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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 123

Carroll County - Public Nuisances

FOR the purpose of permitting the Carroll County Commissioners
remove any nuisance or menace to the public health on safety
arising from abandoned wells; and providing that the
determination by a county or local health officer that an
abandoned well creates a nuisance shall constitute prima
facie proof that the nuisance exists.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Carroll County
Section 3-18(B) and (F)

Article 7 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1976 Edition and 1982 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 7 - Carroll County

3-18.

(B) The County Commissioners may remove any nuisance or
menace to the public health or safety arising from the growth of
weeds, the accumulation of refuse, AN ABANDONED WELL, the
presence of stagnant water, or the presence of combustible
material after 10 days' advance notice to the owner or occupant
of the property upon which the nuisance or menace is found.
Notice may be given by personal service or by mail. If the
written order is delivered by mail, notice is effective at the
end of the known fifth day after its deposit in the mail to the
last known address of the owner or occupant of the property
concerned.

(F) The determination by the local or County Health Officer
that a nuisance or menace to the public health or safety exists
by reason of the growth of weeds, accumulation of refuse, AN
ABANDONED WELL, the presence of stagnant water, or the presence
of combustible material shall be final and constitute prima facie
proof that such nuisance or menace exists. It shall be the duty
of the local or County Health Officer to investigate all
complaints of a nuisance or menace to the public health or
safety, as described in this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 8, 1984.