Whenever the use of a substructure is abandoned, except the abandonment of service lines designed to serve single properties, the person owning, using, controlling, or having an interest therein shall, within 30 days after such abandonment, file with the President of the Council members a statement in writing giving in detail the location of the substructure so abandoned. If such abandoned substructure is in the way, or subsequently becomes in the way, or an installation is pursuant to a governmental function, the owner shall remove such abandoned substructure or pay the cost of its removal during the course of excavation for construction of the utility by the town or any other public body.
(1993 Code, Title V, Art. 1, § 16) Penalty, see § 151.99