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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 5-902 Procedure.">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-902" heading="Procedure.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">A zoning verification may be obtained from the Zoning Administrator, on application and payment of a fee for each request.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a separate application must be made for each individual lot of property.</para>
      <para num="(3)">A community-managed open-space garden or farm need only pay the fee and submit an application for verification as a single lot, as long as the lots constituting that use are contiguous.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Required information.">Each application must contain the following information:<para num="(1)">The block and lot number of the property;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a description or definite street location of the property;</para>
      <para num="(3)">The name and address of the present owner of the property; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">the existing and any proposed use of the property.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Considerations.">In issuing a zoning verification, the Zoning Administrator must consider both the use specified in the application submitted for the verification and the information contained in the Zoning Administrator’s official records.  A zoning verification that states a property is in compliance is limited by the accuracy of the information submitted by the applicant.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
