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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 4-5 Alteration of watercourse.">
  <section prefix="§" num="4-5" heading="Alteration of watercourse.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Notices required.">
      <para num="(1)">When the proposed development includes the relocation or alteration of a watercourse, evidence must be presented as part of the permit application that all adjacent communities and the State Water &amp;amp; Science Administration have been notified by certified mail and have approved of the proposed alteration or relocation.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Copies of these notifications must then be forwarded to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance Administration.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Assurances of flood-carrying capacity.">In addition, the developer must assure the City, in writing, that the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion of the watercourse in question will be preserved.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §6(d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §4-5</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</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>
