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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 31-9 Exemptions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="31-9" heading="Exemptions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Definitions.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Agricultural land management practices.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">“Agricultural land management practices” means those methods and procedures used in the cultivation of land to further crop and livestock production and conservation of related soil and water resources.</para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Exclusions.">“Agricultural land management practices” does not include logging and timber removal operations.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Best management practice.">“Best management practice” means a structural device or nonstructural practice designed to temporarily store or treat stormwater runoff in order to mitigate flooding, reduce pollution, and provide other amenities.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Exempt activities.">The following activities are exempt from this Division III:<para num="(1)">agricultural land management practices;</para>
      <para num="(2)">agricultural best management practices;</para>
      <para num="(3)">clearing or grading activities that disturb less than 5,000 square feet of land area and disturb less than 100 cubic yards of earth; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">clearing or grading activities that are subject exclusively to State approval and enforcement under State law and regulations.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-095</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
