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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 8-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="8-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" />
    <para num="(c)" heading="Scrap metal.">“Scrap metal” means any object that consists in whole or substantial part of ferrous or non-ferrous metal.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Scrap metal dealer.">
      <para num="(1)">“Scrap metal dealer” means any person who, whether as a dealer, a broker, or otherwise, buys, processes, or sells scrap metal.</para>
      <para num="(2)">“Scrap metal dealer” does not include:<para num="(i)">a person whose business is limited to the purchase of aluminum cans for recycling purposes;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">an automotive dismantler and recycler:<para num="(A)">who is licensed under State Transportation Article, Title 15 {“Vehicle Laws – Licensing of Businesses and Occupations”}, Subtitle 5 {“Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers and Scrap Processors”}; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">whose business is limited to the acquisition of whole vehicles for the purpose of dismantling, destroying, or scrapping them for the benefit of their parts or the materials in them; or</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(iii)">a landfill or solid-waste facility that:<para num="(A)">is licensed by the Finance Director; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">is operated by a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §41A</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 90-641</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 01-243</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-255</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-389</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.  22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
