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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-1 Ordinance and findings required.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-1" heading="Ordinance and findings required.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Ordinance required.">An ordinance of the Mayor and City Council is required to:<para num="(1)">designate any area as a Historical and Architectural Preservation District;</para>
      <para num="(2)">designate any area as a Historical Conservation District;</para>
      <para num="(3)">modify the boundary lines of an existing Historical and Architectural Preservation District; or</para>
      <para num="(4)">modify the boundary lines of an existing Historical Conservation District.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Findings of fact.">The ordinance must be supported by written findings of fact that the proposed Preservation District or Conservation District and its boundaries will comply with:<para num="(1)">the requirements for Local Government Certification under the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C., Chapter 1A, Subchapter II);</para>
      <para num="(2)">the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Identification and Registration; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the Commission’s own Historic Preservation Procedures and Guidelines.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §40(j)(1), (4)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 6, §3-1(a), (b), (d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 64-229</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 67-939</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-022</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-547</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-672</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-408</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
