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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 21-3 Incorporation by reference.">
  <section prefix="§" num="21-3" heading="Incorporation by reference.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">For purposes of this Division II, the following documents are incorporated by reference:<para num="(1)">the State’s Design Manual, which serves as the official City guide for stormwater management principles, methods, and practices;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Maryland Conservation Practice Standard Pond Code 378 (January 2000); and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the City’s Design Guidelines, which serve to supplement the State’s Design Manual as it relates to stormwater management principles, methods, and practices in the City.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Defined terms.">
      <para num="(1)">Terms used in the State’s Design Manual have the meanings ascribed to them in the Design Manual or otherwise by the State Water Management Administration.</para>
      <para num="(2)">These terms include, among others:<para num="(i)">“Agricultural land management practices”.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">“Aquifer”.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">“Detention structure”.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">“Direct discharge”.</para>
        <para num="(v)">“Extended detention”.</para>
        <para num="(vi)">“Grade”.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-367</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-277</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
