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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Ticket Resales Near Stadiums - Repeal of Prohibition
FOR the purpose of repealing the prohibition against reselling, in certain proximity to certain venues, tickets to events at those venues.
Body
BY repealing
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 48-2
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 48. Sporting Events
[ยง 48-2. Resale near stadiums.
(a) Prohibited conduct.
On any public right-of-way within 1 mile of the outer perimeter of the Baltimore Arena or of the Camden Yard Sports Complex (which includes the Orioles' Ballpark and the Ravens' Stadium), a person may not offer for resale any ticket to any sporting or other event that takes place at the Baltimore Arena or the Camden Yard Sports Complex.
(b) Enforcement by citation.
(1) In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement procedure, this section may be enforced by issuance of:
(i) an environmental citation under City Code Article 1, Subtitle 40 {"Environmental Control Board"}; or
(ii) a civil citation under City Code Article 1, Subtitle 41 {"Civil Citations"}.
(2) The issuance of a citation to en...
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