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. (1) Finds that this exception to the county plan is justified and necessary to alleviate extreme hardship; and
2. (2) Approves the exception to the county plan.

Added by Acts 1983, c. 542, § 2.