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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 10-219 Grounds for denial, etc.">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-219" heading="Grounds for denial, etc.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Required denial or revocation.">Subject to the hearing procedures of Subtitle 10 of this title, the Commissioner must deny or revoke any dog or cat license issued under this subtitle if the applicant or licensee, at any time, has been convicted  of animal abuse, cruelty, or neglect.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Permissive denial, suspension, or revocation.">Subject to the hearing procedures of Subtitle 10 of this title, the Commissioner may deny, amend, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew any license or permit issued under this title if the applicant, licensee, or permittee:<para num="(1)">has withheld or falsified any information on an application;</para>
      <para num="(2)">during the preceding year, has failed to reclaim an impounded animal within the time required by Subtitle 8 {“Impoundment”} of this title;</para>
      <para num="(3)">during the preceding year, has surrendered an animal after receiving a violation notice or citation; or</para>
      <para num="(4)">within any 12-month period, has committed 3 or more violations of this title for which the applicant, licensee, or permitee:<para num="(i)">has been convicted; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">received environmental or civil citations that have been disposed of other than by a decision of “not guilty”.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §28(d)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-024</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 03-595</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-573</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
