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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 15-12 Street-cut permit.">
  <section prefix="§" num="15-12" heading="Street-cut permit.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Application.">Each application for a street-cut permit must be in the form and contain the information that the Director requires.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Approval of permit; conditions.">If an application is approved, the Director may:<para num="(1)">impose conditions on the permit as necessary or appropriate to preserve and maintain the health, safety, welfare, and convenience of the public; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">issue the permit on receipt of:<para num="(i)">the permit fees imposed under &lt;cite data-path="|26|§15-14"&gt;§ 15-14 {“Fees”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the performance security required under &lt;cite data-path="|26|§15-31"&gt;§ 15-31 {“Performance security”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Denial of permit.">
      <para num="(1)">The Director may deny an application if the applicant:<para num="(i)">within the preceding 2 years, has done excavation work without a street-cut permit or otherwise in violation of any applicable laws, rules, or regulations;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">has not satisfactorily completed all repairs required under a previously issued street-cut permit; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">remains indebted to the City for:<para num="(A)">expenses previously incurred under this subtitle by the City; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">fines previously imposed under this subtitle by the City.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">If an application is denied, the Director must notify the applicant, by written, electronic, or facsimile communication, of:<para num="(i)">the reasons for the denial; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">how to obtain administrative review of the denial.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Term.">Each street-cut permit shall specify:<para num="(1)">a start date on which work is first authorized to begin; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">an end date by which all work, inspections, and approvals must be completed.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Expiration.">Unless extended by the Department, a street-cut permit expires if the work to be done under the permit:<para num="(1)">has not begun within 30 calendar days of the start date;</para>
      <para num="(2)">is not pursued diligently; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">is not completed by the end date.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Nontransferability.">A street-cut permit is not transferable.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-245</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
