(a) Evaluation of sewerage conditions. In each community that does not have adequate facilities for the disposal of wastewater in which the Director has determined not to construct a wastewater system and in which there is or may be constructed or maintained by private enterprise a wastewater system or disposal plant for public use, the Health Officer shall determine whether the sewerage conditions in the community are reasonably dangerous to public health or to the health of the residents of the community.
(b) Notice and opportunity to be heard. Before making a determination under subsection (a), the Health Officer shall give due notice to each person who may be directly affected and shall give them an opportunity to be heard.
(c) Results of investigation. After an investigation of a community conducted in accordance with subsections (a) and (b), the Health Officer shall inform the Director on finding that the sewerage conditions in the community are reasonably dangerous to public health or to the health of the residents of the community.
(d) Order to connect. After being informed in accordance with subsection (c), the Director shall issue an order adopting the findings of the Health Officer and ordering the owners or occupants of the community within a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner prescribed in the order to connect their respective premises with the private wastewater system.
(e) Public Service Commission approval. An owner or occupant of property in the County is not required to connect the premises with a private wastewater system under the provisions of this section unless the rates and terms for the connection have been approved by the State Public Service Commission and the connection is permitted at the rates and on the terms approved by the State Public Service Commission.
(1985 Code, Art. 25, § 25-5-201) (Bill No. 63-04)
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