WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 492

119-12. PROVISIONS CONSIDERED ADDITIONAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL;
INTERPRETATION.

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE DEEMED TO PROVIDE
AN ADDITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR THE DOING OF THE
THINGS AUTHORIZED THEREBY AND SHALL BE REGARDED AS
SUPPLEMENTAL AND ADDITIONAL TO POWERS AND AUTHORITY
CONFERRED BY OTHER LAWS AND SHALL NOT BE REGARDED AS IN
DEROGATION OF ANY POWERS NOW EXISTING, AND SUCH PROVISIONS
SHALL BE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED TO EFFECT THE PURPOSES THEREOF.

CHAPTER 122
SEWERS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS

ARTICLE I
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS

122-1. PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.

NO PERSON SHALL, IN CHARLES COUNTY, CONSTRUCT OR
RECONSTRUCT A CESSPOOL, SEPTIC TANK, PRIVY OR OTHER PLANT FOR
THE DISPOSAL OF HUMAN EXCRETA FOR ANY DWELLING, APARTMENT
HOUSE, STORE OR OTHER BUILDING OCCUPIED EITHER FOR DWELLING
OR BUSINESS PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A PERMIT FROM
THE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH OF CHARLES COUNTY, EXCEPT THOSE
PRIVIES WHICH ARE LOCATED MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED (500) FEET
FROM ANY PROPERTY OTHER THAN THAT OF THE OWNER OF THE
PRIVY. APPLICATION FOR SAID PERMIT SHALL BE IN WRITING AND, AS A
PART THEREOF, SHALL CONTAIN DETAILED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
OF THE DISPOSAL SYSTEM WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO CONSTRUCT OR
INSTALL, AND NO PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT OR INSTALL SHALL BE ISSUED
BY SAID COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH UNDER THIS SECTION UNTIL THE
APPLICATION HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER
AND UNTIL HE HAS APPROVED SAID SYSTEM AS ONE WHICH CAN BE
MAINTAINED WITHOUT NUISANCE OR DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH. NO
PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED TO CONSTRUCT OR INSTALL ANY SAID
DISPOSAL SYSTEM, EVERY PART OF WHICH, EXCEPT WHERE JOINTS ARE
LEADED, IS NOT AT LEAST FIFTY (50) FEET FROM ANY WELL OR SPRING
WHICH IS USED OR LIKELY TO BE USED BY MAN AS A SOURCE OF
DRINKING WATER OR FOR DOMESTIC USE, AND PROVIDED, FURTHER,
THAT NO FEE SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT TO
RECONSTRUCT OR REMODEL EXISTING SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANTS.

122-2. NOTIFICATION AND INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS.

WHENEVER ANY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT OR RECONSTRUCT A
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN ISSUED, SUCH SYSTEM SHALL NOT
BE USED OR MAINTAINED FOR SEWAGE UNTIL THE PERSON
CONSTRUCTING, INSTALLING OR RECONSTRUCTING THE SAME HAS
NOTIFIED THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER OF THE COMPLETION OF SAID

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