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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-14 Enclosures below lowest floor or flood-protection elevation.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-14" heading="Enclosures below lowest floor or flood-protection elevation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">New construction and substantial improvements of fully enclosed areas below the lowest floor or below the flood-protection elevation:<para num="(1)">are limited to floodproofed areas usable solely for parking vehicles, limited storage, and building access, as specified in §§ 1-3(a) {“Definitions: Floodproofing”}, § 3-4 {“Residential structures”}, and 3-5 {“Non-residential and mixed-used structures”} of this Division I; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">must be designed to meet or exceed the minimum criteria described in &lt;cite data-path="|7|§1-3|(a)"&gt;§ 1-3(a) {“Definitions: Floodproofing”} of this Division I&lt;/cite&gt; for dry floodproofing and wet floodproofing.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="State regulations.">The State may have different, more stringent requirements set forth in &lt;cite data-doc="Code of Maryland Regulations" data-path="|26.17.03"&gt;COMAR 26.17.03&lt;/cite&gt; {“Construction on Nontidal Waters and Floodplains”}.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §5(a)(14)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §3-14</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-134</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-672</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-516</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-020</annotation>
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