198                              Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 157

CHAPTER 157
(Senate Bill 335)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 566 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Supplement),
title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Refuse—Throwing or
Dumping", including Kent County in the prohibition against main-
tenance of a junk yard or public dump near a public highway and
other general provisions relating thereto.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 566 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1956 Supplement), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title
"Refuse—Throwing or Dumping", be and it is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

566. Public dumps or junk yards outside of municipalities.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either to
maintain or permit to be maintained outside of any incorporated
municipality a junk yard, a public dump or a lot on which refuse,
trash or junk is deposited or motor vehicles are dismantled or stored
within five hundred (500) feet of a public highway or within five
hundred (500) feet of the residence of another, or for any person,
firm or corporation, to throw, dump or deposit any trash, junk or
other refuse upon the same, or to dismantle any motor vehicle
thereon, unless said person, firm or corporation shall have obtained
a permit from the county commissioners of the county in which said
property or lot is situated, or from any agency or department having
zoning or planning powers over the particular area; and, in granting
said permit, said county commissioners, zoning agency or department
shall prescribe the conditions under which same shall be operated
or maintained; and any applicant aggrieved by the refusal of said
county commissioners, zoning agency or department to issue such
permit shall have the right to appeal to the circuit court for the
county, provided that such appeal is taken within ten days from
such refusal. The zoning agency or department of any county shall
exercise the powers under this section only while designated to so do
by the county commissioners of the particular county. Any person
violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each such violation, and each day
on which such violation continues shall be considered a separate
offense. The provisions hereof shall apply only to Carroll, Cecil,
Dorchester, Wicomico, Harford, Prince George's, Kent, Washington
and Allegany counties.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved March 11, 1957.

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.