§ 16-10. Interference with Director or Commissioner prohibited.

(a) Director acting under § 16-3.

The owners of all improvements on lots adjacent to any highway, where sewers have been or may be laid, and where the Director of Public Works is directed by § 16-3 of this article to carry the pipes to the inside of the walls of such improvements, are hereby directed not to interfere with the Director, his agents or servants, in any manner in the performance of the duties put upon him by § 16-3 of this article; and any property owner who interferes with the Director, his agents or servants, in the performance of said duty shall be subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both, as provided in § 23-3 of this article.

(b) Director or Commissioner acting under §§ 16-5 to 16-9.

Any person interfering with the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development or the Director of Public Works or their agents or servants in the performance of any of the duties by §§ 16-5 through 16-9 required of them shall be subject to a penalty of not less than $10 or more than $1,000, to be collected as other penalties due the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore are collected.