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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Housing and Community Development)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Sanitary Maintenance - Responsibility
FOR the purpose of specifying certain situations in which owners are primarily responsible for exterior sanitary maintenance; generally relating to the allocation of responsibility for sanitary maintenance between tenants and owners; and providing for a special effective date.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article - Building, Fire, and Related Codes
Section(s) 2-103 (IBC § 113.21.2) and 7-102 (IPMC § 307.2)
Baltimore City Revised 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:
Chapter 1. Administration
Section 113 Violations
113.21.2 Secondary liability for sanitary maintenance. If, after a notice, order, or citation, a tenant fails to correct a violation of Property Maintenance Code § 304 {"Exterior sanitary maintenance - General"} or § 305 {"Exterior sanitary maintenance - Trash, garbage, and debris"} for which occupants are responsible under Property Maintenance Code § 30...
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