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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 43-4 Notice and opportunity for hearing.">
  <section prefix="§" num="43-4" heading="Notice and opportunity for hearing.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Before issuing an order under this subtitle, the Commissioner shall give notice and an opportunity for a hearing to the owner and any operator of the premises and to any commercial tenant of the premises.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Contents of notice.">The notice shall state:<para num="(1)">the date, place, and time of the hearing;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the right of the persons receiving the notice to be heard and to be represented at the hearing; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the possible consequences of failure to appear, including the possible issuance of a default order directing the premises to be closed.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Service and posting of notice.">
      <para num="(1)">The notice shall be given by personal service or by certified or registered mail to the owner,  operator, and commercial tenant, as their names and addresses:<para num="(i)">are recorded in the Land Records of Baltimore City;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">appear in the registration statement filed  under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|13"&gt;Article 13&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 4 {“Registration of Non-Owner-Occupied Dwellings, etc.”}; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">are otherwise known or readily ascertainable.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">In addition, the notice shall be posted on the premises.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §234(b)(1) - (3)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 86-642</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-475</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-619</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-130</annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
