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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part II – Prohibited Activities">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-606" heading="In general.">
    <text>No person may dispose of any waste or other material except:</text>
    <para num="(1)">in a receptacle and at a location approved by law for waste disposal;</para>
    <para num="(2)">at a licensed landfill; or</para>
    <para num="(3)">at any other disposal site authorized by law to receive waste.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §§135(c), 220, 222(a), 264(c), art. 23, §13</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-044</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="7-607" heading="Disposing of offensive materials.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">No person may dispose of or permit to discharge or flow onto any public or private property, with or without the owner’s permission, any liquid or solid matter that is or that, after exposure to the atmosphere or otherwise, is likely to become offensive or otherwise a nuisance.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Illustrations.">This section applies to, among other things, any:<para num="(1)">blood;</para>
      <para num="(2)">refuse coal oil;</para>
      <para num="(3)">dead animal or part of an animal;</para>
      <para num="(4)">domestic or sanitary sewage;</para>
      <para num="(5)">excrement;</para>
      <para num="(6)">filth;</para>
      <para num="(7)">foul or nauseous liquid;</para>
      <para num="(8)">garbage;</para>
      <para num="(9)">slaughter house or other trade cleanings;</para>
      <para num="(10)">stagnant water; or</para>
      <para num="(11)">offensive matter of any kind.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §119, inter alia</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-044</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="7-608" heading="Dumping on public property.">
    <text>No person may dump or dispose of any garbage, waste, wire, glass, nails, or any other matter:</text>
    <para num="(1)">in or on any gutter, sidewalk, street, open space, wharf, or other public place; or</para>
    <para num="(2)">except for litter, as defined in Subtitle 7 of this title, into any public trash receptacle located on or along any sidewalk, street, open space, wharf, or other public place.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §§167, 172</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-044</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 12-065</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="7-609" heading="Dumping on private property.">
    <text>No person may dump or otherwise dispose of any earth, dirt, sand, ashes, gravel, rocks, garbage, waste, or any other matter on any private property, including in or near any waste receptacle on the property, without the permission of the property owner or the owner’s agent.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §§135, 160(1st cl.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-044</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-478</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="7-610" heading="Burning waste.">
    <text>No person may burn or cause to be burned any garbage or other waste except as specifically authorized by law.</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §§135, 160(1st cl.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 08-044</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§§" num="7-611 to 7-615" reserved="true" />
</baltimore-city-law>
