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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Henry
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
Taxes - Outdoor Advertising Excise Tax
FOR the purpose of imposing a tax on the privilege of exhibiting outdoor advertising displays in the City; providing for the administration and collection of the tax; defining certain terms; imposing certain penalties; making the provisions of this ordinance severable; and generally relating to a tax on the privilege of exhibiting outdoor advertising displays .
body
BY authority of
Article II - General Powers
Section(s) (40) and (47)
Baltimore City Charter
(1996 Edition)
BY adding
Article 28 - Taxes
Section(s) 29-1 to 29-14 to be under the new subtitle,
“Subtitle 29. Outdoor Advertising Excise Tax”
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
Recitals
Outdoor advertising constitutes a separate and distinct type of activity within the City that affects the use of City streets, sidewalks, and other public places while impacting many private places open to the public.
The unregulated display of outdoor advertising constitutes a public nuisance that imposes costs on the City beyond those caused by other activities by harming the health, safety, convenience, and welfare of the residents of the City.
The Council has determined that outdoor advertising endangers public safety by distracting the attention of drivers ...
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