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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 20 – Naming City Property">
  <section prefix="§" num="20-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The following terms shall have the meanings indicated unless their context clearly indicates otherwise.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="City property.">“City property” means any property or part thereof owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or by any municipal agency and includes any property leased by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or any municipal agency for a term longer than 7 years.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Municipal agency.">“Municipal agency” shall include:<para num="(1)">all departments, bureaus, boards, commissions, offices, or trustees; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">persons not embraced in a department who exercise authority comparable to that of heads of departments or bureaus.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §229(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 89-268</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="20-2" heading="Ordinance required for naming.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">City property shall be named or renamed by an ordinance of the Mayor and City Council.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Referral of bill.">
      <para num="(1)">When legislation is introduced into the City Council to name or rename City property, the legislation shall be referred to:<para num="(i)">the Planning Commission;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the municipal agency that has or will have control over the City property;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the Department of Real Estate; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">any other agency that may have an interest in naming the City property.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Within 30 days after referral, the Planning Commission and the municipal agency in control of the City property shall submit reports.</para>
      <para num="(3)">If the reports are not received within the 30-day time period, the City Council may act on the legislation.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §229(b), (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 89-268</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="20-3" heading="Inventories of property.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Agency inventory.">On or before July 1, 1989, all municipal agencies shall submit to the Planning Commission an inventory of all named and unnamed City property under their control.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Consolidated inventory.">On or before September 1, 1989, the Planning Commission shall submit a consolidated inventory of all named and unnamed City property to the Mayor and City Council.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Filing with Legislative Reference.">A copy of the report shall be filed with the Department of Legislative Reference.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §229(d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 89-268</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="20-4" heading="Subtitle inapplicable to streets.">
    <text>This subtitle shall not apply to the naming of streets as provided in &lt;cite data-path="|26"&gt;Article 26&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 7 of the City Code.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §229(e)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 89-268</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
