§ 20-1-124. PRIOR APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR INSTALLATIONS IN PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.

Every public service corporation, company, or individual, before it or they shall begin any construction in any street, road, alley, or public highway within the metropolitan district, shall file with the Director of Public Works a plan of such construction showing the location and depth in such street, road, alley, or public highway of the proposed main, conduit, pipe, or other structure, which plan must be approved by the county before such construction is begun, and when approved no change shall be made in the physical location of anything shown upon such plan except upon the approval of the Director of Public Works. Whenever any public service corporation, company, or individual shall begin to put any such main, conduit, pipe, or other structure in any such street, road, alley, or public highway without first filing plans with the Director of Public Works and obtaining the approval thereof, as above provided, or shall, without the approval of the county, make any change in the location of such main, conduit, pipe, or other structure, as shown upon the plans approved by the county or any approved change therein, such action shall constitute a misdemeanor, punishable as prescribed in § 1-2-217 of this Code, and the Director of Public Works may, when any such main, conduit, pipe, or other structure interferes with the construction or operation of their water or sewerage systems or any of them, remove the same or change the location thereof. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the properties, plants, franchises, or rights of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or to any properties, plants, franchises, and rights that may be hereafter acquired by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the protection or enlargement of its water supply, sewerage, stormwater drainage, or refuse disposal systems or any other of its utility properties.

(1988 Code, § 35-149) (Bill No. 126, § 2, 9-28-1990; Bill No. 30-03, § 1, 7-1-2004)