# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 10. Express Powers Act

### Subtitle 3. Express Powers of Charter Counties and Code Counties

#### Section 10-319

(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.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)