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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 20A-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="20A-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="City structure.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“City structure” means, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, any building or other structural improvement to real property that:<para num="(i)">is owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">has been or is being used for a municipal function or public purpose, including offices, work places, schools, fire stations, police stations, monuments, recreation  facilities, neighborhood centers, and the like.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusions.">“City structure” does not include:<para num="(i)">any subsurface infrastructure or its appurtenances;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">any operational facility not routinely open to the public; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">any structure (other than a building), to the extent that the structure:<para num="(A)">is located on, over, or under a street, alley, or other public way or land; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">is designed, constructed, controlled, and maintained by and under the authority and supervision of the Director of Public Works, the Director of General Services, the Executive Director of the Parking Authority of Baltimore City, or the Director of Transportation, whichever has jurisdiction, or an authorized representative of the applicable Director.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" />
    <para num="(d)" heading="Person.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Person” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(a)"&gt;§ 1-107(a) {“Person: In general”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusion of governmental entities.">Notwithstanding &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(b)"&gt;§ 1-107(b) {“Person: Exclusion”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, in this subtitle “person” also includes a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-451</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">
          The application of the definition in paragraph (b)(2) to school buildings has subsequently been limited by Chapter 607, Acts of 2016.  Among other things, Chapter 607 amended State Economic Development Article § 10-645 to add new subsection (m), as follows
          Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a demolition or partial demolition of a school building under the Baltimore City Public Schools’ 10–Year Plan shall be exempt from any required notice to the Baltimore City Council or the President of the Baltimore City Council.
        </annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
