Maryland Statutes
Local Government
Division II - Municipalities

Section 4-108.2 - Submission of Campaign Finance Reports to State Board of Elections - If a municipality requires candidates in a municipal election to...

Section 4-108.3 - Inclusion of Municipal Offices and Questions on State Ballot - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 4-108.4 - Municipal Elections -- Tie Votes - A municipality shall fill a vacancy that resulted from a...

Section 4-109 - Submission of Documents to Department of Legislative Services - (a) (1) If the governing body of a municipality creates,...

Section 4-110 - Publication of Code of Ordinances - (a) (1) In this section, “ordinance” means a legislative enactment...

Section 4-111 - Application of County Legislation to Municipalities - (a) In this section, “legislation” means any form of county...

Subtitle 2 - Incorporation of Municipalities

Section 4-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 4-202 - Application of Subtitle - This subtitle governs municipal incorporation.

Section 4-203 - Minimum Number of Residents Required - An area proposed to be incorporated shall contain at least...

Section 4-204 - Petition for Incorporation - (a) A proposal to incorporate an area as a municipality...

Section 4-205 - Report of Organizing Committee - (a) (1) Within 90 days after the county commissioners or...

Section 4-206 - Submission of Proposed Municipal Charter - (a) The organizing committee shall present to the county commissioners...

Section 4-207 - Referendum Request - (a) (1) If the county commissioners or county council approves...

Section 4-208 - Posting and Publication - (a) The county commissioners or county council shall notify the...

Section 4-209 - Referendum; Proclamation of Result - (a) Except as expressly or necessarily modified by this subtitle,...

Section 4-210 - Nomination and Election of Municipal Officers - (a) An election of officers for a proposed municipality shall...

Section 4-211 - Tally and Certification of Election Results - (a) Casting a vote against the proposed incorporation does not...

Section 4-212 - Proclamation of Elected Officers; Appointment Process - (a) The county commissioners or county council publicly shall proclaim...

Section 4-213 - Cost of Referendum and Election of Officers - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the county...

Section 4-214 - Registration of Municipal Charter - (a) When the public proclamation under § 4–209(d) of this...

Section 4-215 - Schedule for Phasing in Local Income Tax Payments - If a referendum held under this subtitle results in the...

Section 4-216 - Comprehensive Land Use Plan - (a) A new municipality that is eligible to assume planning...

Subtitle 3 - Amendment or Repeal of Charter

Section 4-301 - Procedure to Amend Charter - A municipality shall act in accordance with this subtitle in...

Section 4-302 - Initiation of Charter Amendment -- in General - An amendment to a municipal charter may be initiated by:...

Section 4-303 - Form of Proposed Charter Amendment - (a) In conformity with the requirement imposed on the General...

Section 4-304 - Initiation of Charter Amendment by Legislative Body - (a) (1) The legislative body of a municipality may initiate...

Section 4-305 - Initiation of Charter Amendment by Petition of Voters - (a) (1) By a petition presented to the legislative body...

Section 4-306 - Rescission of Proposed Charter Amendment Prohibited - After a resolution is adopted by the legislative body or...

Section 4-307 - Referendum on Charter Amendment - (a) On the day and during the hours specified in...

Section 4-308 - Registration of Adopted Charter Amendment - When a charter amendment becomes effective, the chief executive officer...

Section 4-309 - Codification of Adopted Charter Amendment - The exact text of an amendment to a municipal charter...

Section 4-310 - Annual Duties Regarding Charter Amendments -- Municipality - (a) (1) At the end of each calendar or fiscal...

Section 4-311 - Annual Duties Regarding Charter Amendments -- Department of Legislative Services - (a) (1) At the end of each calendar year, the...

Section 4-312 - Compilation of Municipal Charters by Department of Legislative Services - (a) The Department of Legislative Services shall compile the charters...

Section 4-313 - Repeal of Charter -- by Charter Amendment - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 4-314 - Repeal of Charter -- by Operation of Law - (a) If the following conditions are satisfied, the Executive Director...

Subtitle 4 - Annexation

Section 4-401 - Power to Enlarge Municipal Boundaries by Annexation - (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section,...

Section 4-402 - Initiation of Annexation -- in General - An annexation proposal may be initiated by: (1) the legislative...

Section 4-403 - Proposal for Annexation -- Initiation by Legislative Body - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an annexation...

Section 4-404 - Proposal for Annexation -- Initiation by Petition - (a) Subject to § 4–413 of this subtitle, an annexation...

Section 4-405 - Provisions of Resolution - (a) An annexation resolution shall provide that the residents in...

Section 4-406 - Public Notice and Hearing on Resolution - (a) After an annexation resolution is introduced, the chief executive...

Section 4-407 - Enactment of Resolution - (a) After a public hearing, the legislative body of a...

Section 4-408 - Petition for Referendum -- by Residents of Area to Be Annexed - (a) Subject to § 4–413 of this subtitle, at any...

Section 4-409 - Petition for Referendum -- by Qualified Voters of Municipality - (a) At any time within 45 days after enactment of...

Section 4-410 - Petition for Referendum -- by County Governing Body - (a) At any time within 45 days after enactment of...

Section 4-411 - Date and Location for Referendum; Public Notice - (a) The chief executive and administrative officer of the municipality...

Section 4-412 - Referendum - (a) The governing body of a municipality, by ordinance, resolution,...

Section 4-413 - Right of Property Owners to Participate - If fewer than 20 residents in an area to be...

Section 4-414 - Copies of Resolution - (a) (1) The chief executive and administrative officer of a...

Section 4-415 - Annexation Plan - (a) In addition to, but not as part of, an...

Section 4-416 - Planning and Zoning Authority - (a) (1) Notwithstanding § 4–104(f) of this title, if an...

Subtitle 5 - Merger of Municipalities

Section 4-501 - Authorized Mergers - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, two or...

Section 4-502 - Proposal of Unification - (a) To initiate a merger, the legislative body of each...

Section 4-503 - Charter Commission - (a) After both municipalities adopt the proposal of unification, the...

Section 4-504 - Unified Charter - (a) The unified charter is a legal document separate from...

Section 4-505 - Action on Unified Charter by Legislative Bodies - (a) (1) The charter commission shall submit a proposed unified...

Section 4-506 - Referendum Procedures - (a) If a referendum is required under § 4–304 of...

Section 4-507 - Effect of Approval or Disapproval of Unified Charter - (a) If a majority of the voters casting votes in...

Section 4-508 - Postapproval Procedures - (a) (1) A merging municipality shall transfer its assets and...

Section 4-509 - Planning and Zoning - (a) Unless the zoning classification is amended under the procedures...

Title 5 - Powers

Subtitle 1 - In General

Section 5-101 - Tax to Pay Judgment or Decree of Court - A municipality may impose a property tax to pay a...

Section 5-102 - Collection of Development Impact Fees - (a) This section does not affect any agreement existing before...

Section 5-103 - Junkyards - (a) In this section, “junkyard” means: (1) a public or...

Section 5-104 - Intergovernmental Agreements for Disposal of Garbage - A municipality may contract with a county to dispose of...

Section 5-105 - Regulation of Nudity and Sexual Displays - (a) The legislative body of a municipality may adopt an...

Section 5-106 - Conservation Areas - (a) In this section, “conservation area” means an area in...

Subtitle 2 - Enumeration of Express Law Making Powers

Section 5-201 - Construction of Subtitle - This subtitle does not authorize the legislative body of a...

Section 5-202 - General Authority of Municipalities - The legislative body of a municipality may adopt ordinances to:...

Section 5-203 - Grant of Express Powers - (a) In addition to, but not in substitution of, the...

Section 5-204 - Legislative Authority -- General Powers of Municipalities - (a) (1) A municipality may change its corporate name. (2)...

Section 5-205 - Legislative Authority -- General Operations of Municipalities - (a) (1) A municipality may provide for the control and...

Section 5-206 - Legislative Authority -- Officers and Employees - (a) (1) A municipality may establish a merit system in...

Section 5-207 - Legislative Authority -- Public Safety - (a) A municipality may establish and maintain: (1) a fire...

Section 5-208 - Legislative Authority -- Port Wardens - (a) A municipality may provide for the creation, appointment, duties,...

Section 5-209 - Legislative Authority -- Health and Welfare - (a) This section does not affect any public general law...

Section 5-210 - Legislative Authority -- Establishment of Social Services - A municipality may provide for, maintain, and operate community and...

Section 5-211 - Legislative Authority -- Building Regulations - (a) A municipality may adopt regulations regarding the erection of...

Section 5-212 - Legislative Authority -- State Policy for Regulation of Development - (a) It is the policy of the State that: (1)...

Section 5-213 - Legislative Authority -- Zoning Regulations - A municipality may adopt zoning regulations, subject to any right...

Section 5-214 - Legislative Authority -- Commercial and Industrial Development - (a) Section 18–301 of this article applies to the use...

Section 5-215 - Legislative Authority -- Urban Renewal Authority - (a) This section applies only to a municipality that has...

Section 5-216 - Legislative Authority -- Community Services - (a) A municipality may establish and maintain any park, garden,...

Section 5-217 - Legislative Authority -- Cleaning of Sidewalks - A municipality may require the owners of property to keep...

Section 5-218 - Powers Include Power and Authority in General Provisions Article - The express powers contained in this subtitle are intended to...

Subtitle 3 - Private Communities

Section 5-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 5-302 - Agreements Concerning Residential Street Service - (a) (1) The governing body of a municipality that provides...

Title 6 - Violations of Ordinances and Resolutions

Section 6-101 - Violations Punishable as Misdemeanors - (a) The legislative body of a municipality may provide that...

Section 6-102 - Municipal Infractions - (a) (1) Unless State law classifies a violation as a...

Section 6-103 - Citations - (a) Any official authorized by the legislative body of a...

Section 6-104 - Summons - (a) An enforcement officer may serve a summons with a...

Section 6-105 - Election to Stand Trial - (a) If a citation is served without a summons, the...

Section 6-106 - Citation -- Failure to Pay or Elect to Stand Trial - (a) If the defendant does not pay the fine by...

Section 6-107 - Summons -- Failure to Pay or Appear - If the defendant does not pay the fine as provided...

Section 6-108 - Prosecution of Municipal Infractions - (a) The State’s Attorney for a county may: (1) prosecute...

Section 6-108.1 - Designation of Building Inspector or Enforcement Officer to Testify in Municipal Infraction Proceeding - (a) In this section, “qualified building inspector or enforcement officer”...

Section 6-109 - Proceedings - (a) In a municipal infraction proceeding: (1) the District Court...

Section 6-110 - Penalties - If the District Court finds that the defendant has committed...

Section 6-111 - Abatement of Infraction by Municipality - (a) If a municipality abates an infraction under a District...

Section 6-112 - Court Costs - (a) Court costs in a municipal infraction proceeding in which...

Section 6-113 - Fines, Penalties, or Forfeitures Remitted to Municipality - All fines, penalties, or forfeitures collected by the District Court...

Section 6-114 - Contempt of Court - If, without good cause, a defendant does not pay a...

Section 6-115 - Adjudication Not a Criminal Conviction - Adjudication of a municipal infraction is not a criminal conviction...

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Maryland Statutes Local Government Division II - Municipalities

Maryland Statutes
Local Government
Division II - Municipalities