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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 25-2 Liquor establishments, drug abuse centers, or amusement arcades.">
  <section prefix="§" num="25-2" heading="Liquor establishments, drug abuse centers, or amusement arcades.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">It is unlawful for any person who is standing or loitering<para num="(1)">within 100 feet of a Class A, B, B-D7, C, or D retail establishment which sells alcoholic beverages, or</para>
      <para num="(2)">within 50 yards of a<para num="(i)">drug abuse rehabilitation and treatment center, or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a structure housing indoor entertainment (as that term is defined in Baltimore City Zoning Code § 1-306(b) {“Entertainment: Indoor”}),</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Measurements.">The distances specified in this section are to be measured along the street or other public way in both directions from the center of the main entrance, or any other entrance used by the public, of the establishment, center, or arcade.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Exception.">Nothing in this section prevents property owners or their guests from sitting on their front steps or standing on their sidewalk in front of their property, regardless of whether or not the property is within the distances specified in this section.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Penalties.">Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each offense.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §56</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 70-822</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 71-1070</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 82-701</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-439</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
