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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 31-3 Incorporation by reference.">
  <section prefix="§" num="31-3" heading="Incorporation by reference.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">For the purposes of this Division III, the following documents are incorporated by reference:<para num="(1)">the &lt;em&gt;2011 Maryland Standards and Specifications for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control &lt;/em&gt;or any subsequent revisions of it, which serves as the official City guide for soil erosion and sediment control principles, methods, and practices; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the City’s Erosion and Sediment Control Manual, which supplements the State’s Standards and Specifications as it relates to soil erosion and sediment control principals, methods, and practices in the City.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Defined terms.">
      <para num="(1)">Terms used in the Standards and Specifications have the meanings ascribed to them in that document or otherwise by the Maryland Department of the Environment.</para>
      <para num="(2)">These terms include, among others:<para num="(i)">“Adverse impact”.</para>
        <para num="(ii)">“Grading unit”.</para>
        <para num="(iii)">“Maximum extent practicable”.</para>
        <para num="(iv)">“Watershed”.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-095</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
