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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-5 Administration and enforcement.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-5" heading="Administration and enforcement.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">This subtitle and the rules, regulations, and standards adopted under it are incorporated into the &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|VIII"&gt;International Fire Code&lt;/cite&gt;, as adopted and modified in &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|VIII"&gt;Part VIII&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes"&gt;City Building, Fire and Related Codes Article&lt;/cite&gt;, and shall be administered and enforced in accordance with that Code.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Permits.">In addition to any other remedy or proceeding to enforce this subtitle, if the Fire Chief finds any premises or property to be in violation of this subtitle or of a rule, regulation, or standard adopted under it, the Fire Chief may:<para num="(1)">withhold or suspend, until the violation has been corrected, any permit issued under the Baltimore City &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes|VIII"&gt;Fire Code&lt;/cite&gt; for that premises or property; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">order the Building Official to withhold or suspend, until the violation has been corrected, any permit issued under the &lt;cite data-path="|building-codes"&gt;City Building, Fire, or Related Codes Article&lt;/cite&gt; for that premises or property.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Alternative compliance.">An owner or operator subject to this subtitle is deemed to be in compliance with this subtitle and the rules, regulations, and standards adopted under it if the owner implements a national industry security code or set of standards that requires:<para num="(1)">prioritization and periodic analysis, using accepted methodologies, of potential security threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences;</para>
      <para num="(2)">development and implementation of security measures commensurate with risks;</para>
      <para num="(3)">documentation of security management programs, processes, and procedures;</para>
      <para num="(4)">training, drills, and guidance for employees, contractors, service providers, and others, as appropriate, to enhance awareness and capability;</para>
      <para num="(5)">communications, dialogue, and exchange of information with employees, communities, and government agencies and officials;</para>
      <para num="(6)">internal audits to assess security programs and processes and the implementation of corrective measures; and</para>
      <para num="(7)">third-party verification that owners and operators have implemented the physical security measures that have been identified under the required periodic analysis of potential security threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-443</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-552</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 15-427</annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
