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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-3 Permitted uses of Fund.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-3" heading="Permitted uses of Fund.">
    <text>Money in the Watershed Protection and Restoration Fund may be used for the following purposes only:</text>
    <para num="(1)">capital improvements for stormwater management, including stream and wetland restoration projects;</para>
    <para num="(2)">operation and maintenance of the City stormwater management system and facilities;</para>
    <para num="(3)">public education and outreach relating to stormwater management or stream and wetland restoration;</para>
    <para num="(4)">stormwater management planning, including:<para num="(i)">mapping and assessment of impervious surfaces; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">monitoring, inspection, and enforcement activities to carry out the purposes of the Fund;</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(5)">to the extent that fees imposed under the authority of &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gen|4-204"&gt;State Environment Article § 4-204 &lt;/cite&gt;are deposited into the Fund, review of stormwater management plans and permit applications for future development;</para>
    <para num="(6)">grants to nonprofit organizations for up to 100% of a project’s costs for watershed restoration and rehabilitation projects relating to:<para num="(i)">planning, design, and construction of stormwater management practices;</para>
      <para num="(ii)">stream and wetland restoration; and</para>
      <para num="(iii)">public education and outreach related to stormwater management or stream and wetland restoration;</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(7)">reasonable costs necessary to administer the Fund; and</para>
    <para num="(8)">any other use authorized by the Enabling Law.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-143</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
