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2025 Delaware Code
Title 9 - Counties
Chapter 5. SUBURBAN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS
Subchapter II. Fire Hydrants and Water Mains
§ 551. Definitions.
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§ 551. Definitions. 48 Del. Laws, c. 331, § 2; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 551; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 4A;
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Clerk of the peace” means the clerk of the peace of the county in which the suburban community is situated.
(2) “County government” means the county governing body;
(3) “Suburban community” means any unincorporated community within this State:
a. Containing at least 10 dwelling houses;
b. Whose streets aggregate a minimum of 500 linear feet of road surfacing; and
c. Which, in the opinion of the county government, is so situated as to form a unit which is reasonably and economically capable of being improved by the installation of fire hydrants and, if necessary, adequate water mains to serve such hydrants;
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