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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part V – Administrative Enforcement">
  <section prefix="§" num="14-41" heading="Denials, suspensions, or revocations – Operator’s license.">
    <text>The Parking Authority, subject to the approval of the Director of Transportation, may deny, suspend, or revoke an operator’s license or renewal license for any of the following causes:</text>
    <para num="(1)">making any material false statement in any application for an operator’s license or in any application or accompanying valet parking plan for a valet parking zone permit;</para>
    <para num="(2)">failing to pay the applicable license fee on or before its due date;</para>
    <para num="(3)">providing valet parking services in a way that endangers public safety;</para>
    <para num="(4)">providing valet parking services that unreasonably disrupt vehicular or pedestrian traffic;</para>
    <para num="(5)">violating any other provision of this subtitle, of a rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle, or of a limitation or condition imposed on a license or permit issued under this subtitle; or</para>
    <para num="(6)">otherwise failing to meet the qualifications or other requirements of this subtitle for a license.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-098</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-587</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="14-42" heading="Denials, suspensions, or revocations – Host’s parking zone permit.">
    <text>The Director of Transportation may deny, suspend, or revoke a valet parking zone permit or renewal permit for any of the following causes:</text>
    <para num="(1)">making any material false statement in any application or accompanying valet parking plan for a valet parking zone permit;</para>
    <para num="(2)">failing to pay the applicable permit fee on or before its due date;</para>
    <para num="(3)">providing or knowingly or negligently allowing a contract-operator to provide valet parking services in a way that endangers public safety;</para>
    <para num="(4)">providing or knowingly or negligently allowing a contract-operator to provide valet parking services that unreasonably disrupt vehicular or pedestrian traffic;</para>
    <para num="(5)">violating any other provision of this subtitle, of a rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle, or of a limitation or condition imposed on a license or permit issued under this subtitle; or</para>
    <para num="(6)">otherwise failing to meet the qualifications or other requirements of this subtitle for a permit.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-098</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-587</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="14-43" heading="Cause for suspension or revocation – Enforcement by citation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement procedure, any violation that is cause for suspending or revoking a license or a permit may be enforced, instead of or in addition to suspending or revoking the license or permit, by issuance of an environmental citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control Board”}.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Process not exclusive.">The issuance of a citation to enforce this subtitle does not preclude pursuing any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement action authorized by law.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-098</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§§" num="14-44 to 14-45" reserved="true" />
  <section prefix="§" num="14-46" heading="Administrative appeals.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Right of appeal.">An aggrieved party may appeal to the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals:<para num="(1)">the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license or permit;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the imposition of a fine; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">any other decision or ruling under this subtitle.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="How and when taken.">The appeal must be taken in writing within 15 days from the date of notice of the denial, suspension, or revocation, fine imposition, or other decision or ruling.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Hearing and decision.">The Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals:<para num="(1)">must hold a hearing on the appeal as soon as practicable but no later than 60 days from the filing of the appeal;</para>
      <para num="(2)">must provide written notice of the hearing by first class mail at least 15 days prior to the hearing to all persons listed in &lt;cite data-path="|31|§14-19|(i)"&gt;§ 14-19(i) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">may affirm, modify, or reverse the action from which the appeal was taken.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-098</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="14-47" heading="Judicial and appellate review.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Judicial review.">A party aggrieved by a final decision of the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals under &lt;cite data-path="|31|§14-46"&gt;§ 14-46 {“Administrative appeals”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; may seek judicial review of that decision by petition to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in accordance with the Maryland Rules of Procedure.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Appellate review.">A party to the judicial review may appeal the court’s final judgment to the Court of Special Appeals in accordance with the Maryland Rules of Procedure.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-098</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
