It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit
to be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
within the City or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City
any human or animal excrement, garbage or wastewater.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within
the City or in any area under the jurisdiction of said City any wastewater
or polluted substances, except where permitted by the Maryland Department
of the Environment (MDE) and when possessing a National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System discharge permit for the discharge to
the waters of the state.
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 wastewater or fecal
matter.
The owner(s) of all houses, buildings or properties used for
human occupancy, employment, recreation or other purposes situated
within the City and abutting 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 City is hereby required at the owner's
expense to install suitable facilities to receive sanitary wastes
therein and to connect such facilities directly with the proper public
sewer in accordance with the provisions of this Part 4 within 90 days
after official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is
within 200 feet of the owner's property line.
