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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-1111" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Sanitary Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “rural zone” means an area of Montgomery County designated as a Rural Zone, Rural Cluster Zone, Rural Density Transfer Zone, Rural Neighborhood Cluster Zone, or Rural Service Zone as described in the Montgomery County Code Zoning Ordinance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, in Montgomery County, an on–site sewage disposal system or well located in a rural zone may only serve one additional lot or parcel that has been subdivided from a single property on which the on–site sewage disposal system or well is located under an on–site sewage disposal system easement or well easement, respectively, provided that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The property on which the on–site sewage disposal system or well is located does not have an existing on–site sewage disposal system easement or well easement;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The subdivision of the property was made in accordance with a State or county agricultural land conservation program if the property is subject to an agricultural land conservation easement; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Only one on–site sewage disposal system easement may serve only one subdivided lot or parcel.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An easement for an on–site sewage disposal system or well under paragraph (1) of this subsection may be granted from the original parcel to a new lot or parcel being created and the easement must not be granted to any lot or parcel that did not originate from the same original parcel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An on–site sewage disposal system or well under subsection (b)(1) of this section may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Serve land that is designated by the State or the governing body of Montgomery County as a special protection area; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Decrease the land available for agricultural production by more than 4,000 square feet.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
