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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 5-602 Major variances; Conditional uses.">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-602" heading="Major variances; Conditional uses.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Hearing required.">For major variances and conditional uses, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals or the City Council, as the case may be, must conduct a hearing at which:<para num="(1)">the parties in interest and the general public will have an opportunity to be heard; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">all agency reports will be read.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Notice of hearing required.">Notice of the hearing must be given by posting in a conspicuous place on the subject property.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Contents of notice.">The notice must include:<para num="(1)">the date, time, place, and purpose of the public hearing;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the address of the subject property or a drawing or description of the boundaries of the area affected by the proposed variance or conditional use;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the name of the applicant; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">how additional information on the matter can be obtained.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Number and manner of posted notices.">
      <para num="(1)">The number and manner of posting is as follows:<para num="(i)">for an individual property, at least 1 sign must be visible from each of the property’s street frontages;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">each sign must be posted at a prominent location, near the sidewalk or public right-of-way, so that it is visible to passing pedestrians and motorists;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">a window-mounted sign must be mounted inside the window glass and placed so that it is clearly visible to passing pedestrians and motorists; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">each sign must be at least 3 feet by 4 feet in size.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Nothing in this subtitle prevents the voluntary posting of more notices than required by this subtitle.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Timing of notice.">The posted notice must be:<para num="(1)">posted at least 21 days before the public hearing; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">removed within 48 hours after conclusion of the public hearing.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
