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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 43-5 Applicable standards.">
  <section prefix="§" num="43-5" heading="Applicable standards.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Proof of knowledge not required.">The Commissioner may order appropriate relief under &lt;cite data-path="|19|§43-3"&gt;§ 43-3 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; without proof that an owner, operator, or tenant knew of the existence of the public nuisance.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Discontinuance not a bar to relief.">Evidence that the nuisance has been discontinued at the time notice was provided or at the time of the hearing does not bar the Commissioner from imposing appropriate relief under &lt;cite data-path="|19|§43-3"&gt;§ 43-3 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §234(d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 86-642</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-619</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
