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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-209 Temporary exemptions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-209" heading="Temporary exemptions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">When in the public interest, the Commissioner of Health may grant a temporary exemption from the maximum permissible sound levels specified in this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Application and fee.">
      <para num="(1)">An application for a temporary exemption must be made in the form that the Commissioner requires.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In addition to any other information that the Commissioner requires, the application must contain:<para num="(i)">the name of the applicant;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the location of the property for which the exemption is requested;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the dates and hours for which the exemption is requested;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the equipment, instruments, or devices that will be producing the sound;</para>
        <para num="(v)">the name of the person in charge of operating the equipment, instruments, or devices; and</para>
        <para num="(vi)">a statement of the reason the exemption is needed or appropriate.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Form and contents of exemption.">A temporary exemption must:<para num="(1)">be in writing;</para>
      <para num="(2)">be signed by the Commissioner; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">set forth:<para num="(i)">the name of the person granted the exemption;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the location of the property for which the exemption is granted;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the dates and hours for which the exemption is effective;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the equipment, instruments, or devices to which the exemption is limited; and</para>
        <para num="(v)">any conditions or requirements that the Commissioner specifies.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Exemption limitations.">A temporary exemption:<para num="(1)">may be granted only for a period that is reasonable in view of all the facts, but in no case for more than 30 days;</para>
      <para num="(2)">may not be granted more than 3 times in any 1 calendar year for the same location; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">may not permit its holder to exceed the maximum permissible sound levels specified in this subtitle by more than 25 dB(A).</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §239</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
