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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-406 Prohibited uses.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-406" heading="Prohibited uses.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Scope.">The uses prohibited by this section are in addition to those prohibited by§ 1-218 {“Uses prohibited citywide”} of this Code.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Within Critical Area.">Except as specified in subsection (d) of this section, the following uses are prohibited within the Critical Area:<para num="(1)">a non-water dependent structure, except as authorized under &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gnr|8-1808"&gt;State Natural Resources Article § 8-1808&lt;/cite&gt;.4 {“Critical Area Protection Program: Nonwater-dependent projects”};</para>
      <para num="(2)">collection, storage, handling, or disposal of hazardous or toxic materials, as defined in &lt;cite data-doc="Code of Maryland Regulations" data-path="11.07.01.01"&gt;COMAR 11.07.01.01&lt;/cite&gt;;</para>
      <para num="(3)">industrial landfills;</para>
      <para num="(4)">liquefied natural gas and petroleum gas terminals;</para>
      <para num="(5)">maintenance, dismantling, or storage of abandoned, unlicensed, junked, or derelict vehicles or vehicle parts;</para>
      <para num="(6)">non-water dependent uses on barges in tidal waters, except maritime museums;</para>
      <para num="(7)">non-water dependent uses on permanently moored vessels in the Inner Harbor Basin, except maritime museums;</para>
      <para num="(8)">recycling collection stations;</para>
      <para num="(9)">solid waste acceptance facilities, as defined in City Code &lt;cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 24-322" data-path="|23"&gt;Article 23&lt;/cite&gt;, except for facilities approved as a conditional use under this subtitle; and</para>
      <para num="(10)">storage and handling of radioactive waste.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Within Buffer.">Except as specified in subsection (d) of this section, the following additional uses are prohibited within the Buffer:<para num="(1)">cement plants;</para>
      <para num="(2)">chemical plants;</para>
      <para num="(3)">sand or gravel extraction operations; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">storage facilities for nutrients – that is, elements or compounds essential as raw material for organic growth and development (for example, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus).</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Exceptions - In general.">The prohibitions in subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply if the following standards are met:<para num="(1)">on recommendation of the Department of Planning, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals finds both that:<para num="(i)">there is no environmentally acceptable alternative outside the Critical Area; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the use is needed to correct an existing water quality or wastewater management problem; and</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">for any new use that constitutes a significant development or for any expansion of a nonconforming use, a best management practices plan that will achieve a net improvement in water quality and habitat is submitted and implemented as a requirement of the Critical Area review process.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-374</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
