Section 9-1110 - Shared facility or community sewerage systems(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.(2) "Community sewerage system" means a publicly or privately owned sewerage system that serves at least two lots.(3) "Controlling authority" means a unit of government, a body public and corporate, or an intercounty agency authorized by the State, a county, or a municipal corporation to provide for the management, operation, and maintenance of a community sewerage system, shared facility, or multiuse sewerage system.(4) "Shared facility" means a sewerage system that:(i) Serves more than one: 1. Lot and is owned in common by the users;2. Condominium unit and is owned in common by the users or by a condominium association;3. User and is located on individual lots owned by the users; or4. User on one lot and is owned in common by the users;(ii) Is located wholly or partly on any of the common elements of a condominium; or(iii) Serves a housing cooperative or other multiple ownership cooperative.(b) This section may not be construed as requiring a local jurisdiction to:(1) Be a controlling authority; or(2) Authorize or allow the use of a shared facility or a community sewerage system within the local jurisdiction.(c) A shared facility or community sewerage system may be approved only if the system:(1) Is managed, operated, and maintained by:(i) A controlling authority; or(ii) A third party under contract with the controlling authority; and(2) Discharges: (i) To the surface waters of the State in accordance with a permit issued under § 9-323 of this title;(ii) By way of land application under a nutrient management plan required under § 8-803.1 of the Agriculture Article that assures 100% of the nitrogen and phosphorus in the applied effluent will be taken up by vegetation; or(iii) By way of an on-site sewerage system.