HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  4545

any neighboring property owner or occupant may institute
injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or

proceeding to prevent the unlawful construction,

reconstruction, erection, alteration, or use. Any court of
competent jurisdiction has jurisdiction to issue restraining
orders and temporary or permanent injunctions or mandamus or
other appropriate forms of remedy or relief.

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:

(9) A proceeding for adjudication of:

(i) A municipal infraction as defined in
Article 23A, Section 3(b)(1) of the Code;

(ii) A Commission infraction as defined in
Article 66D, § 5-113 of the Code; or

(iii) A zoning violation for which a civil
penalty [has been provided pursuant to Article 66B, § 7.01
of the Code] IS PROVIDED UNDER ARTICLE 66B, § 7.01 OR
ARTICLE 66D, § 8-121(D) OF THE CODE; OR

(IV) A VIOLATION OF AN ORDINANCE ENACTED

1. BY A CHARTER COUNTY FOR WHICH A
CIVIL PENALTY IS PROVIDED UNDER ARTICLE 25A, § 5(A) OF THE
CODE, OR

2. BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
BALTIMORE FOR WHICH A CIVIL PENALTY IS PROVIDED BY
ORDINANCE; and

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 826
(Senate Bill 863)
AN ACT concerning