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Anne Arundel County Overview
Anne Arundel County Code, 2005
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CODE, 2005
COUNTY OFFICIALS 2024
CHARTER
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 2. BRANCHES OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE 3. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND SIMILAR BODIES
ARTICLE 4. FINANCE, TAXATION, AND BUDGET
ARTICLE 5. PENSIONS
ARTICLE 6. PERSONNEL
ARTICLE 7. PUBLIC ETHICS
ARTICLE 8. PURCHASING
ARTICLE 9. CRIMES, CIVIL OFFENSES, AND FINES
ARTICLE 10. CABLE FRANCHISE ACT OF 2006
ARTICLE 11. LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS
ARTICLE 12. PUBLIC SAFETY
ARTICLE 13. PUBLIC WORKS
ARTICLE 14. RECREATION AND PARKS
ARTICLE 15. CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES
ARTICLE 16. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT, EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL, AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
ARTICLE 17. SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT
ARTICLE 18. ZONING
APPENDIX A. RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL
APPENDIX B. RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS
PARALLEL REFERENCE TABLES
TITLE 2. PROHIBITED CONDUCT IN PARKS
Section
   14-2-101.   Alcoholic beverages.
   14-2-102.   Camping.
   14-2-103.   Deprivation of use and enjoyment.
   14-2-104.   Destruction of property.
   14-2-105.   Fires.
   14-2-106.   Fireworks, firearms, explosives.
   14-2-107.   Horses.
   14-2-108.   Litter.
   14-2-109.   Meetings.
   14-2-110.   Model airplanes, rockets, and the like.
   14-2-111.   Picnics.
   14-2-112.   Profit-making activities.
   14-2-113.   Selling.
   14-2-114.   Sound amplification equipment.
   14-2-115.   Traffic.
   14-2-116.   Vehicle repairs.
   14-2-117.   Wild animals; wildlife management agreement.
   14-2-118.   Animals in parks.
   14-2-119.   Boat ramps in parks.
§ 14-2-101. Alcoholic beverages.
   A person may not drink or possess alcoholic beverages in a park unless as part of a group having permission for exclusive use of the park.
(1985 Code, Art. 19, § 2-101)
§ 14-2-102. Camping.
   (a)   Permit. A person may not camp in a park in other than a designated area and without a permit issued by the Director.
   (b)   Sanitation. Campers shall keep camping areas clean. Garbage, refuse, and rubbish shall be placed in receptacles provided for that purpose.
   (c)   Installation of permanent facilities prohibited. A person may not install permanent camping facilities or dig or level the ground at a campsite in a park.
(1985 Code, Art. 19, § 2-102)
§ 14-2-103. Deprivation of use and enjoyment.
   A person may not deprive others of reasonable use and enjoyment of a park by indulging in riotous, boisterous, threatening, or indecent conduct or abusive, threatening, profane, or indecent language.
(1985 Code, Art. 19, § 2-103)
§ 14-2-104. Destruction of property.
   (a)   Applicability. This subsection does not apply to construction projects or maintenance performed on park land or structures.
   (b)   Prohibitions. A person may not:
      (1)   tamper with, mar, deface, remove, or destroy an official sign;
      (2)   damage, use without authority, or remove an installation, fixture, equipment, or vehicle in or from the park;
      (3)   cut, pull up, burn, carve, or in any manner mutilate, misuse, or damage any tree, shrub, plant, grass, or flower on park grounds; or
      (4)   intentionally destroy, injure, deface, remove, or disturb soil, rocks, or mineral formations unless incidental to a permitted activity.
(1985 Code, Art. 19, § 2-104)
§ 14-2-105. Fires.
   (a)   Prohibitions. A person may not:
      (1)   build a fire in a park except in a fireplace or other facility constructed for a fire; or
      (2)   use a charcoal grill or a gasoline or gas stove without written permission from of the Director.
   (b)   Additional regulations relating to fire hazards. Smoking or the building of fires may be prohibited in parks or limited by the Director whenever in the Director's judgment a potential fire hazard exists.
   (c)   Liability for damages. A person who builds a fire in a park except in a fireplace or other facility constructed for a fire is responsible for damage and expense caused by carelessness.
(1985 Code, Art. 19, § 2-105)
§ 14-2-106. Fireworks, firearms, explosives.
   A person may not discharge fireworks, firearms, or explosives in a park without written permission from the Director and the other necessary permits.
(1985 Code, Art. 19, § 2-106)
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