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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 25-3 Performance security.">
  <section prefix="§" num="25-3" heading="Performance security.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Required.">For any development that requires a stormwater management plan under this Division II, a grading or building permit may not be issued until the applicant posts a surety or cash bond, or other means of security acceptable to the Department.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Amount.">The amount of the security may not be less than the total estimated construction cost of the stormwater management facility.  This estimate must be prepared by the applicant and submitted with the plan.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Tenor.">The security required by this section must provide for forfeiture on failure to:<para num="(1)">complete all work specified in the approved stormwater management plan;</para>
      <para num="(2)">comply with any provision of this Division II or of any other applicable law or regulation; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">comply with any applicable time limitations.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Release.">The security may not be released until:<para num="(1)">the Department conducts a final inspection of the completed work;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the applicant submits “as-built” plans to the Department, containing an executed as-built certification block; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the Department verifies that the stormwater management facilities:<para num="(i)">have been completed; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">comply with the approved plan and this Division II.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-367</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-277</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
