eLaws | eCases | Unannotated Code of Maryland and Rules | Maryland Courts | Counties & Cities of Maryland | Code of Federal Regulations | United States Code |
 Baltimore County
 Code of Ordinances
 Article 20. METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
 Title 2. CONNECTION TO SYSTEM

§ 20-2-101. NOTICE TO CONNECT, INSTALL EQUIPMENT AND ABANDON, ETC., PREVIOUS SYSTEM.  

Latest version.

  • When any water main or sewer is declared by the Director of Public Works complete and ready for the delivery of water or the reception of sewage and water or sewer connection pipes have been laid to the several lot lines, the Director shall notify the owner or tenant of every dwelling house, public building, factory, manufacturing plant, or other establishment where people live, assemble, or are regularly employed, or of every building where sanitary fixtures are or in the judgment of the Director should be installed that a connection of all hydrants or spigots, toilets, and drains shall be made with such water main or sewer, the connection pipes of which have been laid to the lot line of such house, building, factory, plant, or other establishment within a time prescribed by the county, such notice to be given by means of personal service upon such owner or tenant or person in charge of such house, building, factory, plant, or other establishment, and where such fixtures do not exist or are of a nature which, in the judgment of the Director is improper or inadequate, the Director shall give further notice by such personal service that satisfactory equipment shall be installed; and in all cases in which such connection shall be ordered the Director may also give notice by such personal service that all wells, cesspools, waste drains, and privies shall be abandoned, removed, or left in such a way that they cannot again be used nor injuriously affect the public health, such disposition to be determined by the Directors of Public Works and the Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management.

    (1988 Code, § 35-176) (Bill No. 126, § 2, 9-28-1990; Bill No. 30-03, § 1, 7-1-2004)

      Annotation- A statutory precursor to this section as it existed prior to amendment, is discussed in Dinneen v. Rider, 152 Md. 343, 136 A. 754 (1927).

    Editor's note:
      Section 26 of Bill 122-10 provides that each reference to the Department or Director of Environmental Protection and Resource Management in Article 20 of the Baltimore County Code, 2003, as amended, shall be deemed to refer to the Department or Director of Environmental Protection and Sustainability.