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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 52 – Protective Measures">
  <section prefix="§" num="52-1" heading="Obstructions in parks and squares.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">No stand or obstruction to the public view shall be erected in any of the public parks or squares of the City or upon the footway belonging to any public building by any person or persons whomsoever (other than the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore).</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Penalties.">Anyone violating this section shall be fined $50 for each offense.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1893, art. 37, §14</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">art. 46, §34</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 29, §10</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 30, §3</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 21, §3</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 21, §2</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1889-151</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="52-2" heading="Glass containers.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">Except as permitted by the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks permits, a person shall not carry or possess any glass beverage container on any property under the control of the Department of Recreation and Parks.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Penalties.">Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $100.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §30A</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 87-894</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="52-3" heading="Defacement, etc., of monuments.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, injure, damage, or trespass upon any public or private monument, statue, or memorial, their ornamental figures or sculpture, or the enclosure or railing around them, or any of them, in the City of Baltimore.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Liability and penalties.">
      <para num="(1)">Any person violating the provisions of this section:<para num="(i)">shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each such violation; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">shall, in addition thereto, be liable to pay all expenses in repairing the said defacements, injuries, or damages.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">In addition to a fine or in lieu of a fine, a judge may sentence a person convicted under this section to perform community service on behalf of the City of Baltimore, which may include cleaning property of trash and litter.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1879, art. 45, §1</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1893, art. 46, §1</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 29, §23</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 30, §4</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 21, §5</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 21, §4</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 49-629</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 91-664</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="52-4" heading="Mount Vernon Place – Ornamental structures.">
    <text>It shall not be lawful for any person to erect or set up any portico, steps, or any other ornamental structure whatever, on Mount Vernon Place, a greater distance into the place than 9 feet, measuring from the building line thereof.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1879, art. 45, §43</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1893, art. 46, §21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 29, §27</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 30, §5</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 21, §6</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 21, §5</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Rev. Ords. 1858-059</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="52-5" heading="Mount Vernon Place – Injuring grass or shrubs.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to walk upon or otherwise injure the grass, trees, or shrubbery upon the squares around Washington Monument, known as Mount Vernon Place and Washington Place.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Penalties.">All persons guilty of violating this section shall be subject to a fine of $1 for every offense; said fines to be collected as other fines and penalties are collected.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1893, art. 46, §23</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 29, §28</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 30, §6</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 21, §7</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 21, §6</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1882-50</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="52-6" heading="Battle Monument, etc.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">It shall not be lawful for any person or persons whomsoever, or for any body corporate, to deposit or cause to be deposited in the space around the Battle Monument, in Liberty Triangle, McLane Place, or Hopkins Place, any dirt, sand, stones, lumber, tools, or other material.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Penalties.">Any person or persons or body corporate violating the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and pay:<para num="(1)">the sum of $10 for each and every offense; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">the additional sum of $10 for each and every day that any article or articles deposited upon said space in violation of the provisions of this section shall remain thereon.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1893, art. 46, §36</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1927, art. 29, §31</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 30, §8</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 21, §10</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 21, §9</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 1892-032</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-495</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="52-7" heading="Herring Run Park.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Prohibited conduct.">
      <para num="(1)">It is unlawful any person to ride or permit a horse to be in any portion of Herring Run Park, other than on the bridle paths provided for such purpose.</para>
      <para num="(2)">It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation who or which owns or has control of a horse to turn over the animal to the custody of any person in the Park without instructions to keep the animal on the bridle paths as required in this section.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Penalties.">A violation of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor, subject upon conviction to a fine in a maximum amount of $100.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 21, §4</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 21, §3</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 59-1811</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
