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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 43B-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="43B-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Neighborhood nuisance.">“Neighborhood nuisance” means any privately owned premises on or in which an owner, operator, tenant, or occupant of or the holder of any possessory interest in those premises:<para num="(1)">acts in a disorderly manner that disturbs the public peace; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">creates or maintains conditions that let others act in a disorderly manner that disturbs the public peace.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" />
    <para num="(d)" heading="Alcoholic beverage.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Alcoholic beverage” has the meaning stated in State Code &lt;cite data-path="|2"&gt;Article 2&lt;/cite&gt;B, § 1-102.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Alcoholic beverage” includes any mixture of an alcoholic beverage with a non-alcoholic beverage.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Family event.">“Family event” means a party or gathering where each underage person present is directly supervised by an adult family member who is 21 years old or over.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Occupant.">“Occupant” means any person occupying a premises, whether or not a party to a lease.</para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Operator.">“Operator” means any person who has charge, care, or control of all or any part of a premises.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Owner.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Owner” means:<para num="(i)">the person in whose name a premises is recorded in the Land Records of Baltimore City; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">any other person with a legal or equitable interest in a premises.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Owner” includes a person who has an interest as a receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, or representative of any kind.</para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Exclusions.">“Owner” does not include the holder of a tax sale certificate until a judgment foreclosing all rights of redemption has been entered.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Person responsible.">“Person responsible”, when used with reference to any premises, means the owner, operator, tenant, or occupant of or the holder of any possessory interest in those premises, whether alone or jointly with any other person.</para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Premises.">“Premises” means all or any part of any land, building, or other structure.</para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Tenant.">“Tenant” means any tenant or lessee, whether under a written or oral lease.</para>
    <para num="(l)" heading="Underage person.">“Underage person” means any individual who is under the age of 21.</para>
    <para num="(m)" heading="Unruly social event.">“Unruly social event” means a party or gathering of 2 or more individuals on or in any privately owned premises at which:<para num="(1)">alcoholic beverages are consumed by, furnished to, or possessed by any underage person in violation of law; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">the conduct creates a disturbance of the peaceful enjoyment by others of private or public property, including:<para num="(i)">noise in excess of the levels set by City Code Health Article, Title 9 {“Noise Regulation”}, or other law;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">obstruction of public rights-of-way by unruly crowds;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">public drunkenness;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">assaults, batteries, or other disorderly conduct that disturbs the public peace;</para>
        <para num="(v)">vandalism of public or private property;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">littering; or</para>
        <para num="(vii)">any other conduct that constitutes a threat to the public health, safety, or general welfare.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-414</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-389</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
