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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Planning)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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Floodplain Management Code - Corrective
FOR the purpose of correcting, as mandated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the definition of "historic structure", clarifying an exclusion from the definition of "substantial improvement", and correcting a misleading conjunction; providing for a special effective date; and generally relating to the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of the public health, safety, and welfare through floodplain management.
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BY repealing and reordaining
Article 7 - Natural Resources
Section(s) 1-3(g) and (u)(3) and 3-35(b)(2)
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 7. Natural Resources
Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions
§ 1-3. Definitions - "Floodproofing" to "Wet floodproofing".
(g) Historic structure.
"Historic structure" means a structure that is:
(1) individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places or certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing in the Register;
(2) individually listed in the Maryland [Inventory] REGISTER of Historic Properties [or certified or preliminarily determined by the Maryland Historical Trust as meeting the requirements for individual listing in the Inventory];
(3) individually listed in the Baltimore City Landmark List; OR
(4) certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historic significance of an historic district registered with the Secretary[; or
(5) certified or preliminarily determined by the Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation as contributing to the significance of an Historical and Architectural Preservation District].
(u) Substantial improvement.
(3) Exclusions.
"Substantial improvement" does not include either:
(i) an improvement [of a structure] that is[ needed] REQUIRED BY A CONDEMNATION OR VIOLATION NOTICE, ORDER, OR CITATION to secure safe living conditions in compliance with State or City health, sanitary, or safety code specifications; or
(ii) an alteration of an historic structure, as long as the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as an historic structure.
§ 3 35. Coastal High Hazard Area.
(b) Land below base flood level.
No land below the level of the base flood may be developed unless the new construction or substantial improvement:
. . .
(2) is elevated on adequately anchored pilings or columns to resist flotation, collapse, or lateral movement due to the effects of base-flood wind and water loads acting simultaneously on all building components, and the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural members of the lowest floor (excluding the pilings or columns) is elevated to at least the flood-protection elevation;
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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 date it is enacted.
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