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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 43-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="43-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Assignation.">“Assignation” means an appointment or engagement for prostitution or any act in furtherance of the appointment or engagement.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Commissioner.">“Commissioner” means the Police Commissioner of Baltimore City or the Commissioner’s designee.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Controlled dangerous substance.">“Controlled dangerous substance” means a substance listed in Schedule I or Schedule II under &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gcr|5-402"&gt;State Criminal Law Article § 5-402 &lt;/cite&gt;or § 5-403.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Controlled paraphernalia.">“Controlled paraphernalia” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gcr|5-101"&gt;State Criminal Law Article § 5-101&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Crime of violence.">“Crime of violence” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gcr|14-101"&gt;State Criminal Law Article § 14-101&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Operator.">“Operator” means any person who has charge, care, or control of a premises or structure.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Owner.">“Owner” means the person in whose name a premises is recorded in the Land Records of Baltimore City.</para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Premises.">“Premises” means all or any part of any land, building, or other structure.</para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Prostitution.">“Prostitution” means the performance of a sexual act, sexual contact, or vaginal intercourse, as these terms are defined in &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gcr|3-301"&gt;State Criminal Law Article § 3-301, &lt;/cite&gt;for hire.</para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Public nuisance.">
      <para num="(1)">“Public nuisance” means any premises that, on 2 or more separate occasions within a 24-month period, were used:<para num="(i)">for prostitution, lewdness, or assignation;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">for illegal adult entertainment;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">by persons who assemble for the specific purpose of illegally administering a controlled dangerous substance;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">for the illegal manufacture or distribution of:<para num="(A)">a controlled dangerous substance; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">controlled paraphernalia;</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(v)">for the illegal storage or concealment of a controlled dangerous substance or controlled paraphernalia in sufficient quantity to reasonably indicate under all the circumstances an intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense:<para num="(A)">a controlled dangerous substance; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">controlled paraphernalia;</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(vi)">for gambling;</para>
        <para num="(vii)">for storage or possession of stolen property;</para>
        <para num="(viii)">for storage or possession of unregistered firearms;</para>
        <para num="(ix)">for furtherance of a crime of violence;</para>
        <para num="(x)">by persons who engage in a crime of violence on or near the premises; or</para>
        <para num="(xi)">for criminal gang offenses prohibited under State Criminal Law &lt;cite data-path="|9"&gt;Article 9&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 8.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Two reports by police officers, written in the regular course of business, of a premises’ having been used for activities described in paragraph (1) of this subsection are prima facie evidence that the premises are a public nuisance.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §233</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 86-642</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord 89-373</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-619</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-012</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
