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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: President Rawlings-Blake
At the request of: The Administration (Department of Housing and Community Development)
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
Signs on or Affecting Public Property - Enforcement by Housing and Community Development
FOR the purpose of transferring from the Department of Public Works to the Department of Housing and Community Development the enforcement of the laws governing signs on or affecting public property.
Body
BY repealing and reordaining, with amendments
Article 19 - Police Ordinances
Section(s) 45-3 and 45-4
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 45. Signs - On or Affecting Public Property
§ 45-3. Removal of illegal signs.
(a) From City property - by Department.
For any sign posted in violation of § 45-2(1) through (6) of this subtitle, the Department of [Public Works] HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT may:
(1) summarily remove the sign; or
(2) send written notice to the person responsible, as described in § 45-5 of this subtitle, ordering that person to remove the sign within the time specified in the notice.
(b) From City property - by others.
(1) For any sign posted in violation of § 45-2(1) through (6) of this subtitle, any individual may:
(i) summarily remove the sign; and
(ii)...
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