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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 23-4.1 Public notices and comment.">
  <section prefix="§" num="23-4.1" heading="Public notices and comment.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Website notice.">
      <para num="(1)">When an application for a waiver is submitted, the Department shall prepare and post on its website, available for download, a public notice of the application.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The public notice shall include:<para num="(i)">the applicant’s name and address;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a description of the location and nature of the activity for which the application is made;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the name, address, and telephone number of the office within the Department from which persons may obtain information about the application;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">a statement that any further notices about actions on the application will be posted on the Department’s website;</para>
        <para num="(v)">a description of how persons may submit information or comments about the application; and</para>
        <para num="(vi)">the date when the public comment period closes, not to exceed 30 days, and by which information or comments must be received by the Department.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Mail and email notices.">The Department also shall mail or email public notices to:<para num="(1)">all contiguous property owners;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the City Councilmember in whose district the property is located; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">persons who have submitted information or comments about the application.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Comments.">Comments on an application must be submitted in writing to the Department before the close of the public comment period, as specified in the public notice.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-277</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
