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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 9 – Penalties">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-1" heading="In general.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this Division I, any provision of a rule or regulation adopted under this Division I, or any term or condition of a permit issued under this Division I is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each violation.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §8 (part)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §7-5(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-516</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="9-2" heading="Department of Housing and Community Development to enforce.">
    <text>This Division I may be enforced by the Department of Housing and Community Development in the manner provided in § 104 {“Duties and powers of Building Official”} of the Baltimore City &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|II"&gt;Building Code&lt;/cite&gt;.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-020</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="9-3" heading="Each day a separate offense.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Every day that a violation continues is a separate offense.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Prima facie proof of continuation.">Proof that a violation exists on any date that follows the issuance of a violation notice constitutes prima facie evidence that the violation has continued throughout the intervening period of time.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §8 (part)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §7-5(b)</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>
  <section prefix="§" num="9-4" heading="Penalty not a substitute for remediation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The imposition of a fine or penalty for a violation or noncompliance does not excuse the violation or noncompliance nor permit it to continue.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Remediation still required.">All offenders are required to correct or remedy the violation or noncompliance within a reasonable time.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Penalty not substitute for correcting noncompliance.">
      <para num="(1)">The imposition of a fine or penalty for a violation or noncompliance does not excuse the violation or noncompliance nor permit it to continue.</para>
      <para num="(2)">All offenders are required to correct or remedy the violation or noncompliance within a reasonable time.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §8 (part)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §7-5(c)</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>
