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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Building.">“Building” means a structure or edifice of any kind constructed for the shelter, support, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or operations.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Lot.">“Lot” means an individual parcel of real property or a portion of a block that is identified by a symbol in accordance with &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VII|§116|(k)"&gt;City Charter Article VII, § 116(k)&lt;/cite&gt; and shown on a block plat filed among the records of the Department of Transportation.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Owner.">
      <para num="(1)">“Owner” 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;, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection.</para>
      <para num="(2)">“Owner” does not include a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Vacant.">“Vacant” means unimproved by an assessed building.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 13, §58(e)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 82-642</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-832</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 09-217</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-093</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-427</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-435</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
