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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 6-506 Litter and rubbish prohibited.">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-506" heading="Litter and rubbish prohibited.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Each food service facility must keep its entire premises, including all abutting sidewalks, alleys, footpaths, gutters, and other public rights-of-way, free of litter and rubbish.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Complaints; hearing.">
      <para num="(1)">If, during any license year, the Commissioner receives 10 or more complaints of the facility’s having violated this section, the Commissioner must conduct a hearing under Subtitle 6 {“Suspensions and Revocations”} of this title to determine if the license should be suspended, its renewal denied, or other penalties imposed.</para>
      <para num="(2)">For purposes of this subsection, the Commissioner may accept a complaint only if it:<para num="(i)">is in writing;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">is made by an adult;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">includes the complainant’s name and address; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">is submitted independently of any other person’s complaint about the facility.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Litterer remains subject to prosecution.">Nothing in this section precludes the imposition of penalties under any other law that governs the disposition of litter, trash, garbage, or other waste.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §165A</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
