In Baltimore County or Carroll County, the county approving authority may grant an exception to the county plan that allows a person to install an individual water supply system or an individual sewerage system for an individual residence if the Secretary or a designee of the Secretary:
(1) Finds that this exception to the county plan is justified and necessary to alleviate extreme hardship; and
(2) Approves the exception to the county plan.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 9 - Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities
Subtitle 5 - County Water and Sewerage Plans
Section 9-502 - Scope of Subtitle
Section 9-503 - County Plans -- Required; Review by Governing Body of County; Revision or Amendment
Section 9-504 - County Plans -- Incorporation of Subsidiary Plans
Section 9-508 - County Plans -- Notice of Departmental Disapproval; Reconsideration of Disapproval
Section 9-509 - County Plans -- Cost of Preparing County Plans
Section 9-510 - Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department
Section 9-511 - Conformance to County Plans Required -- in General
Section 9-511.1 - Removal of Solid Waste Acceptance Facilities
Section 9-512 - Removal of Solid Waste Acceptance Facilities -- Building Permits; Subdivision Plats
Section 9-513 - Exceptions to County Plan in Baltimore County and Carroll County