By a close margin, the City Council last night advanced sweeping changes supporters said would help Baltimore grow and opponents said would drive Black residents out.

Also announced today: Calvin Young, point man for the unpopular Sisson Street relocation plan, will “shift” from mayor’s chief of staff to an interim deputy mayor.

A measure ending the requirement for apartment projects to include parking and another allowing rowhouses to be built closer to the property line are coming before the Council for a vote Monday.