Ch. 478 LAWS OF MARYLAND

AGREEMENTS WITH THE OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF SUCH SYSTEMS
DESIGNED TO INSTALL FIRE HYDRANTS OR OTHER FIRE PROTECTION
EQUIPMENT AS MAY BE DEEMED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. NO PERSON,
FIRM, OR CORPORATION MAY TAMPER WITH, DEFACE, DAMAGE, OR
OBSTRUCT ANY FIRE HYDRANT. A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IS A MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE UNDER
§ 67-29 OF THIS CHAPTER.

C. EXCEPTION. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION IS APPLICABLE WITHIN
ANY MUNICIPALITY OR TO ANY SANITARY SYSTEM OPERATED BY A
MUNICIPALITY AND WITHOUT THE SANITARY DISTRICT BY VIRTUE OF
THE PROVISIONS OF § 67-1A HEREOF.

67-12. WATER AND SEWER CONNECTIONS; ABANDONMENT OF FORMER
FACILITIES.

THE COUNTY SHALL PROVIDE FOR EACH AND EVERY PROPERTY
ABUTTING UPON A STREET OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH UNDER THIS
CHAPTER A WATER MAIN OR SEWER IS LAID, WHEN SERVICE TO SUCH
PROPERTY IS FEASIBLE, A WATER SERVICE PIPE OR SEWER
CONNECTION, WHICH SHALL BE EXTENDED AS REQUIRED, FROM THE
WATER MAIN OR SEWER TO THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE ABUTTING
LOT. THE WATER SERVICE PIPE AND THE CONNECTION WITH THE SEWER
SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED BY AND AT THE SOLE EXPENSE OF THE
COUNTY, BUT SUBJECT TO A REASONABLE CHARGE FOR SAID
CONNECTION AS PROVIDED IN § 67-19 OF THIS CHAPTER, WHICH SAID
CHARGE SHALL BE PAID BY ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AT THE OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY TREASURER BEFORE THE ACTUAL CONNECTION WITH
ANY PIPE OR PRIVATE PROPERTY IS MADE. WHEN ANY WATER MAIN OR
SEWER IS DECLARED BY THE COUNTY COMPLETE AND READY FOR THE
DELIVERY OF WATER OR THE RECEPTION OF SEWAGE, EVERY
ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER, AFTER DUE NOTICE, SHALL MAKE A
CONNECTION OF ALL SPIGOTS OR HYDRANTS, TOILETS AND WASTE
DRAINS WITH SAID WATER MAIN OR SEWER WITHIN THE TIME
PRESCRIBED BY THE COUNTY AND IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY
SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE PROMULGATED BY THE
DIRECTOR OF SANITARY FACILITIES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS CHAPTER. WHERE THE AFORESAID FIXTURES DO NOT EXIST, OR
ARE OF A NATURE WHICH, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF
SANITARY FACILITIES IS IMPROPER OR INADEQUATE, SATISFACTORY
EQUIPMENT SHALL BE INSTALLED BY THE OWNER ON THE PREMISES
CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE (1) WATER CLOSET AND ONE (1) SINK OR
WASHBASIN, BOTH OF WHICH SHALL BE PROPERLY CONNECTED WITH
THE SEWER OF SAID COUNTY. ALL CESSPOOLS, SINK DRAINS AND
PRIVIES LOCATED ON PROPERTIES CONNECTED TO SEWERS PROVIDED
BY THE COUNTY SHALL BE ABANDONED, CLOSED AND LEFT IN A
SANITARY CONDITION SO THAT NO ODOR OR NUISANCE SHALL ARISE
THEREFROM. ANY VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION

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