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Wicomico County, MD
 
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The term "public ways" as used in this Charter shall refer to all streets, avenues, roads, highways, public thoroughfares, lanes and alleys which at present are or in the future may be within the City of Fruitland.
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The term "sidewalk" as used in this Charter shall include all public walkways and any curb and gutters adjacent thereto.
The City of Fruitland shall have control of all public ways of the city except such as may be under the jurisdiction of the State of Maryland. Subject to the laws of the State of Maryland and this Charter, the City of Fruitland may do whatever it deems necessary to establish, operate and maintain in good condition the public ways within the city.
The City of Fruitland shall have the power:
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To establish and change from time to time the grade lines, width and construction materials of any public way or part thereof.
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To grade, lay out, open, extend and make new public ways.
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To grade, straighten, widen, alter, improve or close any existing public way or part thereof.
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To pave, surface, repave or resurface any public ways or part thereof.
The City of Fruitland shall have the power:
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To establish and change from time to time the grade lines, width and construction materials of any sidewalk or gutter or part thereof.
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To grade, lay out, construct, reconstruct, pave, repave, repair, extend or otherwise alter the sidewalks along any public way or part thereof.
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To install, repair and maintain curbs and/or guttering along any public way or walkway or part thereof.
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To assess the cost of any projects under this section on the abutting property in the manner provided herein in § FC13-5 of this Charter.
The City of Fruitland shall have the power to require and order the owner of any property abutting on any public way to perform any projects under § FC13-4 of this Charter at the owner's expense according to reasonable plans and specifications established by the Department of Public Works. If, after due notice and hearing, the owner fails to comply with the order within a reasonable time, the city may do the work, and the expense shall be a lien on the property and shall be collectible in the same manner as are property taxes.
The City of Fruitland shall have the power:
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To lay out, construct and maintain public squares, plazas, hiking trails, bridle paths, watercourses and drains.
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To remove trees, posts and other obstructions when necessary to carry out any projects described in this Article.
For the purpose of carrying out any of the work or projects provided for in this Article, the city shall have the power to purchase or condemn any property it deems necessary as hereinafter provided. Any of these projects shall be considered as public improvements within the meaning of § FC16-1 of this Charter; and any condemnation proceedings shall be carried on in accordance with said section.
The City of Fruitland shall have the power to regulate all subdivisions or resubdivisions of land within the city. For the purpose of making this power effective, no plat or plan of any subdivision or resubdivision within the city shall be recorded among the land records of Wicomico County by the Clerk of Circuit Court for Wicomico County until the plat or plan has been approved in writing by the Fruitland Planning Commission and such approval endorsed on said plat or plan. The Council shall have the power to prescribe rules and regulations governing the filing of plats and plans, the erection of permanent markers wherever necessary, the supplying of necessary topographical data, the layout out and construction of proposed streets, the establishment of building lines and zoning regulations and such other things as it may deem necessary for the proper control of subdivisions or resubdivisions. No public way shall be accepted for public use and ownership unless the plat and location thereof shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Fruitland Planning Commission.
No public way, sidewalk, curb or gutter shall be graded or the grade changed, nor shall any other work be done, except in accordance with plans approved by the Department of Public Works. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition, may be required to tear out and redo the work at his own expense in order to comply with plans approved by the Department of Public Works.
The City of Fruitland shall have the power to issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of § FC5-17 of the Charter to finance work on public ways, sidewalks, curbs, gutters or other projects undertaken under the provisions of this Article.
The city shall in no manner be responsible for the maintenance or control of any bridge now or hereafter located within the city limits of Fruitland which is now under the control of the Council or Commissioners of any county or that of the State of Maryland.