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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmembers Curran, Holton, Spector
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Vacant Lot Registration - Exceptions
FOR the purpose of excepting certain lots from the requirement to register vacant lots.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 13 - Housing and Urban Renewal
Section(s) 11-2
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 13. Housing and Urban Renewal
Subtitle 11. Registration of Vacant Lots
?ΓΏ112. Registration required.
(a) Owner to register annually.
[By] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION, BY September 1 of each year, the owner of a vacant lot that is assessed for $100 or more must file a registration statement with the Commissioner on a form to be provided by the Commissioner.
(b) Registration fee.
(1) The annual registration fee is $25 for each vacant lot, with a maximum fee of $5,000 for all lots titled to the same owner of record.
(2) This fee must be paid at the time of registration.
(c) Purchaser to register on acquisition.
A new owner of a vacant lot must, at the time of acquisition:
(1) file a registration statement; and
(2) pay the annual registration fee, unless that fee already was paid by the prior owner.
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