Md. Code, Local Government § 1–1304

(a) In this section, “civil penalty” means a civil fine or other monetary

penalty administratively imposed.

(b) Unless otherwise provided by statute, ordinance, or regulation, an

officer or unit of a county, municipality, bicounty agency, or board of license

commissioners authorized by law to impose a civil penalty up to a specific dollar

amount for violation of a statute, ordinance, or regulation shall consider the following

in setting the amount of the civil penalty:

(1) the severity of the violation;

(2) the good faith of the violator; and

(3) any history of prior violations.