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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 8-8 Issuance of Authorization to Proceed.">
  <section prefix="§" num="8-8" heading="Issuance of Authorization to Proceed.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Issuance.">If the Commission approves the issuance of an Authorization to Proceed, the Executive Director must promptly issue the Authorization to Proceed and forward it to the Building Official, along with the related application, plans, and specifications.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Contents of Authorization to Proceed.">The Authorization to Proceed must contain:<para num="(1)">a description of the regulated alteration being approved;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a reference to whether the approval is premised on:<para num="(i)">a finding that the alteration is compliant with the design guidelines and is otherwise appropriate (as required by &lt;cite data-path="|6|§8-6|(b)|(1)"&gt;§ 8-6(b)(1) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;); or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a finding that the alteration is noncompliant or otherwise inappropriate, but:<para num="(A)">it is without substantial detriment to the public welfare and without substantial derogation of &lt;cite data-path="|6"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; (as required by &lt;cite data-path="|6|§8-6|(b)|(2)|(i)"&gt;§ 8-6(b)(2)(i) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;); and</para>
          <para num="(B)">denial would result in substantial hardship to the applicant (as required by &lt;cite data-path="|6|§8-6|(b)|(2)|(ii)"&gt;§ 8-6(b)(2)(ii) of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;);</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">the substance of any conditions, restrictions, or limitations imposed by the Commission to minimize the degree to which the alteration otherwise would be noncompliant with the Commission’s design guidelines or otherwise inappropriate; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">the date on which the Authorization to Proceed is issued.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Term of Notice.">Unless an extension is granted, every Authorization to Proceed expires and becomes invalid if a building permit is not obtained and the work authorized begun within 1 year after the Authorization to Proceed is issued.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §40(q)(7)(1st sen.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 6, §4-5(a)</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. 05-123</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-247</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-550</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-063</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-408</annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
