§ 10-319. Highways, bridges, and streets

   (a) In general. -- 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) Footways. -- 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) Opening streets. -- A county may regulate the opening of street surfaces.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 25A, § 5(K); 2013, ch. 119, § 2.