by The Sun.

Alice Kennedy, the city’s housing commissioner, previewed the possibility of issuing a vacant notice for the warehouse at the same community meeting last week, saying that officials were inspecting the building to determine whether it could be classified vacant. That, she said, would give her agency “more tools in our toolbox to assist the community.”

Under the vacant notice, the owner has until Sept. 27 to correct the issues identified by the housing agency and to obtain required permits for future use. Permits would be required for renovation work, Hawley noted. She said the inspection that preceded the vacant notice would be “a normal follow-up to a fire.”

City records show the property is owned by a man who lives in Fort Washington, Maryland, in Prince George’s County. He also has not responded to multiple requests for comment made by The Sun.

A space next door to the garage that hosts a nonprofit with educational and professional development programs for young people was damaged by smoke from the fire last week. Markia Beckwith, the CEO of Natural Born Champions, said last week the center would have to close temporarily for repairs.

Beckwith did not immediately respond to a request for comment left by The Sun on Thursday, but Audrey Carter, a cofounder of the People’s Association of Oliver Community, a neighborhood association, said it was her understanding the vacant notice would mean Natural Born Champions could no longer operate in the space.

Carter said residents had wanted to see the motorcycle group cease operations, so likely viewed that step as a positive, but said if the youth center was forced to close, it would be an unintended consequence.

“Why wasn’t something done beforehand, before it got to the point where someone’s life was lost?” Carter asked. “A life that is taken is very tragic. Moving forward, what can you do to help?”

Carter suggested the city might look into a new space for Natural Born Champions, given the importance of having relationships with young people.

Meanwhile, she said, her community association is working to reach out to those affected by the mass shooting and provide resources, in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. That city office initiated a 45-day stabilization response in the community following the mass shooting.