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The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill
Introduced by: Councilmember Burnett
A Bill Entitled
An Ordinance concerning
title
Vacant Structures - Required Safeguarding
For the purpose of amending the Baltimore City Building Code to require that certain vacant structures in Baltimore City be kept secured with doors and windows.
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By amending
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Section 2-103 (IBC §§ 116.4.3 and 116.4.4)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(2020 Edition)
By adding
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Section 2-103 (IBC §§ 116.4.7 and 116.4.8)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(2020 Edition)
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
Baltimore City Revised Code
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Part II. International Building Code
§ 2-103. City Modifications.
The additions, deletions, amendments, and other modifications adopted by the City are as follows:
Chapter 1
Scope and Administration
116.4 Vacant structures. Every vacant structure, as defined in this § 116.4, is declared to be
a fire hazard and a nuisance per se, and must be safeguarded and otherwise maintained as required in this § 116.4.
. . .
116.4.3 Required safeguarding. [Every] With the exception of a structure described in section 116.4.7 {“Required safeguarding - vacant structure in occupied...
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