Md. Code, Local Government § 10-319
This is the official text of Md. Code, Local Government § 10-319, part of Maryland’s Code, Local Government — governs the powers and operations of Maryland counties and municipalities.
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§10–319.
Official statutory text
(a) A county may provide for:
(1) building, maintaining, and repairing any street, road, lane, alley, footway, bridge, culvert, highway, or public place that is condemned, ceded, opened, widened, extended, or straightened as public property; and
(2) the assessment of the costs of any work done in accordance with item (1) of this subsection on the assessable basis of the county.
(b) A county may provide:
(1) that the owner or possessor of any lot shall grade, regrade, pave, repave, or repair the footways in front of the lot; and
(2) for the enforcement of item (1) of this subsection by fine or penalty.
(c) A county may regulate the opening of street surfaces.
(1) building, maintaining, and repairing any street, road, lane, alley, footway, bridge, culvert, highway, or public place that is condemned, ceded, opened, widened, extended, or straightened as public property; and
(2) the assessment of the costs of any work done in accordance with item (1) of this subsection on the assessable basis of the county.
(b) A county may provide:
(1) that the owner or possessor of any lot shall grade, regrade, pave, repave, or repair the footways in front of the lot; and
(2) for the enforcement of item (1) of this subsection by fine or penalty.
(c) A county may regulate the opening of street surfaces.
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