<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 18-303 Repairs and alterations.">
  <section prefix="§" num="18-303" heading="Repairs and alterations.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Maintenance and repairs.">Normal maintenance and incidental repair may be performed on any structure that is devoted in whole or in part to a nonconforming use, as long as the maintenance or repair will not, in any way, create any new nonconformity, increase the degree of any nonconformity, or increase the bulk of the structure.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Structural alterations.">No structural alteration may be performed on any structure devoted to a nonconforming use, unless:<para num="(1)">the alteration is required by law;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the alteration is necessary to restore the structure to a safe condition on order of any official charged with protecting the public safety;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the alteration is for the purpose of bringing about a conforming use; or</para>
      <para num="(4)">the alteration will not, in any way, create any new nonconformity, increase the degree of any nonconformity, or increase the bulk of the structure.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
