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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 58 – Coordinated Multi-Agency Code Inspections">
  <section prefix="§" num="58-1" heading="Scope of subtitle.">
    <text>This subtitle only applies to environmental citations issued to commercial properties for violations of:</text>
    <para num="(1)">&lt;cite data-path="|19"&gt;Article 19&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 32 {“Minors – Sales in Proximity to Liquor Store”};</para>
    <para num="(2)">&lt;cite data-path="|23"&gt;Article 23 {“Sanitation”}&lt;/cite&gt;;</para>
    <para num="(3)">&lt;cite data-path="|health|5"&gt;Title 5&lt;/cite&gt;, &lt;cite data-path="|health|5|2"&gt;Subtitle 2 {“Nuisance Abatement”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|health"&gt;Health Code;&lt;/cite&gt;</para>
    <para num="(4)">&lt;cite data-path="|health|7"&gt;Title 7 {“Waste Control”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|health"&gt;Health Code;&lt;/cite&gt;</para>
    <para num="(5)">&lt;cite data-path="|health|12"&gt;Title 12 {“Tobacco Products and Smoking Devices”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|health"&gt;Health Code; or&lt;/cite&gt;</para>
    <para num="(6)">&lt;cite data-path="|health|15"&gt;Title 15 {“Ephedrine Products”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|health"&gt;Health Code.&lt;/cite&gt;</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-059</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="58-2" heading="Retention of records.">
    <text>The original or a copy of a citation listed in §58-1 of this subtitle must be filed and retained in the records of:</text>
    <para num="(1)">the City Administrator; and</para>
    <para num="(2)">the Department of Housing and Community Development for inclusion in its open data mapping application.”</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-059</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="58-3" heading="Coordination of response.">
    <text>Within 30 days of receipt of an environmental citation described in §58-1 of this subtitle, the City Administrator may coordinate a multi-agency, comprehensive code inspection of the cited premises, as specified in subsection §58-4 of this subtitle.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-059</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="58-4" heading="Multi-agency inspection team.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Composition.">The multi-agency inspection team coordinated by the City Administrator under this subtitle shall include representatives from:<para num="(1)">the Fire Department;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the Department of Health; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the Department of Housing and Community Development.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Duties.">Each agency specified in this section shall inspect the premises to ensure compliance with &lt;em&gt;{the}&lt;/em&gt; laws, rules, and regulations administered by that agency.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-059</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="58-5" heading="Monthly notice to Councilmembers.">
    <text>No later than the 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; of each month, the City Administrator shall inform each councilmember of the number and specific locations of any multi-agency inspections conducted, if any, pursuant to this subtitle in the previous month within the respective councilmember’s district.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-059</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="58-6" heading="Quarterly report.">
    <text>The City Administrator shall submit a quarterly report to the Mayor and City Council detailing:</text>
    <para num="(1)">the number of multi-agency coordinated inspections conducted under this subtitle occurring in the previous quarter;</para>
    <para num="(2)">the number and types of violations discovered as the result of multi-agency coordinated inspections under this subtitle in the previous quarter;</para>
    <para num="(3)">any recommendations for legislative or administrative enhancements to improve community quality-of-life issues and multi-agency cooperation;</para>
    <para num="(4)">a breakdown of the number of inspections conducted by City Council district;</para>
    <para num="(5)">a map displaying the location of the citations; and</para>
    <para num="(6)">an agency-level breakdown of:<para num="(i)">the amount of time between the initial complaint and the first inspection;</para>
      <para num="(ii)">the types of citations issued;</para>
      <para num="(iii)">the number of reinspections conducted within the time allotted; and</para>
      <para num="(iv)">the outcome of inspections, including:<para num="(A)">how many resulted in a citation being issued;</para>
        <para num="(B)">how many violation notices were issued;</para>
        <para num="(C)">how many violations were abated within the time allotted; and</para>
        <para num="(D)">the number of outstanding citations and violations.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-059</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
