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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 50-3 Merchandise projecting from building.">
  <section prefix="§" num="50-3" heading="Merchandise projecting from building.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">No person may place, set, or display any vegetables or fruit or any other goods, wares, or merchandise at a distance of more than 3 feet from the house or store from which they are being sold.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Enforcement by citation.">
      <para num="(1)">In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement procedure, this section may be enforced by issuance of:<para num="(i)">an environmental citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control Board”}; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a civil citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 41 {“Civil Citations”}.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The issuance of an environmental citation to enforce this section does not preclude pursuing any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement action authorized by law.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Penalties.">
      <para num="(1)">Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, is subject to the penalties specified in this section.</para>
      <para num="(2)">On a 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; conviction, the penalty for a violation of this section is a fine of not more than $50 for each offense.</para>
      <para num="(3)">On a 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; or subsequent conviction, the penalty for a violation of this section is a fine of not more than $100 for each offense.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1879, art. 47, §117</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1893, art. 48, §136</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 32, §48</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 24, §92</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 19, §133</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 19, §158</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1869-068</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-595</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
