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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 17-3 Disturbing manhole.">
  <section prefix="§" num="17-3" heading="Disturbing manhole.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Manhole” defined.">“Manhole” means a structure designed to provide access to the sewer or drain for purposes of examination, cleaning, or sampling.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Prohibited conduct; penalties.">Any person who shall enter any manhole of any public sewer, either stormwater or sanitary, or who shall disturb or interfere with any such sewer or manhole in any manner whatsoever, without a permit from the Director of Public Works, shall be subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both, as provided in &lt;cite data-path="|25|§23-3"&gt;§ 23-3 of this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 42, §53</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 33, §6</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 25, §6</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 25, §§1(m), 5</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-462</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 75-914</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-146</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 84-129</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 91-775</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
