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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Historical and Architectural Preservation - Interior Protections
FOR the purpose of extending certain historical and architectural preservation procedures and protections to apply to the interiors of covered structures; conforming related references; correcting and clarifying certain language; and generally relating to historical and architectural preservation.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 6 - Historical and Architectural Preservation
Section(s) 1-1(a), 2-5(b)(1), 4-1, 4-2(b) and (c), 4-4(a) and (b)(1), 4-5(a) and (b)(1),
4-6, 4-7(a), 4-11(a), 5-2, and 5-3(a)
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 6. Historical and Architectural Preservation
ยง 1-1. Definitions.
(a) Demolition.
The term "demolition" for the purposes of and as used in this article includes "demolition by neglect", which term means willful neglect in the maintenance or repair of a building or structure, resulting in any of the following conditions:
(1) the deterioration of any [exterior] architectural feature so as to create or permit the creation of a hazardous or unsafe condition;
(2) the deterioration of [exterior] walls or...
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