[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Town Council of the Town
of Edmonston 2-10-1997 by Ord.
No. 96-002 (Ch. 37 of the 1997 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 215.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or the tenant in possession
of any business establishment, dwelling or place of habitation within
the corporate limits of the Town of Edmonston to maintain, use, occupy,
rent or reside in, or permit the use, maintenance, occupancy, rental
or residence of, any business establishment, dwelling or place of
habitation within the corporate limits of the Town of Edmonston, unless
the same be provided with a sanitary toilet connected with a sewer
if and when a sewer is available, and said toilet shall be placed
and erected inside of the business establishment, dwelling or place
of habitation.
No privy, vault or cesspool shall be erected, used or maintained
within the corporate limits of the Town of Edmonston upon any premises
adjacent to an avenue, street, road or alley in which water and sewer
mains have been installed and are available adjacent to said premises.
All plumbing work done within the Town of Edmonston shall be
in accordance with the Maryland Plumbing Code adopted by the State
Department of Health and any and all rules and regulations of Prince
George's County.
[Amended 5-11-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-O-012]
Any person, persons, firm, corporation or stock company violating
any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of $50 and costs
for each offense, and in case of failure to pay the fine, shall be
committed to such place of confinement as may be provided by law until
the fine be paid, not to exceed 30 days. If the offender be a corporation
or stock company, said fine may be imposed upon any officer or director
of said corporation upon whom process may be had.
