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LASS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 60 0

8.    "Individual water supply system" means a
single system of piping, pumps, tanks, or other facilities
utilizing a source of ground or surface water to supply only
a single lot.

9.    "Lot" means a part of a subdivision or a
parcel of land used as a building site or intended to be
used for building purposes, whether immediate or future,
which would not be further subdivided.

10.   "County" means any of the [twenty—three] 23
counties or Baltimore City.

11.   "Potable water" means water free from
impurities in amounts sufficient to cause disease or harmful
physiological effects with the bacteriological and chemical
quality conforming to applicable standards of the
Department.

12.   "Subdivision" means the division of a
single tract, tracts or other parcels of land, or a part
thereof, into two or more lots, for the purpose, whether
immediate or future, of sale or of building development, and
shall also include changes in street lines or lot lines,
provided, however, that divisions of land for agriculture
purposes into parcels of more than 3 acres, not involving
any new street or easement of access, shall not be included
within the meaning of "subdivision."

13.   "Approving authority" means one or more
officials, agents, or agencies of local government
designated by the local governing body or specified by other
provisions of this section to take certain actions as a part
of implementing this section.

14.   "Solid wastes" means litter and all refuse
materials, other than gaseous and liquid wastes, from all
public and private establishments and residences, including
shopping centers.

15.   "Solid waste disposal system" means any
system, whether publicly or privately owned, which provides
scheduled or systematic collection of solid wastes and their
transportation to and treatment or other disposition at a
solid waste acceptance facility. A solid waste disposal
system includes all solid waste acceptance facilities used
in connection with the system.

16.   "Solid waste acceptance facility" means  any
sanitary landfill, incinerator, transfer station or any
other type plant the primary purpose of which is for the
disposal, treatment or processing of solid wastes.

17.   "Litter" means all rubbish, waste material,
refuse, garbage, trash, debris, dead animals or other
discarded materials of any kind and description.