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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 5-303 Review of applications.">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-303" heading="Review of applications.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Determinations by Zoning Administrator.">The Zoning Administrator or the Administrator’s designee must determine:<para num="(1)">whether the application is for a minor variance or a major variance; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">which City agencies and officials, if any, should be asked to review the application and submit written reports and recommendations on it.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Notice of findings.">
      <para num="(1)">The Zoning Administrator or designee must inform the applicant of the determination made under subsection (a)(1) of this section.</para>
      <para num="(2)">If the Zoning Administrator or designee determines the application is for a major variance, the Zoning Administrator or designee must inform the applicant that:<para num="(i)">a major variance can be granted by ordinance or by the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the applicant may request the City Council to introduce an ordinance to grant the major variance;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">in the absence of legislation to approve a major variance by ordinance, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals may grant or deny the major variance; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the applicant may appeal the decision of the Zoning Administrator and the appeal must be filed within 30 days of the Zoning Administrator’s decision.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">The Zoning Administrator or designee must forward an application determined to be a major variance to the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">22-181</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
