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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 40-8 Default by person cited.">
  <section prefix="§" num="40-8" heading="Default by person cited.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Failure to respond constitutes admission of liability.">Any person cited under an environmental citation is conclusively considered to have admitted liability for the violation cited and responsibility for abating the violation if, within the time allowed by the rules of the Board, the person:<para num="(1)">neither pays the prescribed prepayable fine nor requests a hearing on the violation; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">having requested a hearing, fails to appear on a designated hearing date.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Board order; default penalty.">Under either of the circumstances described in subsection (a) of this section, the Board may:<para num="(1)">render a default decision and order against the person cited; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">impose an aggregate civil penalty that is equal to:<para num="(i)">the amount of the prepayable fine prescribed for the violation; plus</para>
        <para num="(ii)">an additional, default penalty equal to the lesser of:<para num="(A)">50% of the prescribed prepayable fine for every 30 days that, after notice of default is mailed under subsection (c) of this section, the citation remains unsatisfied;</para>
          <para num="(B)">2 times the prescribed prepayable fine; or</para>
          <para num="(C)">$1,000.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Notice of default order.">Before an order based on a default becomes final, the Board must notify the respondent, by first-class mail, of:<para num="(1)">the default decision and order;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the amount of all penalties imposed; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the right of the respondent, within 30 days of the notice, to avoid a final judgment and collection proceedings by requesting a stay of default for good cause shown and a determination on the request.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §302</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 98-326</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-148</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
