Ch. 492 LAWS OF MARYLAND

TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25.) AND NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($500.).

CHAPTER 75
LANDINGS, PUBLIC

75-1. GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC
LANDING FACILITIES.

A. ACQUISITION OF AREAS AUTHORIZED. THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS SHALL, WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS AFTER JULY 1, 1969,
ACQUIRE TWO (2) AREAS OF LAND ON NAVIGABLE WATERS, ONE (1) TO
BE LOCATED IN THE FIFTH ELECTION DISTRICT AND THE OTHER IN THE
THIRD ELECTION DISTRICT OF CHARLES COUNTY, FOR USE AS PUBLIC
LANDINGS. SUCH AREAS MAY BE ACQUIRED BY PURCHASE, GIFT, LEASE
OR OTHERWISE.

B. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF LANDING FACILITIES.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL MAINTAIN A SAFE WHARF
SUITABLE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING VESSELS ENGAGED IN THE
SALE AND PURCHASE OF SEAFOOD OR OTHER PROPER LANDING
FACILITIES AT EACH SUCH LOCATION AND SHALL PROVIDE ADEQUATE
APPROACHES AND PARKING FACILITIES FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
ENGAGED IN OR RELATED TO THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY, IN
DISCHARGING ITS DUTIES UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS MAY EITHER CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN SUCH
FACILITIES, LEASE OR CONTRACT FOR SAME OR ENGAGE IN ANY
COMBINATION THEREOF AND, SO FAR AS PRACTICAL, SHALL UTILIZE
FUNDS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT OF CHESAPEAKE BAY AFFAIRS, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
AND OTHER AGENCIES, GOVERNMENTAL OR OTHERWISE, CONCERNED
WITH THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MARINE FACILITIES.

C. ADOPTION OF USE REGULATIONS AND PENALTY PROVISIONS.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE EMPOWERED TO ESTABLISH
REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF SUCH PUBLIC LANDINGS AND TO
ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.

D. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED. BEFORE THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS SHALL MAKE ANY FINAL DETERMINATION UNDER THIS
CHAPTER RESPECTING THE ACQUISITION OF ANY AREA OR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY FACILITIES AT SUCH LOCATION OR ADOPT ANY
REGULATION FOR THE USE OF SUCH LOCATIONS AS PUBLIC LANDINGS,
THEY SHALL ADVISE WITH A COMMITTEE TO BE COMPOSED OF NOT LESS
THAN THREE (3) LICENSED COMMERCIAL WATERMEN, WHO ARE
CITIZENS OF CHARLES COUNTY AND WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH
SEAFOOD ACTIVITIES AND POTENTIALITIES IN THE ELECTION DISTRICTS
AFFECTED, AS WELL AS THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS LOCATIONS FOR
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC LANDINGS

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