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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 18-310 Junk or scrap storage and yards; Vehicle dismantling facilities; Landfills.">
  <section prefix="§" num="18-310" heading="Junk or scrap storage and yards; Vehicle dismantling facilities; Landfills.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Status.">A junk or scrap storage and yard, a vehicle dismantling facility, or a landfill lawfully existing as of June 5, 2017, is considered a lawful nonconforming conditional use, subject to the conditions and restrictions previously imposed.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Modifications – Junk ... yards; Vehicle dismantling.">For a lawful nonconforming junk or scrap storage and yard or a lawful nonconforming vehicle dismantling facility:<para num="(1)">structural alterations are permitted; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">an expansion of no more than 25% in land area is allowed if, in addition to any conditions and restrictions previously imposed:<para num="(i)">the expansion is onto a property that is no more than 750 feet from the property line of the junk or scrap storage and yard or the vehicle dismantling facility; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the expansion is onto the portion of that property that is closest to the existing use.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Modifications – Landfills.">For a lawful nonconforming landfill:<para num="(1)">structural alterations are permitted; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">an expansion of no more than 35% in land area is allowed if, in addition to any conditions and restrictions previously imposed:<para num="(i)">the expansion is onto a property that is no more than 750 feet from the property line of the landfill; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the expansion is onto the portion of that property that is closest to the existing use.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Lot subdivision or consolidation.">The area to be used for the expansion must be subdivided into a separate lot or, if possible, consolidated as part of the existing junk or scrap storage and yard, vehicle dismantling facility, or landfill to avoid having a use allowed on a portion of a lot but not on the whole lot.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
