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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 8A-8 Petition required.">
  <section prefix="§" num="8A-8" heading="Petition required.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">To initiate a proceeding under this subtitle, a petition by abutting owners must be submitted to the Director of Transportation.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Scope of petition.">The petition must specify whether it is for:<para num="(1)">gating, but not greening, an alley;</para>
      <para num="(2)">gating and greening an alley; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">greening an alley for which  gating already has been approved.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Accompanying statement and consents.">The petition must be accompanied by:<para num="(1)">a statement that specifies how the proposed gating and, if applicable, the proposed greening would promote the public health, safety, or welfare; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the signed consents of abutting owners, as required by § 8A-9 {“Consents – Gating only”} or &lt;cite data-path="|26|§8A-10"&gt;§ 8A-10 {“Consents – Greening”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, as the case may be.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Forms and contents.">Each petition and its accompanying statement and consents must be in the form and contain the information that the Director requires by rule or regulation.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-409</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-580</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-405</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 19-332</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
