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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 48 – Enforcement; Penalties">
  <section prefix="§" num="48-1" heading="HCD to enforce.">
    <text>This Division IV may be enforced by the Department of Housing and Community Development in the manner provided in § 104 {“Duties and powers of Building Official”} of the Baltimore City &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|II"&gt;Building Code&lt;/cite&gt;.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 9A, §12-1(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-170</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-475</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-093</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="48-2" heading="Fines.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Imposition.">A person found to be in noncompliance with this Division IV, or the regulations adopted thereunder, the forest conservation plan, or the associated 2-year maintenance agreement, shall be fined a penalty of $120,000 per acre of the area found to be in noncompliance with required forest conservation, or at a rate as determined and adjusted periodically by the Planning Commission and approved by the Board of Estimates.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Use of funds.">Money collected under subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited in the Forest Conservation Fund established by the Director of Finance, and may be used by the City for purposes related to implementing this Division IV.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 9A, §12-1(b), (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-170</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-401</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="48-3" heading="Civil penalties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In addition, any person who violates any provision of this Division IV or any regulation or order adopted or issued thereunder, is liable for a penalty not exceeding $1,000 per violation, which may be recovered in a civil action brought by the City.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Each day a separate offense.">Each day a violation continues is a separate violation.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 9A, §12-2</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-170</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="48-4" heading="Injunctions.">
    <text>The Department may request the City Solicitor to seek an injunction requiring a person to cease violation of this title and to take corrective action to restore or reforest an area.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 9A, §12-3</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-170</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
