§ 10-319. Highways, bridges, and streets

MD Local Gov Code § 10-319 (2019) (N/A)
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(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.