A.
Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage within the limits
of the Town.
B.
The owner of any houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation or any other purposes, situated within the
Town and abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there
is now located or may in the future be located a public sanitary or
combined sewer of the Town, is hereby required at his expense to install
suitable toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities
directly with the proper public sewer in accordance with the provisions
of this article, within 30 days after date of official notice to do
so, provided that said public sewer is within 200 feet (30.5 meters)
of the property line.
C.
Where a public sanitary or combined sewer is not available under
the provisions of the preceding subsection, the building sewer shall
be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with the
provisions of this article.
D.
Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal
system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by the
Washington County Health and Human Services Department. The application
for such permit shall be made on a form furnished by said Health and
Human Services Department, which the applicant shall supplement by
any plans, specifications and other information as are deemed necessary
by the Health and Human Services Department aforesaid. The Town Engineer
shall also be furnished with any plans, specifications or other information.
E.
A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective
until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Plumbing
Inspector and the Health and Human Services Department. Said Plumbing
Inspector and the Health and Human Services Department shall be allowed
to inspect the work at any stage of construction and, in any event,
the applicant for such permit shall notify the Plumbing Inspector
and the Health and Human Services Department when the work is ready
for final inspection and before any underground portions are covered.
F.
The type, capacities, location, and layout of a private sewage disposal
system shall comply with all recommendations of the Maryland Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene. No permit shall be issued for any private
sewage disposal system employing subsurface soil absorption facilities
where percolation tests have not been made to determine the size of
the absorption area. No septic tank or cesspool shall be permitted
to discharge to any natural outlet.
G.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served by a private sewage disposal system, as provided in Subsection B, a direct connection shall be made to the public sewer within 30 days, and any septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities shall be cleaned of sludge and filled with clean bank-run gravel or dirt or as required by the Town Engineer.
H.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal
facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the
Town.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided
for every building, except that where one building stands at the rear
of another on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or
can be constructed to the rear building through an adjoining alley,
court, yard or driveway, the building sewer from the front building
may be extended to the rear building and the whole considered as one
building sewer.
A.
The Plumbing Inspector and all other duly authorized employees of
the Town bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted
to enter upon all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing in accordance with the provisions
of this article.
The Plumbing Inspector and other duly authorized Town employees
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all private properties through which the Town holds a duly negotiated
easement for the purpose of, but not limited to, inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, repair and maintenance of any portion of the
sewage works lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent
work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with
the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private
property involved.
