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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 23-18 Mandatory relocation of facilities.">
  <section prefix="§" num="23-18" heading="Mandatory relocation of facilities.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Director may order relocation.">The Director may:<para num="(1)">order facilities to be removed from above the streets and placed underground in the conduit system in accordance with Chapter 200, Laws of Maryland 1892;</para>
      <para num="(2)">order facilities to be moved from one underground conduit location to another; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">use methods that, in the judgment of the Director, are necessary to protect and promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the City.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Compliance required.">The person responsible for the facilities shall comply with a relocation order issued under this section within 150 days of the order.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Relocation  by Department.">If the facilities are not relocated within 6 months of the order:<para num="(1)">the Department may relocate the facilities and remove any poles remaining above the streets; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the person responsible for the facilities is liable to the Department for all expenses of the relocation and of the removal of poles remaining above the streets.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-263</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
