2210                                County Local Laws

(b)    The repair of any sidewalk or driveway apron may be made
after first obtaining a permit from the Department of Public Works, and
the work shall be done in accordance with County Standards.

(c)    When the Director of the Department of Public Works finds
public sidewalk, driveway apron or sod which needs repairs and are not
safe for public use, it shall be his duty to give notice to the abutting prop-
erty owner of the necessary repairs by sending a registered letter to the
address of the owner shown on the current tax records in the office of the
Director of Finance. Said Notice shall advise the property owner that
they have a sixty day period from the date of notice in order to repair the
sidewalk, driveway apron or sod.

(d)    Any person aggrieved of the action of the Director with regard
to Section 18.500 (c) shall have the right to appeal the action to the Board
of Appeals within thirty days from the mailing of the Notice by the
Director of Public Works to the property owner.

(e)    Upon the failure of the property owner to repair the sidewalk,
driveway apron or sod within the sixty-day period, or to have notified the
Department of Public Works of his intentions to repair by exhibiting a
signed contract or other satisfactory proof, the Director of the Department
of Public Works shall order the work done and shall bill the owner of the
property an amount equal to 100 percent of the cost of labor and material
and an additional sum to cover the cost of title search and other adminis-
trative costs. A copy of said bill shall be sent to the Director of Finance
and shall become a special assessment against the property repaired. Said
assessment shall be final unless appealed to the Board of Appeals within
thirty days after mailing.

(f)    It shall hereby be the duty and obligation of the owner of prop-
erty abutting a sidewalk in a public right-of-way to remove snow from the
sidewalk within forty-eight hours after the snow has fallen. In the case
of a multi-unit building with more than one occupant, it shall be the duty
of the lessor to remove the snow unless he has obligated a tenant who is
actually occupying the property to do so. Any owner of property abutting
a sidewalk in a public right-of-way, lessor or a multi-unit building, or
tenant obligated by the lessor who fails to remove the snow from the abut-
ting sidewalk within forty-eight hours after the snow has fallen shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a
fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) or more than Fifty Dollars
($50.00).

(g)    Nothing contained herein shall be construed to restrict the
County in the use of the County right-of-way for all intended public pur-
poses.

Section 2. Be it further enacted by the County Council of Howard
County, Maryland, That this Act shall take effect sixty (60) days after its
enactment.

1970 Legislative Session, Legislative Day No. 2
Council Bill No. 5

An Act to enact new Sections 12.215 through 12.219 of the Howard
County Code, title "Health," subtitle "Board of Health," to require
approved sanitary facilities in certain businesses serving food to the
general public.