Baltimore City Council
File #: 12-0154    Version: 0 Name: Code Enforcement Officers
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 10/22/2012 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 12/5/2012
Enactment #: 12-84
Title: Code Enforcement Officers FOR the purpose of redefining the persons authorized to issue environmental citations; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the designation of environmental control officers.
Sponsors: Sharon Green Middleton, Bill Henry, Edward Reisinger, Carl Stokes, President Young, Helen L. Holton, Brandon M. Scott, William "Pete" Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, James B. Kraft, Robert Curran, Nick Mosby, William H. Cole, IV, Rochelle Spector, Warren Branch
Indexes: Code Enforcement Officers
Attachments: 1. 12-0154 - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. Law - 12-0154.pdf, 3. ECB - 12-0154.pdf, 4. Police - 12-0154.pdf, 5. HCD - 12-0154.pdf, 6. 12-0154 - 3rd Reader.pdf
EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
 
      * WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
      THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
      INTRODUCTORY*
 
      CITY OF BALTIMORE
      COUNCIL BILL           
                                                                                                                                                            
Introduced by:  Councilmember Middleton                                                                                        
 
      A BILL ENTITLED
 
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Code Enforcement Officers
 
FOR the purpose of redefining the persons authorized to issue environmental citations; correcting, clarifying, and conforming related provisions; and generally relating to the designation of environmental control officers.
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BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
  Article 1 - Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
  Section(s) 40-1 and 40-7(c)
  Baltimore City Code
   (Edition 2000)
 
BY repealing
  Article 19 - Police Ordinances
  Section(s) 71-1(f)
  Baltimore City Code
   (Edition 2000)
 
  SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:
 
      Baltimore City Code
 
      Article 1.  Mayor, City Council, and Municipal Agencies
 
      Subtitle 40.  Environmental Control Board
 
§ 401.  Definitions.
 
  (a)  In General.
 
In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated.
 
  (b)  Board.
 
  "Board" means the Environmental Control Board of Baltimore City.
 
 
 
  (C)  CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
 
     "CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER" MEANS A CITY EMPLOYEE WHO:
 
(1)      IS IN A POSITION OF TRUST, AS DEFINED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL AM237-1; AND
 
(2)      HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY HIS OR HER AGENCY HEAD TO ISSUE ENVIRONMENTAL CITATIONS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.
 
  (D) [(c)] Director.
 
"Director" means the Executive Director of the Environmental Control Board of Baltimore City.
 
  (E) [(d)] Environmental citation.
 
"Environmental citation" means a prepayable citation for violation of any provision of law or regulation under the jurisdiction of the Board.
 
  (F) [(e)] Person.
 
"Person" means:
 
(1)      an individual;
 
[(2) a receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, or representative of any kind; and]
 
(2)      [(3)] a partnership, firm, association, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity of any kind; AND
 
(3)      A RECEIVER, TRUSTEE, GUARDIAN, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, FIDUCIARY, OR REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY KIND.
 
§ 407.  Environmental citations.
 
  (c)  Service of citations.
 
An environmental citation must be:
 
(1)      issued by [a Sanitary Enforcement Officer or other City employee who has been authorized to act as a Special Enforcement Officer under Article 19, § 711 of the City Code] A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR A BALTIMORE CITY POLICE OFFICER; and
        . . . .
 
      Article 19.  Police Ordinances
 
      Subtitle 71.  Special Enforcement Officers
 
§ 711.  Appointment; duties.
 
  [(f)  Additional authority.]
  
[In addition to issuing prepayable criminal citations under § 712 of this subtitle, Special Enforcement Officers may issue and serve civil administrative citations to appear before the Environmental Control Board under Article 1, Subtitle 40 {"Environmental Control  Board"} of the City Code.]
 
  SECTION 2.  AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That the catchlines contained in this Ordinance are not law and may not be considered to have been enacted as a part of this or any prior Ordinance.
 
  SECTION 3.  AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance takes effect on the 30th day after the date it is enacted.
 
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