2744                               Municipal Charters

sewer or OR SEWERAGE systems, in whole or in part, which are
improperly constructed or were constructed without proper authority
from the State Department of Health since the passage of the Act requiring
the same AND WHICH DO NOT MEET THE COUNTY STANDARDS
IN EXISTENCE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE.

17.212—Municipality, Property Owners, or Developers Constructing
Systems.

Whenever a municipality, or the property owners or residents or a
developer of any locality in the Metropolitan District shall desire a water
supply or sewerage system, or part thereof to be constructed in that
municipality or part of the county, including but not permanent LIMITED
to those localities within the purview of Section 231 of the Howard
County Code, (1965 Edition) and the Director of Public Works shall
decide that it is inexpedient or impractical at that time to build such
system, such municipality, or property owners, residents or developers
as the case may be, shall proceed in accordance with said Section 231 of
this Code as aforesaid, even though the particular locality does not come
within the purview of Sections 221 to 236 of this Code. In the event that
said applicant or applicants elect to proceed in accordance with Section
231 of this Code as aforesaid, or shall be required to comply therewith,
as the case may be, the installation, engineering, inspection, operation and
ownership of said utilities shall be PERFORMED OR APPROVED by
the Department of Public Works of Howard County, provided that the
said Director of Public Works and the County Executive are hereby
authorized to enter into such agreement or contracts with such applicant
or applicants, as the case may be, which will provide, among other things,
for the reimbursement to the said applicant or applicants hereunder for
the monies advanced in pursuant of Section 231 of this Article as aforesaid,
upon such repayment terms and conditions as the Director of Public Works
and the County Executive may direct.

17.213—Construction in Public Ways

The Department of Public Works may enter upon and excavate any
State, County, or municipal street, road or alley, or any other public
highway, for the purpose of installing or maintaining and operating the
water supply and sewerage systems provided for under this subtitle, and
it may construct in any such street, road, alley, or public highway, a water
main, sewer or drain or any appurtenance thereof, without the receipt
of a permit or the payment of any charge; provided that whenever any
State, County or municipal highways are to be disturbed, the authority
having control thereof shall be duly notified, and provided further, that
said highway shall be prepared REPAIRED and left by the Department
of Public Works in the same condition as, or in condition not inferior to,
that existing before said highway was torn up, and that all cost incident
thereto shall be borne by the Department of Public Works.

17.214—Permit Required for Excavation and/or Construction on Street,
Etc.

(a) Every person, before beginning any excavation, or construction
over, on or in any public street, road, alley, or public highway or in any
County easement or right-of-way, shall file with the Department of Public
Works plans, or a description satisfactory to the Director of Public Works,
of such work and construction, showing the location and depth of IN
such street, road, alley, public highway, easement or right-of-way SHOW-