# § 3-1 Permit required.

Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 3-1 Permit required.

Balt., Md., Code art. 25, § 3-1 (2026)

(a)

  (1) All industrial/commercial users proposing to connect or to discharge, directly or indirectly, into a public sanitary or combined sewer must apply for a wastewater discharge permit before connecting to or discharging into a public sanitary or combined sewer.

  (2) All industrial or commercial users connected to or discharging into a public sewer after June 28, 1984, must apply for a permit.

  (3) The discharge of industrial or commercial wastewater to the public sewer without having applied for a permit shall result in the assessment of penalties as provided by §§ 3-2 and 23-4.

(b) These users include:

  (1) any user who is subject to national categorical pretreatment standards;

  (2) any significant industrial user;

  (3) any user whose discharge would be in violation of Subtitle 2 {“Control of Sanitary and Storm Sewers”} of <cite data-path="|25">this article</cite>;

  (4) any user regulated by state pretreatment requirements;

  (5) any user using, storing, or generating prohibited, toxic, or priority pollutants; and

  (6) any other user as required by the Director.

(c) No industrial/commercial user shall discharge wastewater directly or indirectly into a public sewer except pursuant to and in accordance with a wastewater discharge permit, when determined by the Director that a permit is required.

*History: Ord. 84-129*

*History: Ord. 91-775*