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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 4-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="4-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Commissioner.">“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development or the Commissioner’s designee.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Dwelling unit.">“Dwelling unit” has the meaning stated in § 202.2 of the Baltimore City &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|VII"&gt;Property Maintenance Code&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Multiple-family dwelling.">“Multiple-family dwelling” has the meaning stated in § 202.2 of the Baltimore City &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|VII"&gt;Property Maintenance Code&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Non-owner-occupied dwelling unit.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Non-owner-occupied dwelling unit” means any:<para num="(i)">dwelling unit that is unoccupied;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">dwelling unit that, even if occupied, is not occupied by an owner of record; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">dwelling unit that, even if occupied, is not designated by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation as the owner’s principal residence in accordance with the criteria governing the State Homestead Tax Credit.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Qualifications.">For purposes of this definition:<para num="(i)">an owner may only have one owner-occupied dwelling unit in Baltimore City; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">an owner-occupied unit must be titled to a natural person.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Person.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Person” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(a)"&gt;§ 1-107(a) {“Person: In general”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Qualified inclusion of governmental entities.">Notwithstanding &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(b)"&gt;§ 1-107(b) {“Person: Exclusion”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, in this subtitle “person” also includes, except as used in &lt;cite data-path="|13|§4-17"&gt;§ 4-17 {“Penalties”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Rooming house.">“Rooming house” has the meaning stated in § 202.2 of the Baltimore City &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|VII"&gt;Property Maintenance Code&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Rooming unit.">“Rooming unit” has the meaning stated in § 202.2 of the Baltimore City &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|VII"&gt;Property Maintenance Code&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Vacant structure.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Vacant structure” means any structure that is subject to an unabated violation notice issued under § 116 {“Unsafe Structures”} of the Baltimore City &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|II"&gt;Building Code&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusions.">“Vacant structure” does not include an accessory structure that is not intended for occupancy, such as a garage, shed, or storage building.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-475</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 05-170</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-342</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-372</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-093</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-068</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-130</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-332</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-428</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-124</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
