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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-413 Review and issuance.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-413" heading="Review and issuance.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The Commissioner must:<para num="(1)">review each application for a permit within 3 days of its submission; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">on a reasonable showing that the amplifying equipment will not be used to produce loud and raucous sounds, promptly issue the permit to the applicant.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Speech content not to be considered.">Except as needed to verify the noncommercial nature of any proposed speech, the Commissioner may not inquire into the content of the speech sought to be amplified.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Fees.">The Commissioner may not charge a fee for the permit.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Term.">Each permit:<para num="(1)">is valid for 60 days; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">may be renewed an indefinite number of times.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 19, §§ 229(a)(2nd sen.), (b)(2nd sen.), (c), (d), 230(a)(1st sen.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
