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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-25 All development requires offset.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-25" heading="All development requires offset.">
    <text>Public infrastructure and environmental projects taking place on public land that aim to improve drainage and water quality are permitted in the floodway if:</text>
    <para num="(1)">the development complies with all otherwise applicable requirements of this Division I;</para>
    <para num="(2)">the effect of that development on flood heights is fully offset by accompanying stream modification; and</para>
    <para num="(3)">the development is approved by all appropriate local authorities, the State Water &amp;amp; Science Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §5(b)(2)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §3-23</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-134</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-516</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-020</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
