Subtitle 18 – Jones’ Falls

The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem it necessary, to notify the owner or owners of property binding upon Jones’ Falls, or any part thereof, to have the same walled up on the line of said Jones’ Falls, with a good and sufficient stone, brick, masonry, or concrete wall, to such height as said Director may direct, and to have the same backed up or filled with earth, so as to secure such property or other property in the vicinity from inundation or damage by water, and when the same shall have been walled up wholly or in part, to rebuild or repair in a good and sufficient manner any such wall; all such work to be done at the entire expense of such owner or owners.

If any person, firm, or corporation shall refuse or neglect to have any such wall built, rebuilt, or repaired, as above provided, for within 2 months after receiving notice from the Director of Public Works, as set forth in § 18-1, it shall then be the duty of the Director, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause such wall to be built, rebuilt, or repaired, as specified in said notice, and the cost thereof shall be a lien upon the property so walled up, repaired, or rebuilt, as aforesaid, to be recovered in due course of law from the owner or owners so refusing to build, rebuild, or repair after notice as aforesaid.