(a) After reasonable notice and a public hearing, a county may enact local laws to protect and promote public safety, health, morals, comfort, and welfare, relating to:
(1) the location, construction, repair, and use of streets and highways;
(2) the disposal of wastes;
(3) the control of soil erosion and the preservation of the natural topography; or
(4) the erection, construction, repair, and use of buildings and other structures.
(b) A county may enact local laws to provide for appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings, remedies, and sanctions to administer and enforce local laws enacted under subsection (a) of this section.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 3 - Express Powers of Charter Counties and Code Counties
Section 10-301 - Scope of Subtitle
Section 10-302 - County Legislative Body -- Compensation
Section 10-303 - County Officers, Officials, and Employees
Section 10-304 - County Institutions
Section 10-305 - County Board of Appeals
Section 10-306 - Election Districts and Precincts
Section 10-307 - Recording and Indexing of Legal and Legislative Records
Section 10-308 - Advertising and Printing of Legislative and Financial Records
Section 10-309 - Audits; Claims Against County
Section 10-311 - Protection of County Credit
Section 10-312 - County Property; Housing Projects; Franchise; Required Notice
Section 10-314 - Special Taxing Districts
Section 10-315 - Commercial District Management Authority
Section 10-316 - Commercial or Industrial Redevelopment Projects
Section 10-317 - Road, Waste Disposal, Soil Erosion, and Building Laws
Section 10-319 - Highways, Bridges, and Streets
Section 10-320 - Public Drainage Improvement Projects
Section 10-321 - Storm Drainage Districts
Section 10-322 - Federally Assisted Watershed Projects
Section 10-323 - Parks and Recreation Programs
Section 10-324 - Zoning and Planning
Section 10-325 - Historic Landmark Zoning and Preservation
Section 10-326 - Conditions for Acceptance of Residential Development
Section 10-327 - County Board of Health