Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21

of County Commissioners, before
consideration will be given to such
application. Before any such per-
init shall be issued, the Clerk to the
Board of County Commissioners
shall publish in a newspaper of
general circulation, published in
Montgomery County and circulated
in the area of the County where
said proposed establishment is to
be located or maintained, notice to
the public that the County Com
missioners of Montgomery County
will hold hearing upon said APP
plication on day and hour stated
therein, which notice shall give the
names of the persons seeking such
permit, the location of the proposed
enterprise with reference to ad-
joining properties and adjacent
abutting public roads or streets,
and that at said hearing all per-
sons interested will be heard. Said
advertisement shall be paid for by
the applicant for such permit.
BE it further ordained that any
person, association or corporation
applying for any such permit shall
tender, with the application there
for, the sum of Five Hundred Dol
lars ($500.O0), or the proportion
thereof hereinafter provided, as an
annual license fee for operating or
maintaining such business. The
term of such permit shall run from
January first to December thirty
first of each year, and the amount
rendered at the time of first apply
ing for such permit shall be appor-
toned in accordance with the num-
Der of months remaining in the
calendar year in which such permit
shall be issued.
Be it further ordained that no
person, association or corporation
shall operate or maintain any
slaughter house, abattoir or similar
establishment within that portion
of Montgomery County outside the
limits of the Maryland w ashington
Metropolitan District of Montgom-
cry County without having OBJ
tanned an annual permit from the
Board Of County Commissioners of
Montgomery County as above re-
quired, nor shall any person, asso-
citation OF corporation operate or
maintain any such establishment
until the annual license fee above
mentioned shall have been paid. At
the beginning of each calendar
year such license may be renewed
by the Board of County Commits
sioners without application or ad-
vertisement as above provided, un-
less written objection to the con-
tinued operation or maintenance of
said establishment shall have been
filed with the Clerk to said Board
at least thirty days prior to the
end of such calendar year; pro-
vided however that the renewal of
such permit shall be for the same
purpose as originally permitted,
without the enlargement thereof.
Be it further ordained that no
Iperson, association, or corporation
shall operate or maintain any
slaughter house, abattoir or similar
establishment within five hundred
yards of any public highway, road
or street, whether the same be un-
der state, county or municipal con-
troll.
Be it further ordained that no
slaughter house, abattoir or SINH
lar establishment shall be operated
or maintained within five hundred
yards of any school, hospital or the
dwelling house of any person, other
than the person maintaining or
operating the same.
Be it further ordained that any
permit issued under this ordinance
shall be revokable by the County
Commissioners of Montgomery
County upon violation by the oper-
ators of said enterprise of any pro-
vision of the Health Laws of the
State of Maryland, or any Gov
ernmental Regulations in effect in
Montgomery County; provided
however that no such permit shall
be revoked until the holder thereof
shall be first notified of the alleged
reasons for such revocation, and
shall have been given an opportun-
ity to appear at hearing before
the County Commissioners within
a reasonable time after said notice,
to show cause why such revocation
should not be made, and in the
event any such permit shall be re-
voked after such hearing, a pro-
portionate part of the license fee
paid therefor shall be refunded.
Be it further ordained that the
provisions of this ordinance shall
be in addition to any and all regu-
lations of the State Department of
Health, of the Montgomery County
Board of Health, and to all laws or
regulations respecting buildings
and sanitary facilities within the
limits of said area of Montgomery
County.
Be it further ordained that any
person, association or corporation
who shall operate or maintain, or
assist in operating or maintaining,
any slaughter house, abattoir or
similar establishment for which no
permit has been obtained, or after
the same shall have been revoked,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall
pay a fine of not more than Fifty
dollars ($50.00) for each day dur
ing which such slaughter house,
abattoir or similar establishment
shall have been operated or main
tained in violation of this ordi-
nance, and in default of the pay
ment of such fine shall be confined