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DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE NOTICE, HE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR AN
ADDITIONAL FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWICE THE ORIGINAL FINE. IF
AFTER 35 DAYS THE CITATION HAS NOT BEEN SATISFIED, THE
COMMISSION MAY REQUEST ADJUDICATION OF THE CASE THROUGH THE
DISTRUST COURT; THE DISTRICT COURT SHALL THEREUPON PROMPTLY
SCHEDULE THE CASE FOR TRIAL AND SUMMONS SUMMON THE DEFENDANT
TO APPEAR. THE DEFENDANT'S FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THE
SUMMONS IS CONTEMPT OF COURT.

(7) IF ANY PERSON IS FOUND BY THE DISTRICT COURT
TO HAVE COMMITTED A CIVIL ZONING INFRACTION, HE SHALL BE
REQUIRED TO PAY A FINE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100 OR IN
THE EVENT THAT THE INFRACTION IS A REPEAT OFFENSE, $200.

(8) (7 ) ADJUDICATION OF A CIVIL ZONING

INFRACTION, AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE, VIOLATION PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION IS NOT A CRIMINAL CONVICTION FOR ANY
PURPOSE, NOR DOES IT IMPOSE ANY OF THE CIVIL DISABILITIES
ORDINARILY IMPOSED BY A CRIMINAL CONVICTION.

(9) (8) IN ANY PROCEEDING FOR A CIVIL ZONING
INFRACTION BEFORE THE DISTRICT COURT, THE VIOLATION SHALL BE
PROSECUTED IN THE SAME MANNER AND TO THE SAME EXTENT AS SET
FORTH FOR MUNICIPAL INFRACTIONS IN ARTICLE 23A, § 3(B)(8)
THROUGH (15), INCLUSIVE.

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-401.

Except as provided in § 4-402 of this subtitle, and
subject to the venue provisions of Title 6 of this article,
the District Court has exclusive original civil jurisdiction
in:

(1)  An action in contract or tort, if the debt
or damages claimed do not exceed $5,000;

(2)  An action of replevin, regardless of the
value of the thing in controversy;

(3)  A case of attachment on original process, if
the sum claimed does not exceed $5,000;

(4)  An action involving landlord and tenant,
distraint, or forcible entry and detainer, regardless of the
amount involved;

(5)  A grantee suit brought under § 14-109 of the
Real Property Article; and

(6)  A petition for injunction relating to the
use, disposition, encumbrances, or preservation of property
that is:

(i) Claimed in a replevin action, until
seizure under the writ; or