Any person who has submitted to the Health Officer a plan for
compliance and who has had that plan approved by the Health Officer,
or any person who has submitted such a plan and whom the Health Officer
certifies is actively engaged in good-faith negotiations of such a
plan, shall not be considered to be in violation of this chapter so
long as he acts in accordance with an approved plan or so long as
the Health Officer certifies that active, good-faith negotiations
are being carried on.
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer, or his designee,
to enforce this chapter.
[Amended 4-22-1997 by Res. No. 18-97]
A.
Any person convicted of any violation of this chapter shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be fined $100 for the first conviction;
$250 for a second conviction; $500 for a third conviction. For the
purposes of this section, each day that a violation exists may be
considered a separate offense.
B.
The Health officer may bring a proceeding in the Circuit Court of
Maryland for the abatement of any condition violating this chapter,
and the Circuit Court may, upon hearing and for good cause shown,
enjoin the continuance of the condition violating this chapter, irrespective
of all other remedies at law.
This chapter may from time to time be amended, supplemented,
changed, modified or repealed by the County Commissioners. No such
change or amendment shall become effective until after a public hearing
in relation thereto, at which parties of interest and citizens shall
have an opportunity to be heard. The County Commissioners shall, at
least 15 days prior to any public hearing, publish a notice in one
or more local newspapers of the proposed changes and amendments and
the time and place of such hearing.
