§ 10-1 Definitions.
Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.
Balt., Md., Code art. 15, § 10-1 (2026)
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(a)In general.
In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
(b)Hotel.
“Hotel” means any building, including any motel, that:
(1)
contains sleeping accommodations for more than 5 persons; and
(2)
is open to the transient public.
(c)Housing Department; Department.
“Housing Department” or “Department” means the City Department of Housing and Community Development.
(d)Human trafficking.
“Human trafficking” means:
(1)
sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform a commercial sex act has not attained 18 years of age; or
(2)
the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.
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