Every town writes its own rules, and Charles County's live in its municipal code — 103 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
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- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-11 – § 1-22)
- Ch 5 — Artificial Tanning Devices (§ 5-1 – § 5-6)
- Ch 8 — Bond Sales (§ 8-1)
- Ch 15 — Building Code (§ 15-1)
- Ch 17 — Building Projects (§ 17-1)
- Ch 21 — Circuit Court (§ 21-1)
- Ch 24 — Code Supplements (§ 24-1)
- Ch 27 — Commissioners, County (§ 27-1 – § 27-19)
- Ch 34 — Dredging Operations (§ 34-1)
- Ch 37 — Elderly Care Homes (§ 37-1)
- Ch 38 — Election Districts (§ 38-1 – § 38-2)
- Ch 41 — Electrical Apparatus and Wiring (§ 41-1 – § 41-3)
- Ch 45 — False Alarms (§ 45-1)
- Ch 48 — Fiscal and Administrative Services, Department of (§ 48-1 – § 48-2)
- Ch 51 — Firearms (§ 51-1)
- Ch 54 — Volunteer Fire Companies, Rescue Squads, Mobile Intensive Care Units and Dive Rescue Units (§ 54-1 – § 54-11)
- Ch 58 — Garbage (§ 58-1)
- Ch 60 — Health and Wellness (§ 60-1)
- Ch 62 — Heritage Commission (§ 62-1 – § 62-5)
- Ch 64 — Housing Cooperatives (§ 64-1)
- Ch 67 — Hucksters (§ 67-1 – § 67-2)
- Ch 69 — Human Relations Commission (§ 69-1)
- Ch 70 — Human Resources Committee (§ 70-1)
- Ch 72 — Hunting (§ 72-1)
- Ch 75 — Landings, Public (§ 75-1)
- Ch 77 — Land Records (§ 77-1)
- Ch 79 — Massage Establishments (§ 79-1 – § 79-16)
- Ch 80 — Medical Treatment and Facilities (§ 80-1)
- Ch 81 — Minimum Livability Code (§ 81-1)
- Ch 85 — Nuisances; Public Health (§ 85-1 – § 85-9)
- Ch 87 — Officers and Employees (§ 87-1)
- Ch 97 — Planning and Growth Management, Department of; Facilities, Department of (§ 97-1 – § 97-6)
- Ch 100 — Right to Farm (§ 100-1)
- Ch 104 — Roads and Bridges (§ 104-1 – § 104-14)
- Ch 114 — Scholarships (§ 114-1)
- Ch 116 — Schools (§ 116-1 – § 116-2)
- Ch 119 — Self-Liquidating Projects (§ 119-1 – § 119-12)
- Ch 122 — Sewers and Drainage Systems (§ 122-1 – § 122-11)
- Ch 125 — Sheriff (§ 125-1 – § 125-4)
- Ch 127 — Smoking and Tobacco Products (§ 127-1 – § 127-18)
- Ch 130 — Trailers and Trailer Parks (§ 130-1)
- Ch 133 — Trash Disposal (§ 133-1 – § 133-2)
- Ch 140 — Women's Commission (§ 140-1)
- Ch 145 — Zoning (§ 145-1)
- Ch 147 — Advocacy Council for Children, Youth and Families (§ 147-1 – § 147-3)
- Ch 148 — Affirmative Action (§ 148-1 – § 148-7)
- Ch 150 — Appeals, Board of (§ 150-1 – § 150-3)
- Ch 158 — Clean Energy Loan Program (§ 158-1 – § 158-3)
- Ch 162 — Deferred Compensation Program (§ 162-1 – § 162-2)
- Ch 164 — Drug Enforcement and Education Special Reserve Fund (§ 164-1 – § 164-5)
- Ch 166 — Education Reimbursement Guidelines (§ 166-1 – § 166-6)
- Ch 170 — Ethics, Code of (§ 170-1 – § 170-11)
- Ch 175 — Grants (§ 175-1 – § 175-6)
- Ch 178 — Housing Authority Board (§ 178-1 – § 178-10)
- Ch 185 — Liability Indemnification (§ 185-1 – § 185-8)
- Ch 187 — Mental Health Services (§ 187-1 – § 187-5)
- Ch 190 — Nursing Scholarship Program (§ 190-1 – § 190-5)
- Ch 192 — Occupational Safety and Health (§ 192-1 – § 192-7)
- Ch 197 — Personnel Regulations (§ 197-1 – § 197-34)
- Ch 200 — Planning Commission (§ 200-1 – § 200-3)
- Ch 203 — Purchasing Procedures (§ 203-1 – § 203-7)
- Ch 208 — School Crossing Guards (§ 208-1 – § 208-4)
- Ch 210 — Sheriff's Office (§ 210-1 – § 210-31)
- Ch 211 — Substance Abuse Advisory Council (§ 211-1 – § 211-7)
- Ch 215 — Agricultural Preservation Districts (§ 215-1 – § 215-11)
- Ch 216 — Alarm Systems (§ 216-1 – § 216-21)
- Ch 218 — Ambulances, Private (§ 218-1 – § 218-14)
- Ch 224 — Building Construction (§ 224-1 – § 224-3)
- Ch 226 — Cable Communications (§ 226-1 – § 226-18)
- Ch 227 — Car Sales (§ 227-1 – § 227-2)
- Ch 228 — Contractors (§ 228-1 – § 228-11)
- Ch 230 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 230-1 – § 230-16)
- Ch 234 — Electrical Standards (§ 234-1 – § 234-14)
- Ch 235 — Farming (§ 235-1 – § 235-5)
- Ch 236 — Fees (§ 236-1 – § 236-5)
- Ch 238 — Flood Damage Control (§ 238-1 – § 238-13)
- Ch 240 — Gambling Permits (§ 240-1 – § 240-8)
- Ch 241 — Gas Standards (§ 241-1 – § 241-6)
- Ch 244 — Grading and Sedimentation Control (§ 244-1 – § 244-38)
- Ch 245 — Hazardous Materials (§ 245-1 – § 245-11)
- Ch 247 — Homeowners' Associations (§ 247-1 – § 247-7)
- Ch 249 — Impact Fees (§ 249-1 – § 249-8)
- Ch 252 — Land Use
- Ch 254 — Landfills (§ 254-1 – § 254-8)
- Ch 257 — Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Courts (§ 257-1 – § 257-18)
- Ch 260 — Noise Control (§ 260-1 – § 260-5)
- Ch 265 — Real Property Transactions (§ 265-1 – § 265-4)
- Ch 267 — Industrial Development Authority (§ 267-1 – § 267-14)
- Ch 269 — Scrap Metal Processors (§ 269-1 – § 269-2)
- Ch 271 — Senior Citizens Clubs (§ 271-1 – § 271-6)
- Ch 274 — Stormwater Management (§ 274-1 – § 274-60)
- Ch 275 — Watershed Protection and Restoration Program (§ 275-1 – § 275-5)
- Ch 276 — Streets, Roads and Sidewalks (§ 276-1 – § 276-38)
- Ch 278 — Subdivision Regulations (§ 278-1 – § 278-109)
- Ch 281 — Taxation (§ 281-1 – § 281-40)
- Ch 283 — Telephone Access to 911 Emergency Assistance (§ 283-1 – § 283-5)
- Ch 287 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 287-1 – § 287-32)
- Ch 291 — Water and Sewers (§ 291-1 – § 291-65)
- Ch 295 — Disposable Products (§ 295-1 – § 295-6)
- Ch 297 — Zoning Regulations (§ 297-1 – § 297-532)
- Ch 298 — Forest Conservation (§ 298-1 – § 298-30)
- Ch 299 — Resilience Authority (§ 299-1 – § 299-15)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)