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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part III – Enforcement">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-212" heading="Notice of violation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">If the Commissioner of Health believes that any provision of this subtitle has been violated, the Commissioner may issue a written notice to the alleged violator.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Contents of notice and order.">The notice must:<para num="(i)">specify the nature and facts of the violation, including the dB(A) readings noted and the time and place of their detection; and</para>
      <para num="(ii)">order corrective action to be taken within the time the Commissioner specifies.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §240(a)(parts)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="9-213" heading="Enforcement by Commissioner.">
    <text>If corrective action is not taken within the time specified in the notice, the Commissioner may institute injunctive or other legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction</text>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §§240(c), 242(b)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="9-214" heading="Private actions; civil damages.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Private action to enforce.">
      <para num="(1)">Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, any person may bring a civil action against any person who is in violation of a noise control requirement of this subtitle.</para>
      <para num="(2)">An action under this subsection may not be brought:<para num="(i)">before 60 days after the complainant has given notice of the violation to the Commissioner and to the alleged violator; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">while the Commissioner is diligently prosecuting a civil action to require the alleged violator to comply with this subtitle.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Action for civil damages.">Nothing in this subtitle limits the right of any person to damages or other relief for injury to person or property.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §§240(d), 242(c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§§" num="9-215 to 9-216" reserved="true" />
</baltimore-city-law>
