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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 23-2 Qualitative control waiver.">
  <section prefix="§" num="23-2" heading="Qualitative control waiver.">
    <text>Except as provided for in &lt;cite data-path="|7|§23-5"&gt;§ 23-5 {“Phased development projects”} of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;, the Department may grant a waiver of qualitative control requirements for a project if:</text>
    <para num="(1)">the project will return the disturbed area to a predevelopment runoff condition, such as pipeline or conduit projects, certain landscaping projects, certain maintenance projects, and certain underground projects;</para>
    <para num="(2)">the project is an in-fill development project (that is, a development on vacant, bypassed, or underutilized land within an existing developed area) for which:<para num="(i)">environmental site design has been implemented to the maximum extent practicable; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">it has been demonstrated that other best management practices are not feasible;</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(3)">the project is a redevelopment project for which the requirements of &lt;cite data-path="|7|§23-7"&gt;§ 23-7 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; are satisfied; or</para>
    <para num="(4)">the Department determines that circumstances exist that prevent the reasonable implementation of environmental site design to the maximum extent practicable.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-367</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-277</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
