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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 21-6 Prohibited conduct.">
  <section prefix="§" num="21-6" heading="Prohibited conduct.">
    <text>A third-party delivery service may not:</text>
    <para num="(1)">charge a food service facility a delivery fee that totals more than 10 percent of the purchase price of each online order on an individual or cumulative basis;</para>
    <para num="(2)">charge a food service facility any amount designated as a delivery fee for an online order that does not involve the delivery of food or beverages;</para>
    <para num="(3)">charge a food service facility any combination of fees, commissions, or costs, including delivery fees, for the food service facility’s use of the third-party food delivery service that is greater than 15 percent of the food service facility’s monthly net sales processed through the third-party delivery service;</para>
    <para num="(4)">charge a food service facility any fee, commission, or cost as prohibited in items (1) through (3) of this section;</para>
    <para num="(5)">charge a customer any purchase price for a food or beverage item that is:<para num="(i)">higher than the price set by the food service facility on the third-party food delivery service; or</para>
      <para num="(ii)">if no price is set by the food service facility on the third-party food delivery service, the price listed on the food service facility’s own menu; or</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(6)">reduce the compensation rates paid to the third-party delivery service drivers or to garnish gratuities, as a result of any fee limitations instituted by this section.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-001</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
