(a)   The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County may regulate any public
road, street, avenue, lane, alley or bridge, sidewalk, curb, gutter,
and storm drainage facilities within St. Mary's County which is not
within the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town and which
has not been designated or maintained as a part of the State or federal
highway system or any extension with respect to:
    (1)   The weight of vehicles;
    (2)   The parking of vehicles;
    (3)   The abandonment of vehicles;
    (4)   Use by private and public utilities in the construction and maintenance
necessitated by the performance of their purpose;
    (5)   The construction and maintenance of driveway connections where those
connections are provided;
    (6)   The speed of vehicles.
  (b)   The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County shall enact by ordinance
rules and regulations governing the grading, constructing, improving,
maintaining, and repairing of roads, now used by the public or intended
for public use, including roads proposed for subdivisions, whether now
recorded or hereafter proposed, including sidewalks, curbs and gutters,
driveway entrances and storm drainage facilities and appurtenances to
be located within the subdivision.
  (c)   The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County shall provide
appropriate traffic control devices when mandated by the ordinance
adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
  (d)   The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County may regulate the
engineering, constructing, and accepting of any new public road,
street, avenue, lane, alley, bridge, sidewalk, curb, gutter, and storm
drainage facilities into the county roads system.
  (e)   In St. Mary's County, except as provided in subsection (f) of this
section, any violations of this subtitle shall be a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or six months imprisonment
for each and every violation, or both fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the judge. Every day that said violation continues shall
be a separate offense.
  (f)   The County Commissioners may provide for a civil penalty for violation
of any ordinance, rule, or regulation enacted under this section. In a
proceeding before the District Court, the violation shall be enforced
in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth for municipal
infractions in Article 23A, § 3(b) of the Code.
  (g)   In addition to all other remedies provided by law, St. Mary's County
shall have the right of ex parte injunctive relief against a violator
requiring correction or elimination of any violation.
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