[Adopted 9-9-1953 by Ord. No. 230]
[Amended 4-12-2006 by Ord. No. 562]
Not later than January 1, 1954, all owners of
all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy, employment,
recreation or other purposes situated within the City of Crisfield
and available to sewer connection on any street, alley, easement or
right-of-way in which there is now available or in the future may
be available a municipal sewer shall connect to and is hereby required
at his or their expense to connect all sanitary plumbing fixtures
to said sewer, and which sewers shall be used as the means of sewage
disposal for said property or properties. The City shall authorize
or disallow such connection pursuant to written policies adopted by
resolution of the City Council and amended from time to time.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, Sections
95 and 95A, of the Public Local Laws of Maryland, 1930 Edition, as
amended, the expense of said connections to said sewer shall be borne
by the respective property owner or owners. If the property owner
or owners shall fail to make the necessary connections within the
prescribed time, the work may be done by the City of Crisfield, and
the cost thereof shall constitute a lien against said property or
properties if said connection shall be made by the Mayor and Council
of the City of Crisfield pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid
statutes.
It shall be unlawful on and after January 1,
1954, to maintain, use or permit to be used outside toilets, privies,
cesspools or septic tanks for sewage disposal within the corporate
limits of the City of Crisfield by owners of properties available
or which may become available to sewer service as provided for by
the terms of this article.
[Amended 9-12-1979 by Ord. No. 333]
Violations of this article shall be deemed to
be misdemeanors punishable by the imposition of a fine not to exceed
$500 or 90 days' incarceration, or both, by any court of competent
jurisdiction of the State of Maryland.
