Dorchester County, MD
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2023-11-21
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The Code
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Part I: Code of Public Local Laws
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Chapter 40 Roads
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Article III Fires on County Roads
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Code of Public Local Laws
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Boundary Lines
- Ch 7 Circuit Court
- Ch 10 Commissioners
- Ch 12 Criminal Law
- Ch 14 Deer Hunting
- Ch 17 Election Districts
- Ch 21 Fortune-Telling; Palmistry
- Ch 25 Open Air Burning
- Ch 30 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 34 Records, Burned or Destroyed
- Ch 37 Recreation and Parks
- Ch 38 Right to Farm Law
- Ch 40 Roads
- Ch 40 Art III Fires on County Roads
- § 40-18 Fires on County roads.
- Ch 44 Sheriff; County Jail
- Ch 47 Sureties
- Ch 50 Treasurer
- Part II: Administrative and General Legislation
- Ch 56 Defense of Officers and Employees
- Ch 60 Agricultural Land Preservation
- Ch 62 (Reserved)
- Ch 63 Burial Sites Preservation
- Ch 65 Building Code
- Ch 68 Chesapeake Bay Critical Area
- Ch 70 Nondiscrimination Policy
- Ch 75 Department of Correction
- Ch 78 Dog Control
- Ch 80 Economic Development Department
- Ch 82 Electrical Standards
- Ch 85 Emergency Telephone Charge
- Ch 88 Ethics
- Ch 91 Fallout Shelters
- Ch 93 Fees
- Ch 95 Financial Disclosure
- Ch 96 Forest Conservation Standards
- Ch 97 (Reserved)
- Ch 100 Grading, Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 102 Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
- Ch 105 Human Resources
- Ch 107 Lien for Money Owed to County
- Ch 110 Minimum Livability Code
- Ch 115 Noise
- Ch 116 Nuisance Control
- Ch 118 Numbering System, Uniform
- Ch 119 Plumbing
- Ch 120 Procurement System, Health Department
- Ch 122 Police Accountability Board and Administrative Charging Committee
- Ch 121 Property Maintenance
- Ch 125 Refuse Collection
- Ch 126 Right to Work - Seafood Industry
- Ch 127 Right to Farm
- Ch 129 Sanitary Landfills
- Ch 131 Sanitary System Construction
- Ch 132 School Bus Monitoring Cameras
- Ch 133 Shore Erosion Control Districts
- Ch 134 Stormwater Management
- Ch 137 Streets, Roads and Driveways
- Ch 140 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 144 Taxation
- Ch 147 Violations of Ordinances
- Ch 150 Wharves, Docks, Marinas, Piers and Harbor Facilities, Public
- Ch 155 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A158 Acts Not Elsewhere Referred to
- Ch A159 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Added 7-1-2003 by Bill No. 2003-11]
A.Â
Without permission from the Dorchester County Department
of Public Works, it shall be unlawful for any person to set an open
fire, or to maintain an open fire of any kind, within the right-of-way
limits of any County road, bridge or upon any other County property.
B.Â
A person who violates this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine
of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding six months,
or both.
