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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-708" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Regulation by Municipalities and Political Subdivisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A municipal authority shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Construct and provide at its own expense for any water main or sanitary sewer constructed or established under Part II of this subtitle, a water service pipe or sewer connection that extends from the water main or sewer to the property line of each lot that abuts on a street or right-of-way in which the water main or sewer is laid; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>When the municipal authority declares that a water main or sewer is complete and ready for use, notify each owner of abutting property that the owner shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Connect all spigots or hydrants, toilets, and waste drains with the water main or sewer, within a reasonable time as determined by the municipal authority; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Install adequate spigots or hydrants, toilets and waste drains if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>There are no fixtures or drains; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The municipal authority believes that the existing fixtures or drains are improper or inadequate.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To prevent any use of or any injury to the public health, each owner of property that is connected with a sewer shall abandon, close, and leave, in the manner that the municipal authority directs, any:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Cesspool;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Drain;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Privy; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Well that is determined by the municipal authority to be polluted or a menace to health.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After notice from the municipal authority, if a property owner in Frederick County fails to comply with the provisions of this section, the municipal authority may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Have any necessary connections made;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Cause any cesspool, drains, or privy to be closed and abandoned; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Charge the property owner with the cost of the connection or closing or both.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For purposes of this subsection, the costs:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Are a lien against the affected property until paid; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May be collected in the same manner as county or municipal taxes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
