An
Ordinance to Amend
Title 13
of the Code of Emmitsburg
Entitled
Public Services
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BE IT
ENACTED AND ORDAINED
by
the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Emmitsburg,
Maryland that Chapter 13.04.170 of the Emmitsburg
Municipal Code be, and it hereby is, amended as follows:
The
amended section of this regulation reads as follows with
new
language designated by being in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS,
and language being deleted designated by being
stricken through.
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13.04.170 – Prohibited acts generally.
A. If any person shall injure the drains, pipes of
conduit, any water house, reservoir, the reservoir
grounds or the fencing upon such grounds, or shall
willfully do, or cause to be done, any act whereby any
pipe, plug, wall, cock, engine, machine, or any other
fixture, apparatus or device connected with or
appertaining to the waterworks shall be stopped,
impaired, disarranged or injured or shall open any pipe,
box or other appliance so as to occasion a wanton and
willful waste of water, or shall permit the water to
flow unnecessarily from his dwelling or enclosure, or
use the same in any other manner than is specified in
the application or contract for the use of water, he
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
B.
If any person shall, without proper authority, introduce
a ferrule AND/OR CONNECTION into any public or
private pipe, or from any connection or communication
whatsoever with any public or private pipe, or break
ground for that or any other similar purpose in any of
the public streets of the town, or shall introduce or
use a ferrule AND/OR CONNECTION of larger
diameter than is specified in his or her permit, he or
she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
C.
THE WATERING OF LAWNS, SHRUBS, FLOWERS, GARDENS, ETC.,
VIA THE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM IS PROHIBITED ON ALL DAYS
AND AT ALL TIMES BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM AND 6:00
P.M. ANYONE VIOLATING THIS SECTION OF THE CODE SHALL BE
GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND MAYBE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF
UP TO $250.00 OR BOTH.
(Prior code Art. XII § 17)
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED, ENACTED AND ORDAINED that
this Ordinance shall take effect on the date on which
the Mayor approves the Ordinance after passing by the
Board of Commissioners or on the date on which the Board
of Commissioners pass the Ordinance over the veto of the
Mayor.
PASSED March 7, 2011 by a vote of 3 for, 1 against, 1
absent, 0 abstain
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