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<baltimore-city-law heading="Regulation .10 Stop Work Orders.">
  <section prefix="Regulation" num=".10" heading="Stop Work Orders.">
    <para num="A.">The Director or the Director’s designee may issue a stop work order for work conducted on public right-of-way when it is determined that a violation of any of the following has occurred:<para num="(1)">State law or code;</para>
      <para num="(2)">City Code</para>
      <para num="(3)">DOT regulation; or</para>
      <para num="(4)">the requirements imposed by a permit issued for the project.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="B.">The Director or the Director’s designee may also issue a stop work order for any of the following:<para num="(1)">a project that endangers public health or safety; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">failing to abate a violation in a timely manner for which a notice was issued.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="C.">A stop work order shall<para num="(1)">be in writing;</para>
      <para num="(2)">signed by the Director or the Director’s designee; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">contain the following:<para num="(a)">name of the violator;</para>
        <para num="(b)">facts that support issuing a stop work order;</para>
        <para num="(c)">the location at which the violation occurred;</para>
        <para num="(d)">reference to the specific provision of law, regulation, or permit that has been violated; and</para>
        <para num="(e)">the remedial measures required for to abate the violation.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="D.">The Department must serve a stop work order by<para num="(1)">delivering it to any employee, agent, contractor, or sub-contractor of the permit holder on site;</para>
      <para num="(2)">mailing or emailing a copy of the order to the address on file for the permit holder; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">sending a facsimile to the permit holder to the fax number on file for the permit holder.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="E.">A stop work order becomes effective as soon as it is served via one of the methods in Regulation 10.D., regardless of whether delivery is accepted.</para>
    <para num="F.">Upon the issuance of a stop work order the violator shall<para num="(1)">immediately cease all work as specified in the order and comply with all directives contained in the order to abate the violation, and</para>
      <para num="(2)">contact the Street-cuts Section to request on on-site inspection for correction of the violation<para num="(a)">by phone 410-396-5889 or</para>
        <para num="(b)">email &lt;u&gt;streetcuts@baltimorecity.gov&lt;/u&gt;.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="G.">A stop work order remains in effect until the Department notifies the permit holder in writing of its termination or modification.</para>
    <para num="H.">Termination of the stop work order does not preclude separate enforcement action by the Department relating to the present or a subsequent violation.</para>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
