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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 37-1 Discount on City services, permits, and equipment costs for nonprofit events.">
  <section prefix="§" num="37-1" heading="Discount on City services, permits, and equipment costs for nonprofit events.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Required discount.">Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, if an event is open to the public without charge and sponsored by a qualifying organization described in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the fees for City services, permits, or equipment used to support the event must be reduced by 50% from the otherwise applicable rates.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Qualifying organizations.">
        <para num="(i)">An organization qualifies for the 50% discount required by paragraph (1) of this subsection if it is:<para num="(A)">a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable or religious organization; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">an organization that is not required to pay any federal, state, or local taxes.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">Organizations eligible for the 50% discount required by paragraph (1) of this subsection include:<para num="(A)">the Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development’s Main Street programs;</para>
          <para num="(B)">Retail Business District Business Associations established under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|14|§11-9"&gt;Article 14, § 11-9 {“Business Associations”}&lt;/cite&gt;;</para>
          <para num="(C)">Business Improvement Districts;</para>
          <para num="(D)">Community associations, neighborhood organizations, homeowners’ associations, and organized block clubs; and</para>
          <para num="(E)">sports organizations with 15 or more Baltimore City youth aged 18 years old or younger as participants.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Documentation to be provided.">The sponsoring organization must submit satisfactory evidence to the Director of Transportation, or the Director’s designee, documenting its qualifications for the discount provided by this section at the time that it requests City services, permits, or equipment for its event.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Exclusions.">The following types of events are not eligible for the 50% discount required by this section:<para num="(1)">pub crawls; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">road races.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-102</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
