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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Mitchell
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Public Nuisance Premises - Extending Applicability
FOR the purpose of extending the provisions governing public nuisance premises to encompass certain additional offenses; defining and redefining certain terms; clarifying, conforming, and correcting certain language; and generally relating to abating public nuisance premises.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 43-1, 43-2(a), and 43-3(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 19. Police Ordinances
Subtitle 43. Public Nuisances
§ 43-1. Definitions.
(a) In general.
[As used in] IN this subtitle[:], THE FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B) ASSAULT.
"ASSAULT" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN STATE CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLE § 3-201.
(C) [(b)] Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City or the Commissioner's designee.
(D) [(c)] Conviction.
[For the purpose of this subtitle, "conviction" shall include] "CONVICTION" INCLUDES probation before judgment.
(E) [(d)] Owner.
"Owner" and "owner of record" mean the person in whose name a premises is recorded in the land reco...
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