Rockville, MD

When the City Manager declares a snow emergency, cars without driveway space must move to the even-numbered side of the street or risk towing and a $100 fine.

Rockville bans keeping a junk vehicle anywhere in the city unless it sits in a lawfully licensed junkyard, under its Property Maintenance Code.

Rockville bars delivery and loading operations between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any property next to a residential use or residentially zoned land, unless the developer proves sound…

Rockville's Energy Conservation Code requires new R-2 multi-family buildings to make 10% of parking spaces fully EVSE-installed, another 10% EV-Ready, and 30% EV-Capable: the highest…

Rockville requires vehicles be parked on an improved street or an approved off-street area: parking over curbs, sidewalks, yards or planting beds is banned.

Rockville bans parking on sidewalks and within 5 feet of any driveway, plus a long list of other stopping/standing spots, backed by a $60 fine.

Trucks over three-quarters ton, 10,000 lbs GVW, four wheels, or 96 inches wide can't park on residential streets without a City-issued special permit.

A curb painted yellow by the County, State, or City bans parking, standing, or stopping alongside it anywhere in Rockville: no separate sign is required.

Rockville limits where boats, trailers, campers, vans and RVs may sit on a residential lot: behind the front building line or in an approved driveway.

Rockville divides the City into permit parking zones; residents petition with 51% of households, or the Council can create permit-only areas to block outside commuters.

Montgomery County sets its own maximum trespass towing rates by executive regulation, so a car towed from private property here without the driver's consent costs $170.00 for the tow…

Montgomery County prohibits parking any motor vehicle or trailer on a public highway, road, or street for more than 24 hours, except immediately adjacent to the owner's own residence…

Rockville sets no numeric propane storage limit of its own: it adopts NFPA 58, the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, 2017 Edition, by reference in full, with zero local amendments to the…

Rockville's adopted residential code sets exact smoke-alarm locations for one- and two-family homes -- every bedroom, hallways outside sleeping areas, each story, and every townhouse…

Rockville bans possessing, selling, or discharging any fireworks within City limits, allowing them only at a public display approved by the City Fire Marshal and permitted by the State…

Montgomery County bans burning refuse or plant life outdoors without a Director-issued permit, with tight limits on smoke, distance, and duration.

Recreational and cooking fires must stay 30 feet from any building, with a 10-foot clear space kept around the fire and someone attending it at all times.

When wildfire danger climbs, the Maryland Secretary of Natural Resources or the Governor may impose a burning ban under Natural Resources Article 5-720. Once that ban is in effect…

A Rockville pet whose barking, howling, or whining causes 'unreasonable annoyance' to neighbors is an animal nuisance under Sec. 3-21(4), regardless of any specific decibel level or…

Rockville zoning bars loading and deliveries on lots next to homes from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. unless sound barriers cut noise to 55 dBA or less at the property line, per Sec. 25.8.8.1(c).

Construction noise in Montgomery County is capped at 75 dBA (85 dBA with an approved noise-suppression plan) between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays; outside those hours the county's much…

Montgomery County caps residential noise at 55 dBA at night (9 p.m.-7 a.m. weekdays, 9 p.m.-9 a.m. weekends) versus 65 dBA by day, and separately bans any noise that creates a…

Montgomery County bans the sale and use of combustion engine-powered handheld, backpack, and walk-behind leaf blowers and vacuums, following a phased 2023 law that took full effect in…

Amplified outdoor sound, including live music, must stay within Montgomery County's noise-level caps: 65 dBA daytime and 55 dBA nighttime in residential receiving areas, enforced by…

Montgomery County treats vehicle horns and motor-vehicle-mounted power equipment as noise disturbance examples under Chapter 31B, enforceable by the Department of Environmental…

Rockville flatly bans keeping foxes, bears, non-domestic cats or dogs, primates, and specified venomous snakes as pets, and requires advance Chief of Police permission for any other…

Rockville bans catching, injuring, killing, or otherwise interfering with birds in any city park, plus taking bird eggs or nestlings, under the park rules chapter.

Rockville doesn't restrict dog breeds: it regulates individual dogs through a Level 1/Level 2 potentially-dangerous designation, each carrying escalating confinement, warning-sign, and…

Rockville lets residents run feral cat trap-neuter-return colonies without becoming the cats' legal 'owner'. Sec. 3-28 requires caregivers to vaccinate, eartip, feed, water and shelter…

Rockville requires veterinary clinics to operate indoors, with any outdoor runs fenced and set back 100 feet from lot lines.

Rockville doesn't ban pet-store sales of dogs and cats: pet shops may sell them if City-licensed, with dogs under eight weeks old barred from sale.

Dogs, cats and ferrets over four months must wear a Rockville license tag and collar whenever off the owner's premises. Sec. 3-12(d) waives that physical tag requirement only if the…

Rockville allows up to five hens per single-family home with a police-issued permit: no roosters, no multifamily coops, and coops must sit five feet from the property line and forty…

Rockville lets wildlife rehabilitators secure one continuous police permit to temporarily care for injured, sick, or orphaned wild animals headed for release, instead of applying case…

Rockville authorizes a City-managed deer culling program in its parks, with narrow carve-outs from the wild-animal, structure, and hours rules: coyotes aren't separately addressed.

A Rockville dog or other animal off its owner's property must be leashed or physically restrained. Sec. 3-21(1) makes being 'at large' an animal nuisance violation, with narrow…

Montgomery County permits beekeeping on residential lots under Maryland Agriculture Article Sec 5-501 et seq. State registration with the Maryland Department of Agriculture Apiary…

Anyone charging a fee to groom pets in Montgomery County needs an annual Animal Services license, and groomers must show proof of certified grooming-school training.

Maryland Criminal Law Sections 10-604 through 10-606 prohibit aggravated and general animal cruelty statewide, including failure to provide nutritious food, proper drink, air, space…

Rockville allows residential compost piles for yard waste and non-animal food scraps only if fully rodent-proofed; piles made entirely of leaves and dirt are exempt from that…

Rockville requires trees, shrubs, hedges and vines be kept pruned so they never block drivers' or pedestrians' sightlines on public streets and sidewalks.

Rockville subdivision applicants who cannot fit the required number of lot trees must plant two replacement trees elsewhere in the subdivision for each tree not provided, under the…

Rockville's City Manager can declare mandatory water restrictions during a shortage or drought that ban using hoses or sprinklers to water lawns, shrubbery, trees, and gardens citywide.

Rockville caps weeds and grass on any lot, including the adjacent right-of-way strip, at 10 inches and bans noxious weeds outright under its Property Maintenance Code.

Montgomery County's weed law caps "generalized plant growth" at 12 inches near property lines, but Code § 58-3 exempts trees, ornamental shrubs, flowers, and garden vegetables…

On lots under 15,000 square feet, Montgomery County lets builders satisfy the required runoff-control plan for a building permit with a rain barrel or cistern instead of conventional…

Rockville places no height cap on retaining walls that hold back earth along a lot line, they may be built to any height needed, measured from the lower grade, but if the wall also…

Rockville regulates fence placement, height, and design under Chapter 25, Article 9. Electric and barbed wire fences are prohibited in residential zones. Historic districts require HDC…

Rockville requires a fence permit from the Chief of Zoning before any fence is built in the city. Deer mesh installation is the only listed exception.

Rockville allows wood, vinyl, aluminum, composite, and chain link fencing in residential zones. Chain link is discouraged in historic districts. Barbed wire is prohibited.

Rockville zoning defines a Child Care Home as a residence serving up to eight children for pay, requiring full compliance with State and Montgomery County child care licensing: no…

Rockville splits home occupations into two tiers: light businesses need no permit, but 'Material Impact' operations with more staff or visits require a Special Exception from the Board…

Rockville zoning caps home-based businesses at two customers on-site at any time and bans customer visits between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m., except medical emergencies.

Maryland lets you sell homemade food from a residential kitchen without any licence or inspection, provided the business stays under $50,000 a year in cottage food sales and the…

Maryland has no microenterprise home kitchen permit. The word microenterprise does not appear anywhere in COMAR 10.15.03, the chapter that governs food service facilities, and the four…

A detached Accessory Dwelling Unit in Rockville must sit on a permanent foundation and stay at or under 75% of the main house's floor area, or up to 600 square feet if that house is…

Rockville, Maryland bars a landlord from holding rental licenses for both a house and its accessory apartment at once: only one of the two units on a lot may be licensed for rent at a…

Owners of a Rockville one-family home with an accessory-apartment special exception must certify annually where they live and whether any part of the house is rented.

Rockville zoning treats a carport as an accessory structure: it can't share a wall or roof with the house except through a short breezeway, and a detached carport must sit in the rear…

Rockville's residential code adopts IRC Appendix Q in full, giving tiny houses their own building standard instead of full-size dwelling rules.

MoCo requires a DHCA license before listing or hosting STR guests. Applications take 30 to 60 days. Annual fee is $500. No license means fines up to $1,000.

A short-term rental license can be suspended or revoked if the property repeatedly causes a noise nuisance, under the county's Transient Lodging Facilities chapter.

Montgomery County zoning limits short-term rentals to dwellings that are the owner's or an authorized resident's primary residence, capping absentee rentals at 120 days a year unless…

Montgomery County requires short-term rental hosts to make the unit their primary residence and, when away, keep a designated representative within 15 miles reachable for the length of…

Montgomery County caps unhosted short-term rentals at 120 days a year, but hosted rentals where the owner is present have no day limit.

A prior violation within 36 months disqualifies a short-term rental license applicant, and a revoked license locks out the same operator and unit for three years.

Montgomery County zoning requires one off-street parking space for every short-term rental contract, unless the online listing itself states that vehicle parking is not provided.

Short-term rental license applicants in Montgomery County, Maryland must certify occupancy caps: no more than 6 overnight guests age 18 or older, and no more than 2 adult guests per…

Montgomery County collects a 7% room rental and transient tax on short-term rental stays, including Airbnb and other dwelling-unit lodging under 30 days.

Rockville bars homeowners from self-permitting hot tub, spa, or pool wiring: that work always requires a licensed electrician, even at an owner-occupied home.

Rockville's amended residential building code exempts only prefabricated pools under 24 inches deep from a building permit: any deeper above-ground or in-ground residential pool needs…

City of Rockville zoning bars new vape and tobacco shops within 1,000 feet of parks or schools, citywide, in every zone.

Rockville's Home-Based Business standards flatly ban motor vehicle repairs, sales, or engine work from any home occupation -- no special exception or permit tier allows it under Sec…

Rockville confines pawnshops to the I-L industrial zone and keeps them at least 500 feet from residential property and 1,500 feet from any other pawnbroker: the City issues no separate…

Rockville confines Adult-Oriented Establishments to the I-L industrial zone, and only after the Board of Appeals grants a special exception meeting a 1,000-foot buffer from homes…

Montgomery County requires a Director-issued license to own or operate a massage establishment, plus separate manager and worker licenses, under County Code Chapter 24.

Montgomery County requires a dealer's license from the Office of Consumer Protection before buying, selling, or brokering secondhand personal property, including online and pawn-type…

Montgomery County requires every towing company to register with the county before operating: unlicensed towing is a Class A violation punishable by up to $1,000 and six months in jail.

Rockville requires every outdoor light fixture citywide to be shielded so it points down toward the ground rather than up into the sky, under the binding Landscaping, Screening and…

Motion-activated security lights in Rockville are exempt from full-cutoff lighting rules only if aimed so the bulb isn't visible five feet above the property line, with added lumen and…

Rockville regulates skateboards, scooters, bikes and other wheeled recreational vehicles, banning negligent riding on streets and sidewalks and stunts on benches, walls or planters.

Rockville's noise ordinance bars willfully disturbing a neighborhood or acting disorderly through loud, unseemly noise, a misdemeanor, but the Code creates no separate host-liability…

Rockville bans drinking or possessing alcohol in City parks without a City Manager-issued permit, though picnic and special-event permits are available for a fee.

Rockville bans smoking marijuana, along with tobacco and vaping, in outdoor serving areas of restaurants and bars under its patio smoking ordinance.

Rockville bans smoking and vaping in the outdoor patios and decks of restaurants and bars citywide; violators face a municipal infraction citation from City Police.

Rockville bans loitering that blocks pedestrian or vehicle traffic, harasses others, or risks a breach of the peace, but an officer must warn violators before they can be charged.

Montgomery County bans aggressive panhandling, soliciting money or sales in an intimidating manner, in any place open to the public, including buses and transit vehicles.

Montgomery County makes it a Class A violation to urinate or defecate in any public place, place open to the public, or anywhere visible from one.

Rockville's own code sets minimum refuse pickup frequency for nonsingle-family properties: multifamily buildings must get collection at least five times a week, commercial and…

Rockville requires leakproof, covered trash containers in sufficient numbers, and curbside carts must come off the right-of-way within 24 hours of collection under the City's Property…

Rockville makes it unlawful to dump, deposit, throw or leave litter, including refuse, trash, debris and garbage, on any public or private property or waters in the City unless the…

Rockville bars trash haulers from collecting refuse between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays, and between 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. on weekends and federal holidays, and requires collectors to…

Rockville requires every commercial, industrial and multifamily refuse container in the city, dumpsters included, to be verminproof, waterproof, noncorrodible and fitted with a…

Montgomery County requires curbside and drop-off recycling under Chapter 48; residents cannot dispose of recyclable materials as trash, and only county-licensed haulers can collect…

Montgomery County requires grass, leaves and brush to go out as "yard trim" in paper bags or labeled containers under strict size limits: never in plastic bags, under COMCOR…

Montgomery County requires brush set out for collection to be under 4 inches thick and 6 feet long, bundled or bagged separately from bulky scrap metal items like appliances, which go…

Montgomery County requires households and businesses to separate recyclables like metal, glass, paper and certain plastics for curbside pickup, drop-off, or licensed hauler collection…

Federal holidays and Sundays push licensed collectors' start time from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. countywide, per Montgomery County Code Chapter 48's collector-licensing rules.

Any filling, grading, new construction, or substantial improvement inside a FEMA-mapped special flood hazard area in Rockville needs both a City floodplain variance and a floodplain…

New and substantially improved residential structures in Rockville's flood hazard areas must have their lowest floor at least two feet above the base flood elevation: the City's…

Any Rockville project disturbing 5,000+ square feet, or adding as little as 250 square feet of new pavement on non-residential land, must provide on-site stormwater management.

Rockville requires an approved sediment control plan and permit before any land-disturbing construction of 5,000 or more square feet, 100 or more cubic yards of grading, or any new…

Rockville zoning treats ground-mounted solar as a Renewable Energy System, capping freestanding units at 20 feet in most zones and requiring Special Exception approval to build taller…

Montgomery County requires DPS to run a fast-track review for rooftop solar permits on single-family homes that meet standardized requirements.

Maryland Real Property Article 2-119 prohibits HOAs from banning solar panels. HOAs may set aesthetic rules but cannot increase installation cost by more than $1,000.

Rockville closes all city parks between sunset and sunrise, with limited carve-outs for permitted lighted athletic areas, permitted building use, and the deer program.

Rockville requires an electrical permit issued to a licensed master electrician before any electrical work starts, under the City's adopted 2023 National Electrical Code.

Rockville withholds close-in inspections on Group R-3 homes until a Maryland-licensed surveyor or engineer certifies the framed building height, submitted right after framing and…

Rockville requires a permit before any plumbing work begins, issued to a licensed master plumber except for a narrow owner-occupant exception on a single-family home.

Rockville doesn't require paperwork for cosmetic touch-ups, but any interior work cutting into walls, structural framing, egress, or utility lines needs a building permit.

Rockville requires automatic fire sprinklers in every new one- and two-family home, townhouse, and substantial addition, installed to the NFPA 13D standard.

Rockville zoning requires child care centers to fence outdoor play areas and keep them reachable without crossing a street or driveway.

Rockville requires carbon monoxide alarms in all dwellings under NFPA 72, or under IRC Section R315 for homes covered by the residential code, and inoperable units must be replaced.

Montgomery County requires new construction and major renovations to meet the 2021 International Green Construction Code, adopted alongside the IBC and IECC by executive regulation and…

Montgomery County's building code requires elevators and other service equipment in every building to be kept in good working order at all times, and makes it unlawful for an owner to…

Every entrance and exit door on a rental dwelling unit or personal living quarters building in Montgomery County must have a working deadbolt with at least a one-inch throw.

Rockville property owners, not the City, must keep the public sidewalk abutting their lot in proper repair and free of hazards, snow, ice, mud and debris.

Rockville requires a City Public Works permit before any private improvement, structure, or work goes into the City right-of-way or easement.

Rockville prohibits obstructing or hindering the free passage of persons on any public street, sidewalk, or highway, including grabbing and soliciting passersby against their will.

Anyone soliciting door-to-door in Rockville must first obtain a City solicitor's license, complete a background check, and wear a photo ID badge while working.

Rockville limits door-to-door solicitation to 9 a.m. through sunset each day; the code has no City do-not-knock registry, only this fixed hours restriction.

Hosting a picnic or event with alcohol in a Rockville city park requires a permit from the City Manager, plus payment of a resolution-set fee.

Rockville requires a City license before any block party, parade, marathon, or other event that closes or interferes with a street, sidewalk, or public way: apply through the City…

Restaurants and bars in Montgomery County need Board of License Commissioners approval before adding outdoor cafe seating, and any tables placed on a public sidewalk need separate…

Rockville allows electronic message center signs only as freestanding signs in the I-L zone and Mixed-Use zones other than MXT and MXC, capped at 0.3 foot-candles above ambient light…

Holiday lighting fixtures are fully exempt from Rockville's outdoor lighting shielding, aiming, and cutoff standards, as long as they don't create disability glare for neighbors.

Rockville caps permanent and temporary window signs at 25% of the window surface, but a vacant non-residential storefront may cover up to 95% for as long as nine months in a calendar…

No permit needed for a garage sale sign, but the county's temporary right-of-way sign rules cap size, placement, and how long it can stay up.

Maryland bans placing any sign, including political campaign signs, within a State highway right-of-way under Transportation § 8-605(f). The State Highway Administration, law…

Rockville has no separate 'monument' listing; its equivalent is designating a culturally or historically significant site or structure into the Historic District Overlay zone under…

Rockville zoning caps single-unit residential building height at 35 feet in the small-lot zones and 40 feet in the large-lot zones, set by the Zoning Ordinance's dimensional tables.

Rockville zoning sets minimum yard setbacks for single-unit residential zones, ranging from 25 to 30 feet in front and 8 to 30 feet on the sides, depending on the zone.

In Rockville's R-90, R-75, R-60 and R-40 single-unit residential zones, the City's Zoning Ordinance caps building lot coverage at 25%, 35%, 35% and 40% of lot area, limiting how much…

Rockville landlords must give tenants, and the City's Housing Director for larger properties, 90 days' written notice before any rent increase takes effect.

Every rental facility in Rockville, Maryland, from single-unit rentals to apartment buildings, must hold a City-issued license before operating, and running one under an expired…

Rockville has no mandatory rent control: landlords are only 'encouraged' to keep rent increases at or below a percentage the Mayor and Council set annually by resolution.

Rockville sets no local just-cause eviction rule, evictions run on Maryland's Real Property Article, but landlords may not evict, threaten, or punish a tenant for exercising legal…

Rockville landlords must keep rental units, common areas and utilities clean, safe and in working order, with a duty to repair enforced by the City's Landlord-Tenant Commission.

For failure to pay rent, Maryland now requires a 10-day written cure notice before filing summary ejectment (Real Property § 8-401). To evict for a lease breach, the landlord must give…

Maryland adopted a statewide landlord-entry statute effective October 1, 2025. Under Real Property § 8-221, landlords must give at least 24 hours' written notice and may enter only…

Maryland caps late-rent penalties at 5% of the delinquent rent. Under Real Property § 8-208, a lease may not impose a late fee greater than 5% of the overdue rent for the rental…

To end a month-to-month tenancy in Maryland, either party must give 60 days' written notice before the period expires under Real Property § 8-402. Weekly tenancies require 7 days'…

Maryland caps most security deposits at one month's rent for leases entered on or after October 1, 2024, down from the old two-month limit. Landlords must return the deposit with…

Maryland requires 20 years of adverse possession before a squatter can claim land. Under Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 5-103, an owner must file to recover possession or enter the…

Rockville's Zoning Ordinance requires landscaping installed under a site or Project Plan review to be kept free of refuse, debris, and invasive plants, with the owner responsible for…

A county pesticide regulation names Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven) as an invasive species that can be treated with registered pesticide within 25 feet of a waterbody on Parks…

Rockville has no homeowners' association ordinance of its own. City Code § 1-8(b) reaches back into Montgomery County law and applies County Chapter 24B (HOAs) and Chapter 10B (common…

HOAs in Montgomery County are governed by the Maryland Homeowners Association Act (Real Property Article 11B) which requires open board meetings, annual meetings with quorum, advance…

Maryland law provides multiple paths for resolving HOA disputes, including internal hearings, the Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection, MHIC mediation, and court action. The…

Montgomery County lets HOA owners dispute a fine before the Commission on Common Ownership Communities, and once a dispute is filed the association cannot enforce that fine until the…

Most Montgomery County HOAs require homeowners to submit exterior modification requests to an architectural review committee (ARC) before making changes. This applies to paint colors…

Maryland HOA Act (Real Property 11B) governs assessment collection in Montgomery County HOAs. Regular assessments must be established by the budget adopted by the board. Special…

Montgomery County HOAs enforce covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) through violation notices, fines, and lien authority under the Maryland HOA Act. The enforcement process…

Maryland Real Property § 14-130 makes clothesline bans unenforceable on single-family property: no covenant, declaration, bylaw, rule, lease, or rental agreement may prohibit a…

Maryland Real Property § 2-125 stops a covenant, declaration, contract, security instrument, or condominium or homeowners association bylaw from imposing unreasonable limitations on…

Maryland Real Property § 11B-111.8 voids any homeowners association covenant, declaration provision, bylaw, or rule that effectively prohibits or unreasonably restricts installing or…

Maryland Real Property § 14-128 guarantees every homeowner and tenant the right to display one portable, removable flag of the United States at the home they live in, and it voids any…

A Maryland homeowners association has no lien of its own. Real Property § 11B-117(b) sends it out to the Maryland Contract Lien Act at Real Property Title 14, Subtitle 2, and…

Rockville imposes a 2% tax on hotel room rentals, collected by the hotel and remitted monthly to the City.

Rockville exempts yard sales by resident property owners from its peddler and temporary-stand license rules, so a homeowner selling from their own yard needs no City permit.

Rockville requires subdivision applicants to plant at least one street tree per 40 feet of lot frontage within the public right-of-way, with species and placement approved by City…

Montgomery County has no separate heritage-tree ordinance, but its Forest Conservation Law protects officially designated champion trees and unusual specimen trees: any development or…

Montgomery County flags champion, specimen, and state/federally listed rare trees as priority-retention resources under Chapter 22A: removing one without an approved tree save plan or…

Rockville, Maryland requires owners of multifamily, commercial, and other nonsingle-family properties to keep refuse in verminproof, tight-lidded containers, and treats any sign of…

Every Montgomery County food service facility must have a certified food service manager on staff, and the manager must be on-site controlling operations after July 15, 1989.

Chain restaurants with 20+ U.S. locations must post calorie counts on every menu and menu board under County Code § 15-15A, with full nutrition data available in writing on request.

Montgomery County's housing code splits bed bug and other insect extermination duty by scope: tenants handle infestations confined to their own unit, but landlords must exterminate…

Rockville tenants or landlords who believe a defective tenancy exists can file a written complaint with the City Manager, who investigates and may refer unresolved disputes to the…

Every Rockville, Maryland rental facility must pass a City inspection before a license is issued or renewed, and landlords must allow further inspections on 72 hours' notice when a…

Rockville's zoning code classifies food trucks and similar movable units as a 'Mobile Use': permitted in every zone but never allowed to be permanently affixed, and still bound by the…

Rockville's zoning code defines food trucks as a 'Mobile Use' and requires, wherever the use is sited, that the unit not be bolted to a foundation and that vendors follow the City's…

Montgomery County treats a food truck as a licensed vendor under Chapter 47 on top of the Chapter 15 health license every food service facility needs before selling to the public.

Rockville bars camping or lodging in any city park without a City Manager permit: a narrow, parks-only rule, not a citywide encampment ordinance.

Rockville declares any building meeting its dangerous-building criteria, structural failure, fire damage, unsafe egress, unfit-for-habitation conditions, a public nuisance the City can…

Rockville property owners must clear sidewalk snow and ice within 24, 48 or 72 hours depending on how much fell, or the City will do it and bill them.

Rockville's solid waste code doesn't stop at occupied buildings. Chapter 20 makes the owner of any vacant lot personally responsible for keeping it clear of refuse, and unclean…

Rockville has not opted out of cannabis retail: its Zoning Ordinance defines Cannabis Dispensary as a licensed retail use, requiring a Maryland State license and compliance with the…

The Cannabis Reform Act, codified in Title 36 of the Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis Article, allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to two cannabis plants per household and…

Rockville exempts commercial vehicle washing facilities that use recycled water from the city's water-restriction ban on washing cars, trucks, and trailers during declared shortages.

In licensed Montgomery County rental housing, pervasive water leaks causing chronic dampness, mold, or property damage force annual inspections and a mandatory corrective action plan…

Montgomery County bars manufacturers from distributing flavored electronic cigarettes to any retail store within a half-mile of schools, libraries, or recreation facilities, targeting…

Maryland prohibits the sale of any tobacco or electronic smoking device to anyone under age 21 under Health-General Article 16.7A.

Montgomery County bans stopping, standing, or parking any vehicle on a bikeway, a term covering on-street bike lanes and sidepaths, under County Code § 31-20(a)(11), backed by a $60…

Companies operating two or more rental e-scooters in Montgomery County must register the fleet with the Department of Transportation, pay a registration fee, and display ID on every…

Maryland runs two separate schemes. A golf cart may be driven unregistered, but only on a county or municipal highway the governing body has actually designated for carts, only where…

A bar or nightclub emitting noise above 65 dBA daytime / 55 dBA nighttime into a residential area, or 67/62 dBA into a non-residential area, violates Montgomery County's noise…

Delivery-truck loading and unloading counts as noise under County law: it can't push sound past 55 dBA at night or 65 dBA by day on residential property, and it's a listed example of a…

Sounding a car alarm, horn, or other vehicle signaling device on private property is banned except for emergencies or daytime warning signals within noise limits.

Outdoor heat pumps and A/C units on small residential lots in Montgomery County must meet a strict 60 dBA property-line limit, enforced under a dedicated executive regulation, not the…

Montgomery County sets a stricter decibel threshold for prominent discrete tones below 125 Hz, bass hums and whines, than for higher-frequency tones, and bars any such tone that…

Generators and motor-vehicle-powered devices must stay under the county's dBA noise limits or avoid creating a noise disturbance, county-wide.

County Code § 2-160 bars County agents and departments from asking about immigration status, honoring ICE detainer requests once someone is eligible for release, or letting immigration…

Development in downtown Bethesda falls under a special zoning overlay that caps building height at the underlying zone limit and lets height and density rise only through Planning…

In the county's Planned Development (PD) zone, Chapter 59 lets projects exceed the maximum base density to build Moderately Priced Dwelling Units, with the required MPDU share set by…

Montgomery County requires sellers near agricultural zones to disclose that Maryland law shields farms operating over a year from nuisance lawsuits, under County Code § 40-12B.

The AR zone makes farming the preferred use on roughly a third of the county, protecting farm operations and machinery from being restricted by neighboring uses.

Properties in the Silver Spring, Bethesda, Wheaton, and Montgomery Hills Parking Lot Districts pay a special ad valorem tax up to $1.00 per $100 of assessed value to fund off-street…

Montgomery County bans charcoal, other fuel-burning, or electric cooking equipment within 20 feet of any multi-family building, though attached townhouses and rowhouses with no stacked…

Maryland reserves exclusive authority over commercial UAS operations under Courts 14-301, requiring operators to follow FAA Part 107 certification, registration, and operational limits…

Maryland Courts and Judicial Proceedings Section 14-301 expressly preempts local drone regulation, reserving exclusive authority over unmanned aircraft systems to the state and federal…

Maryland requires earned sick and safe leave statewide and is implementing the Family and Medical Leave Insurance program for paid family leave.

Maryland issues Wear and Carry Permits through the State Police and prohibits concealed carry in many sensitive locations across the state.

Maryland preempts local firearms regulation under Criminal Law § 4-209, which reserves to the State the purchase, sale, transfer, ownership, possession, and transportation of handguns…

Maryland law names the only places a casino may ever legally operate: one site each in Anne Arundel, Cecil, Allegany, and Worcester counties, in Baltimore City, and in Prince George's…

Maryland regulates charitable bingo and raffles county by county, not through one statewide code. Criminal Law Title 13, "Gaming, Local Provisions," gives each jurisdiction its own…

Maryland exempts small-stakes social play from its gambling ban through the "home game" law at State Government § 9-1C-01. Adults 21 and older may host mah jong or card games with…

Maryland legalized sports wagering in 2021 under State Government § 9-1E-01 et seq., requiring anyone who operates or facilitates sports betting to hold a license from the Lottery and…

Maryland runs sobriety checkpoints and the General Assembly has legislated about them exactly once. Transportation section 25-114 defines a "checkpoint" as a predetermined fixed…

Maryland has no statute granting a right to record the police. What governs instead is the Maryland Wiretap Act at Courts and Judicial Proceedings sections 10-401 through 10-410, which…

Maryland has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. A full-text search of the Annotated Code returns nothing for "stop and identify," "produce identification," or "refuses…

Maryland wrote its search rule into the code when it legalized adult cannabis use. Criminal Procedure section 1-211 forbids a law enforcement officer from initiating a stop or a search…

Maryland was among the first states to ban expanded polystyrene foam food service products statewide, prohibiting their sale and use at restaurants, schools, and food packagers under a…

Maryland lets you add auxiliary lighting, but it counts the lamps and measures the mounting height. Transportation Article § 22-217 allows one spot lamp, no more than two fog lamps…

Maryland has no dash camera statute at all, so a dash cam is governed by the general windshield-obstruction rule at Md. Transp. § 21-1104. Subsection (c)(1) makes it an offense to…

Lane splitting is expressly illegal in Maryland. Transportation Article § 21-1303(d) says a person may not operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or…

Maryland attacks registration plate covers from three directions. Transportation Article § 13-411.1 defines a plate cover by what it is designed to do, then bans selling one, offering…

A radar or laser detector is lawful in a private vehicle in Maryland. The Transportation Article devotes an entire title to vehicle equipment, Title 22, and across its sections from §…

Maryland bans studded tires on its highways as a baseline rule, then carves out five counties. Under Transportation Article § 22-405.2(c), owners of vehicles registered in Allegany…

Maryland caps aftermarket window tint at 35% light transmittance, and on a Class A passenger car that limit applies to every window on the vehicle, rear glass included. Light trucks…