City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0585

• File #: 07-0585
• Version: 0
• Name: Vacant Structures - Water Cut-Off
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/12/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/17/2007
• Enactment #: 07-0434
• Title: Vacant Structures - Water Cut-Off FOR the purpose of providing for notice to the Director of Public Works of structures determined to be vacant; and requiring the Director to take immediate action to cut off the water from vacant structures for which bills are in arrears.
• Sponsors: Belinda Conaway, President Young, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Edward Reisinger, Mary Pat Clarke, Kenneth Harris, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Rochelle Spector, Paula Johnson Branch, Nicholas C. D'Adamo
• Indexes: Cut-off, Structures, Vacant, Water

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/17/2007	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
5/7/2007	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
4/30/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
4/30/2007	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Rdr., Adopted Comm. Report
3/26/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/15/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/15/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/15/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/12/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
2/12/2007	0	City Council	Assigned

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 Conaway

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Vacant Structures - Water Cut-Off

FOR the purpose of providing for notice to the Director of Public Works of structures determined to be vacant; and requiring the Director to take immediate action to cut off the water from vacant structures for which bills are in arrears.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, without amendments
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Section(s) 2-103 (IBC § 115.4 and 115.4.1)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)

BY adding
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Section(s) 2-103 (IBC § 115.4.6)
Baltimore City Revised Code
(Edition 2000)

BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 24 - Water
Section(s) 2-3(b)
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 Revised Code

Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes

Part II. International Building Code


§ 2-103. City modifications.

The additions, deletions, amendments, and other modifications adopted by the City are as follows:

Section 115 Unsafe Structures

115.4 Unsafe vacant structures. Every vacant structure , as defined in this § 115.4, is declared to be a fire hazard and a nuisance per se, and must be safeguarded and otherwise ...