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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 16-8 Work by City.">
  <section prefix="§" num="16-8" heading="Work by City.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Commissioner to notify Director.">Should any owner of any such property refuse, neglect, or fail to comply with any of the terms or requirements of their said notice within the time therein stated or the extension thereof, if extended as provided in § 16-6 hereof, then upon the expiration of the time limited in said notice, if no application has been made for an extension, or upon the expiration of the extended time, if any extension has been granted as hereinabove provided, the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development is hereby empowered and directed to make written request upon the Director of Public Works of Baltimore City to make the necessary connection and do the other work hereinabove required to be done in and upon such property.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Director to perform work.">Thereupon, the said Director is hereby directed to:<para num="(1)">perform all the work required of the said owner of said property;</para>
      <para num="(2)">supply all the materials needed therefor; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">keep an accurate account of the cost of such materials and work upon each of such properties separately.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Report of work.">Upon the completion of the work, the said Director shall make a written report stating, as to each property separately:<para num="(1)">that the said connections have been made and said work done;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the costs of the labor and material required in doing the same, to which he shall add a lump sum of $50 as a penalty upon the owner for failing to comply with this subtitle and to cover administrative or supervisory expenses;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the description of the property by street and number; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">the name of the owner.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Notice of expenses to owner.">Thereupon the Director shall:<para num="(1)">notify the owner of said property of the amount of the total expense; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">in said notice, appoint a day for such owner to appear before him and show cause if any exists why said total expense should not be charged against the said property.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Charge of expenses to owner.">
      <para num="(1)">If such party shall fail to appear within the time limited, or fail to show any just reason why said charge should not be made, the Director shall cause such charge to be entered in the records to be provided for that purpose and kept in the office of the Director of Finance.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Said records shall show the amount of the expense for making the sewer connection and the date when said expense was incurred by the Director and said administrative charge or penalty.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The interest herein directed to be charged shall be at the rate set from time to time by the Board of Estimates.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Administrative review.">Any person thus charged with the expense of such connection, as hereinabove provided, shall have the same right of appeal to the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals and within the same time and by the same procedure, as is now provided by law.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 42, §45</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 33, §21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 25, §21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 25, §20(a), (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-058</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 59-164</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-146</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 84-129</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 91-775</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
