If the residents of any unincorporated locality in Frederick County make application for a water, sewerage, or drainage system, or part thereof to be constructed in their locality, the county may require the applicants to bear the reasonable costs for any preliminary engineering studies that the board deems necessary to determine whether it is feasible to construct the improvements. Upon receipt of such reasonable costs as the board determines to be necessary to conduct the studies, the board shall have the studies made and within a reasonable time thereafter advise the applicants of the results thereof, together with the board’s determination with respect to the application.
(Code 1959, § 10A-7; 1979, Chapter 723, § 1)