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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 45-4 Liability for costs and expenses.">
  <section prefix="§" num="45-4" heading="Liability for costs and expenses.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Any person who posts a sign in violation of this subtitle and any other person responsible for the sign, as described in &lt;cite data-path="|19|§45-5"&gt;§ 45-5 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, is liable to the City or to the public utility, as the case may be, for the costs of:<para num="(1)">removing the sign; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">repairing any damage caused by the placement or removal of the sign.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Rules and regulations for City property.">
      <para num="(1)">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development shall adopt regulations to provide for the removal of signs illegally placed on City property.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The regulations shall include:<para num="(i)">charges to be assessed for the costs of removing illegal signs and repairing damages;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">rules, procedures, and forms to carry out &lt;cite data-path="|19|§45-3|(b)"&gt;§ 45-3(b) {“Removal of illegal signs: From City property – by others”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;;  and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">provisions that require the Director to report:<para num="(A)">the name of the person or entity represented on the material removed;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the number of advertisements, notices, or other signs removed;</para>
          <para num="(C)">the location of the material; and</para>
          <para num="(D)">the type of structure from which the material was removed.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §1(d)</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>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 02/21/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed this section to refer expressly to the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.</annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
