1. A. Proceeds of a loan may finance improvements which are necessary to provide adequate indoor plumbing connecting to adequate water supply and sewage disposal systems which include without limitation:

   1. (1) Wells;
   2. (2) Septic tanks and drain fields;
   3. (3) Piping from the system into the buildings;
   4. (4) Connection fees and assessments;
   5. (5) Plumbing fixtures and equipment, including fixtures for the handicapped;
   6. (6) Additions, modifications, and alterations required to provide adequate private space for toilet and bath facilities;
   7. (7) Sand mound systems;
   8. (8) Water treatment systems;
   9. (9) For owner-occupants only, related costs described in Regulation .03B(27) of this chapter, and other costs or improvements essential to implementing the required system, and consistent with the purposes of the Act as determined by the Department; and
   10. (10) Alternative and innovative septic and water systems which comply with the requirements of and are approved by MDE and all governmental entities having jurisdiction over those systems.
2. B. Proceeds of a loan may not finance any improvements which serve a nonresidential portion of a building.

Authority: Housing and Community Development Article, §§4-910 and 4-927, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.15 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 28, 1986 (13:20 Md. R. 2193); emergency status extended at 14:2 Md. R. 123; emergency status expired March 1, 1987

Regulations .01—.15 adopted effective March 1, 1987 (14:4 Md. R. 413)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 05.01.22 to COMAR 05.04.05

Regulations .02—.06 amended effective April 12, 1993 (20:7 Md. R. 639)

Regulation .03B amended effective February 22, 1999 (26:4 Md. R. 272); November 29, 1999 (26:24 Md. R. 1855)

Regulation .04A amended effective September 25, 1995 (22:19 Md. R. 1471)

Regulations .07—.15 repealed and Regulations .07—.22 adopted effective April 12, 1993 (20:7 Md. R. 639)

Regulation .09D amended effective February 22, 1999 (26:4 Md. R. 272); November 29, 1999 (26:24 Md. R. 1855)

Regulation .11C amended effective September 29, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1329)

Regulation .15 amended effective February 22, 1999 (26:4 Md. R. 272)

Regulation .15E amended effective September 29, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1329)

Regulation .16C amended effective September 29, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1329)

Regulation .16D amended effective February 22, 1999 (26:4 Md. R. 272)

Regulation .18A amended effective February 22, 1999 (26:4 Md. R. 272)

Chapter revised effective July 12, 2010 (37:14 Md. R. 938)

Regulation .18 amended effective March 16, 2015 (42:5 Md. R. 485)