Ch. 356                           MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              777

OR PRIVATE SYSTEMS EXISTING OR TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE
SANITARY DISTRICT AND MAY PRESCRIBE SUCH RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE USE AND MAINTENANCE THEREOF AS HE
DEEMS NECESSARY. THE COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO
ANY 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 THIS SUBTITLE.

(C) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION IS APPLICABLE WITHIN ANY
MUNICIPALITY OR TO ANY SANITARY SYSTEM OPERATED BY A
MUNICIPALITY AND WITHOUT THE SANITARY DISTRICT.

429.

THE COUNTY SHALL PROVIDE FOR EACH AND EVERY PROPERTY
ABUTTING UPON A STREET OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH UNDER
THIS SUBTITLE A WATER MAIN OR SEWER IS LAID, WHEN SERVICE
TO THAT 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 THE CONNECTION AS PROVIDED IN
THIS SUBTITLE, WHICH 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 THE WATER MAIN OR SEWER WITHIN THE
TIME PRESCRIBED BY THE COUNTY AND IN THE MANNER
PRESCRIBED BY WHATEVER RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE
PROMULGATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SANITARY FACILITIES
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE. WHERE THE
AFORESAID FIXTURES DO NOT EXIST, OR ARE OF A NATURE
WHICH, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE DIRECTOR IS IMPROPER OR
INADEQUATE, SATISFACTORY EQUIPMENT SHALL BE INSTALLED
BY THE OWNER ON THE PREMISES CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE
WATER CLOSET AND ONE SINK OR WASHBASIN, BOTH OF WHICH
SHALL BE PROPERLY CONNECTED WITH THE SEWER OF THE
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 SHALL BE A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.