(a) Before any plumbing, waterworks, or sewer construction is done in any building or upon any private property within Frederick County, the person, firm, or corporation doing the construction shall first obtain a permit from the county and pay therefor such reasonable sum as the board may prescribe. The work shall be done under and pursuant to such rules, regulations, and requirements as the board may from time to time formulate, and subject to such inspection as it may deem necessary; provided, that, to avoid duplication of supervision, the board may waive this provision if the state department of health and mental hygiene issues the permits and makes the inspections required by this subsection in a manner satisfactory to the board.
(b) The county shall have full and complete jurisdiction over all fire hydrants connected with its water system; and no person, firm or corporation may operate, use, or make connection with the system without the written authority of the board, except that no restriction shall apply to any bona fide fire department in the discharge of its duties. No person, firm, or corporation may tamper with, deface, damage, or obstruct any fire hydrant. A violation of any of the provisions of this section is a misdemeanor, punishable under section § 2-13-31 of this chapter.
(Code 1959, § 10A-12; 1968, Chapter 609, § 1; 1977, Chapter 96, § 1; 1979, Ch 723, § 1)
Cross reference:
Plumbing permits generally, see §§ 1-14-90 et seq.
Editor’s note:
Ch. 723 of the 1979 Acts designated the above section as section 10A-12 of the 1959 county code; however, such section constitutes an amendment and renumbering of former section 10A-6 of the 1959 Code.