Wicomico County, MD
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2023-07-06
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Division 3 The Code
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 183 Plumbing
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Article I General Provisions
- Division 1 The County Charter
- Ch C County Charter
- Division 2 Municipal Charters
- Ch DC Delmar Charter
- Ch FC Fruitland Charter
- Ch HC Hebron Charter
- Ch MC Mardela Springs Charter
- Ch PC Pittsville Charter
- Ch SC Salisbury Charter
- Ch SHC Sharptown Charter
- Ch WC Willards Charter
- Division 3 The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aviation
- Ch 7 Board of Appeals
- Ch 9 Bridges
- Ch 13 County Internal Auditor
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Emergency Management
- Ch 18 Compensation and Allowance Commission
- Ch 19 Contracts and Purchasing
- Ch 20 Correction, Department of
- Ch 22 County Property
- Ch 27 Deeds
- Ch 29 Finance
- Ch 30 Clean Energy Loan Program
- Ch 31 Election Districts
- Ch 33 Elections
- Ch 36 Environment, Commission on
- Ch 37 Ethics Law
- Ch 39 Fire and Ambulance Companies and Rescue Squads
- Ch 41 Fire Protection
- Ch 44 Housing Authority
- Ch 46 Law Enforcement Review Board
- Ch 47 Library System
- Ch 56 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Personnel Rules
- Ch 62 Planning and Zoning Commission
- Ch 64 Planning Organization, Areawide
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Pocomoke River
- Ch 70 Recreation, Parks and Tourism
- Ch 72 Register of Wills
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Roads and Improvements
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 83 Seal
- Ch 86 Sheriff
- Ch 87 Special Benefit Districts
- Ch 88 Substance Abuse Policy
- Ch 90 Tax Exemptions
- Ch 94 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 Urban Service Districts
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 104 Agricultural Land Preservation
- Ch 105 Alarms
- Ch 106 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Assemblies, Mass Public
- Ch 117 Building Construction
- Ch 119 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch 125 Critical Area Resource Protection
- Ch 126 Forest Conservation
- Ch 130 (Reserved)
- Ch 133 Animal Control
- Ch 135 Drugs and Tobacco Products
- Ch 138 Electrical Standards
- Ch 140 Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 141 Fees
- Ch 144 Fire Prevention
- Ch 146 Fires
- Ch 148 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 149 Floodplain Management
- Ch 151 Fortune-Telling
- Ch 153 Foxes
- Ch 156 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 158 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 160 Housing Standards
- Ch 169 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 170 Motels and Places of Amusements
- Ch 174 Nuisances
- Ch 179 Parks, Recreational Facilities and Areas
- Ch 180 Peddlers
- Ch 183 Plumbing
- Ch 183 Art I General Provisions
- § 183-1 Authority; purpose; scope.
- § 183-2 Title.
- § 183-3 Remedial nature of code; construal of provisions.
- § 183-4 Adoption of standards.
- Ch 186 Right to Farm
- Ch 190 (Reserved)
- Ch 195 (Reserved)
- Ch 196 Stormwater Management
- Ch 197 Streets and Addressing System
- Ch 200 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 203 Taxation
- Ch 205 Taxicabs
- Ch 211 Trailer Camps
- Ch 213 Transient Merchants
- Ch 216 Trespass
- Ch 218 Vagrants
- Ch 221 Violations and Penalties
- Ch 225 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A228 Acts Appearing as Footnotes in 1965 Code
- Ch A229 Acts Not Elsewhere Referred to
- Ch A230 Comparative Table of Sections
- Ch A231 Derivation Table
- Ch A232 Disposition Lists
- Ch A233 Rules of Legislative Procedure
Under and by virtue of the authority contained in Article 25A, § 5, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition) and the amendments thereto, Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition) and the amendments thereto and Chapter 22 of the Wicomico County Code,[1] and further for the protection and promotion of the health,
safety, comfort and welfare of the citizens of Wicomico County, the
following rules, regulations and provisions are enacted, adopted and
established with respect to all plumbing installations, alterations,
repairs, replacements or fittings or appurtenances thereto outside
the limits of incorporated towns and cities in Wicomico County, except
inside the limits of such incorporated towns and cities where the
charters of such incorporated towns and cities contain no provision
to regulate the subject matter of this chapter.
The provisions embraced within the following
sections and subsections shall constitute and be known and cited as
the "Wicomico County Plumbing Code."
This code is hereby declared to be remedial
and shall be construed to secure the beneficial interest and purposes
thereof, which are health, sanitation, general public safety and welfare,
by regulating installation and maintenance of all plumbing.
[Amended 2-13-1990 by Bill No. 1990-4; 10-17-2006 by Bill No. 2006-11]
The County Council of Wicomico County hereby
adopts that certain document, one copy of which is on file in the
office of the Plumbing Official of Wicomico County, Maryland, being
marked and designated as the "Department of Licensing and Regulations,
Code of Maryland Regulations, 09.20, State Board of Plumbing, 501
St. Paul Place, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202," hereinafter referred
to as the Wicomico County, Maryland, Plumbing Code,” for the
control of buildings and structures as therein provided. Each and
all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms
of the Maryland Plumbing Code and all amendments thereto, not otherwise
amended as set forth in this chapter, are hereby referred to, adopted
and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein; and from
the date on which this chapter should take effect, the provisions
thereof shall be controlling for all plumbing installations within
the corporate limits of Wicomico County, Maryland.
