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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Drug-Related Activities - Curfew on Retail Establishments
FOR the purpose of authorizing the imposition of a police curfew on certain retail business establishments under certain circumstances; providing for notice and the opportunity for a hearing; authorizing aggrieved persons to seek judicial and appellate review; imposing certain penalties; and generally relating to the imposition of curfews on retail establishments that are a focal point for persons engaged in drug-related activities.
Body
BY adding
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 18-1 through 18-10, to be under the new subtitle,
"Subtitle 18. Drugs: Curfew on Retail Establishments"
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 19. Police Ordinances
SUBTITLE 18. DRUGS: CURFEW ON RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS
ยง 18-1. PETITION FOR CURFEW.
A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OR THE LOCAL POLICE DISTRICT COMMANDER MAY PETITION THE POLICE COMMISSIONER TO IMPOSE A CURFEW ON RETAIL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS THAT:
(1) ARE LOCATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREA OR WITHIN 1 BLOCK OF AN ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL OR A RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT; AND
(2) ARE A FOCAL POINT FOR...
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