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Part of our Elkton service area · median home here was built around the late 1980s

What breaks in Perryville

The age of the housing decides the work.

Perryville's houses are younger than the town. The single busiest building decade was the 1990s, which put up 482 of the town's 1,741 homes, and only about one in five went up after 2000. Fewer than half are detached houses. Townhouses account for a fifth of the stock and buildings of five or more units for nearly a quarter, and roughly a third of homes are rented. That spread matters for what follows, because a townhouse row, an apartment building and a detached house all hook into the same Town-owned water and sewer system and answer to the same Town code for the pipe that connects them.

The lateral is yours from the property line in

The Town maintains the sewer main and the lateral up to the property line. From there to the building, the pipe belongs to the owner, and the Town states it is not automatically responsible when a backup happens. Its own list of causes is grease, diapers and tree roots in laterals. New construction has to have a cleanout at the property line, existing cleanouts cannot be covered or cut off, and installing one takes a plumbing permit and an inspection.

Rain and groundwater stay out of the sanitary line

Chapter 82 bars stormwater, roof runoff, groundwater and subsurface drainage from the public sewer and sends that water to natural outlets approved by the Superintendent or Town Engineer. On a new building sewer, the Town Engineer has to be satisfied that no downspout or drain carrying runoff or groundwater is connected to it. The storm-drain ordinance, Chapter 38, lists what may go to the storm system instead: foundation and footing drains, crawl space pump water and air conditioner condensate.

A building sewer is inspected with the trench open

No building sewer or sewer extension goes in without the Town Engineer's prior written approval, and the Town Engineer makes a final inspection before the trench is backfilled. Slope, alignment, materials, jointing and testing have to meet Cecil County plumbing codes and ASTM specifications, and every connection has to be gastight and watertight. Once it is built, the building sewer is maintained at the owner's cost. On its own side of the line, the Town gave the River Road sewer main cured-in-place spot repairs in 2025.

River water and a meter that reports leaks

Perryville's tap water is drawn from the Susquehanna River and treated at the Town's own membrane plant. The Town maintains the service connection to the property line. The owner maintains the service pipe from there, keeps it free of leaks, and must have a cutoff just inside the building or foundation wall where it enters. Nothing may be attached between the meter and the main. Every residential meter now reads remotely, the system was set up to send same-day leak alerts, and the My 360 portal lets residents track their own usage.

On the ground in Perryville

Most work on a Perryville house starts with a Town Zoning Certificate, and the list of what needs one is broad: interior and exterior renovations, additions, decks, porches, sheds, fences, patios, driveways and pools. A certificate is good for one year. The Town's plot plan sets some of the numbers in advance. A shed or garage sits at least 5 feet from the side and rear lines and covers no more than 30 percent of the rear yard, and a fence can reach 3.5 feet in the front yard and 6 feet in the rear. Decks, sheds and solar made up most of the certificates issued in 2025. Near tidal water, the form asks for more.

The water rules make more sense once you know where the sewage goes. The Town's plant treats flow from Perryville and from the Perry Point VA, discharges to Mill Creek, and handled 265.5 million gallons in 2025, 78.3 million of them from the VA. An enhanced nutrient removal project was under construction there. Any rain that finds its way into a sanitary line is water that plant has to treat, which is why the code keeps the two systems apart.

Perryville questions

Straight answers for Perryville.

What does it cost to connect a Perryville property to Town water and sewer?

Under Chapter 82, the Town's connection charge is $7,000 per EDU for water and $7,000 per EDU for sewer, plus a $1,000-per-EDU Sewer Facilities Fee. One single-family dwelling counts as one EDU, rated at 250 gallons a day, so a house taking both services starts at $15,000 in Town charges before any pipe is laid. When a property moves onto Town sewer, the code also requires the old septic tank or cesspool to be cleaned of sludge and filled with bank-run gravel.

Why does a Perryville deed need a Town stamp before it is recorded?

Because Chapter 65 requires a Town clerk to stamp or mark the deed before the transfer goes on the Cecil County land records, showing that water and sewer charges, fines, taxes and any other municipal assessments on the parcel are paid. Unpaid charges are a lien that takes precedence over other liens, a mortgage included. The chapter was repealed and reenacted on December 2, 2025 by Ord. 2025-17. An open water and sewer balance is one of the items that holds up the stamp.

Will the Town inspect my rental unit before it issues a license?

Not as a matter of course. An annual Town rental housing license costs $15 per unit and is required for any unit rented for more than 30 consecutive days. The application states the Town does not intend to inspect before issuing or renewing a license, and Chapter 62 lets it inspect on a complaint or reasonable cause. Violations found then must be corrected within 30 days, with up to two extensions for delays such as late materials or a hired contractor's delay. The application also asks whether the home was built before 1978 and, if so, whether it is registered with MDE.

Can a contractor fill a tank or a pressure washer from a Town hydrant?

Not without Town permission. Ord. 2025-09 makes taking water from hydrants or pipes without permission, or tampering with the water system, a municipal infraction with a $5,000 fine per offense from October 1, 2025, and each day counts separately. Where the wash water goes is regulated too: soapy water from cleaning a building exterior has to be steered to planted ground and kept out of streets and gutters.

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