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* 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 Conaway
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
City Property - Electrical Safety Inspections
FOR the purpose of requiring City property to be periodically inspected to assure the safety of all electrical wiring, appliances, and equipment; requiring certain actions on discovery of a hazard; defining certain terms; and generally relating to the inspection of City property.
Body
BY adding
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section(s) 22-1 through 22-2, to be under the new subtitle,
"Subtitle 22. Safety Inspections"
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 4. Finance, Property, an Procurement
SUBTITLE 22. SAFETY INSPECTIONS
§ 22-1. DEFINITIONS.
(A) IN GENERAL.
IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANING INDICATED.
(B) CITY PROPERTY.
(1) "CITY PROPERTY" MEANS ANY REAL PROPERTY, WHETHER IMPROVED OR UNIMPROVED, THAT IS:
(I) OWNED, LEASED, OR CONTROLLED BY THE CITY; OR
(II) OCCUPIED BY ANY AGENCY OR OTHER UNIT OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
(2) "CITY PROPERTY" INCLUDES BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, LOTS, WHARVES AND DOCKS, AND OTHER PLACES.
(C) INCLUDES; INCLUDING.
"INCLUDES" OR "INCLUDING" MEANS BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION AND NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION.
§ 22-2. ELECTRICAL SAFETY.
(A) INSPECTIONS REQUIRED.
ALL CITY PROPERTY SHALL BE INSPECTED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR TO ASSURE THAT ALL ELECTRICAL WIRING, APPLIANCES, AND EQUIPMENT IN, ON, OR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY ARE IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFELY PLACED, AND PROPERLY SECURED.
(B) CORRECTIVE ACTION.
IF ANY SAFETY HAZARD OR POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD IS DISCOVERED:
(1) THE AREA AFFECTED SHALL IMMEDIATELY BE CLOSED; AND
(2) CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN TO ELIMINATE THE HAZARD OR POTENTIAL HAZARD.
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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