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This water has been here for several months, or at least continually flowing from 833 Selby Blvd’s ill installed sump pump discharge pipe, this guy thinks he’s a contractor and continues to destroy two neighbors yards due to his terrible workmanship in the illegal installation of the drain.

This needs to be fixed by a professional and the county must (PLEASE!) hold this resident accountable for knowingly ignoring the exact thing they’ve been cited for numerous times. Yes, the resident at 833 Selby Blvd has been cited numerous times for the exact infraction, they’re a serial offender. I thought any sump pump discharge installs or changes needed a permit? I know definitively the residents at 833 Selby did not obtain any permits to alter it, but that’s just one of the many ordnance’s they’re ignoring with seemingly zero enforcement from the counties end. According to county ordinance governing the installation of these drains, they’re supposed to be farther from the property line than this one is. It’s practically on the property line, after it was discharging directly on the road, illegally, prior. Now he’s dug up the neighbor’s yard who’s being affected the most, the one that has the drain practically on their property line, in an effort to illegally flood them and a neighboring home, or to put the water on the road, where the county advised it doesn’t belong since there is no drain there.

The county either needs to add the appropriate drains and infrastructure or ensure people whom are demonstrating gross negligence are swiftly held to account, not addressing flooding can cause structural damage to the homes in which the county could be responsible for if the reported infractions were not properly addressed and documented. We were told when the houses were built there would be swails installed around the corner of Selby and Fourth that would NEGATE all these issues, and that’s why the homes were approved here to begin with. The fact there is no drains, is absolutely the cause of this. Please, if you’re not going to hold them accountable at 833 Selby, at least add the needed infrastructure to stop the flooding.

Since you’re probably not going to install the proper infrastructure, please address this resident whom has been cited numerous times. It gets fixed for a week or two at a time, as has been the case over the years this violator has been flooding several neighbors yards. I count three separate homes this guy is flooding over the past several year, at least we’re down to only two yards he’s flooding now. Is the reason nothing ever happens is because there’s an Anne Arundel county police SUV in the driveway? It’s pretty bad when this guy feels bold enough to TRENCH a neighbors yard late at night so the water continues to flood, as opposed to follow the ordinances like the rest of the county. The resident at 833 Selby has taken a shovel and dug up parts of the neighbors yard in an effort to negate the amount of the illegally dumped water from 833’s yard to 835 Selby’s yard, the water originated from 833 Selby and belongs there and would drain properly there if the county would hold him to account. Unfortunately due to the fact the county refuses to enforce the ordinances on the books, multiple people are having their yards flooded. What does this say to everyone else? We’re absolved of any accountability if we’re police? That is setting an awful precedent, if true.

The 800lb gorilla in the room is: He wouldn’t feel emboldened and the need to trench a neighbors yard if the infrastructure was appropriate, as the builder promised per the initial approval of the building of 833, 835 & 837 Selby. I hope someone finally does something. A deeper question is, why wasn’t the builder responsible for following the county code that has lead to this?