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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 45-3 Removal of illegal signs.">
  <section prefix="§" num="45-3" heading="Removal of illegal signs.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="From City property – by Department.">For any sign posted in violation of § 45-2(1) through (6) of this subtitle, the Department of Housing and Community Development may:<para num="(1)">summarily remove the sign or make the appropriate referral to have the sign removed; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">send written notice to the person responsible, as described in &lt;cite data-path="|19|§45-5"&gt;§ 45-5 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, ordering that person to remove the sign within the time specified in the notice.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="From City property – by others.">
      <para num="(1)">For any sign posted in violation of § 45-2(1) through (6) of this subtitle, any individual may:<para num="(i)">summarily remove the sign; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">either:<para num="(A)">discard the sign in an appropriate manner; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">submit the sign to the Department of Housing and Community Development for further enforcement proceedings.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">A submission to the Department of Housing and Community Development for further enforcement proceedings:<para num="(i)">must be accompanied by an affidavit, in the form and tenor required by the  regulations adopted under &lt;cite data-path="|19|§45-4"&gt;§ 45-4 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, that describes the circumstances of the violation and removal; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">may designate a non-profit community or neighborhood association listed with the Department of Planning to share in any fines that might be collected in the matter.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">An association so designated is entitled to receive 50% of any fine collected under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control Board”} or Subtitle 41 {“Civil Citations”}.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="From public utility property.">For any sign posted in violation of &lt;cite data-path="|19|§45-2|(7)"&gt;§ 45-2(7) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;:<para num="(1)">the public utility may summarily remove the sign; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">the public utility or the Department of Housing and Community Development may send written notice to the person responsible, as described in &lt;cite data-path="|19|§45-5"&gt;§ 45-5 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, ordering that person to remove the sign within the time specified in the notice.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §1(c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 85-478</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-520</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-232</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-622</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
