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 Baltimore County
 Code of Ordinances
 Article 34. WATER AND SEWERS
 Title 3. SEWAGE DISPOSAL

  § 34-3-104. OVERFLOW OF SEWAGE.  

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  • (a)

    Owner to prevent. The owner of any property in the county is responsible for maintaining the property in such a manner that no overflow of sewage, wash water, or other liquids or solids shall be discharged onto any ground surface, streets, or roads or into any waters of the county, except as authorized by a valid permit from the State Department of the Environment.

    (b)

    Director to inform owner of nuisance. When any overflow condition is found to exist, the Director of Environmental Protection and Sustainability shall notify the owner that a state of nuisance exists on the owner's property and that correction and cessation of the nuisance shall be made within such time as the notice shall specify.

    (c)

    Penalty. A person who does not comply with a notification to abate a nuisance within the time stated in the notification is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not less than $50 and not exceeding $1,000 for each day the nuisance continues after the time stated in the notification.

(1988 Code, § 35-74) (Bill No. 126, 1990, § 2, 9-28-1990; Bill No. 26-01, § 2, 7-1-2004; Bill No. 82-06, § 3, 8-24-2006; Bill No. 122-10, § 14, 1-16-2011)