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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 5-19 Impairing constitutional rights.">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-19" heading="Impairing constitutional rights.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Reasonable accommodation” defined.">In this section, “reasonable accommodation” means affirmative steps that do not impose an undue financial hardship or a substantial burden.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">No bylaw, rule, or regulation governing a rental dwelling, nor any action or inaction of the governing body or management of a rental dwelling, may:<para num="(1)">unreasonably impair any rights guaranteed by the Free-Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or by &lt;cite data-path="|36"&gt;Article 36&lt;/cite&gt; of the Maryland Declaration of Rights; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">prohibit or deny any reasonable accommodation for religious practices.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-529</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-342</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-130</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
