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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-29 Changes to existing structures.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-29" heading="Changes to existing structures.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Substantial improvements.">
      <para num="(1)">An existing structure in the Floodway may be substantially improved only:<para num="(i)">by variance;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">if the structure can be brought into conformance with this Division I without increasing its existing footprint; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">if all residential uses of the structure are provided egress outside of the base flood.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Substantial improvement of a nonconforming structure, regardless of location, may only be undertaken in compliance with this Division I and any other applicable law.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Substantial damage or proposed replacement.">
      <para num="(1)">In the event of substantial damage or proposed replacement, the applicant must submit an alternative analysis to determine if the structure can be relocated to a less hazardous site.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Where replacement structures cannot be relocated, they must be limited to the footprint of the previous structure.</para>
      <para num="(3)">Any replacement structure must meet all applicable requirements of this Division I.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Elevation or floodproofing.">The modification, alteration, repair, reconstruction, or improvement of any nonconforming structure amounting to less than a substantial improvement must be elevated or floodproofed to the greatest extent possible.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Nuisance to be eliminated.">Uses or their adjuncts that are or become nuisances may not be permitted to continue.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §5(b)(4)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §3-28</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 92-134</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">This section, along with the rest of this Division I, was amended by Ordinance 14-208.  Initially, however, the specific changes to this section were inadvertently omitted from the section’s codification here.  The following text has since been corrected to incorporate all changes made by Ord.  14-208.</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
