To your knowledge, was that ordinance modified with a prescribed penalty ........?

Laws of Worcester County, Maryland

§ PS 2-101. General provisions.

(s)Dogs required to be on leash. In any area described as a leash area in Subsection (t) hereof, it shall be unlawful for any person, or guest of such person, to knowingly, unknowingly, inadvertently, or intentionally permit a dog owned or harbored by him to walk, crawl, or run in any location other than the property of such person unless such dog is attached to a leash.

(t)Leash areas. Leash areas may be designated by law or resolution. The following are leash areas:

(1)Ocean Pines Area. All that property located in the Third Tax District of Worcester County, Maryland bound on the northwest by Beauchamp Road, the north and northeast by the St. Martin's River, on the southeast by the southeasterly line of the Ocean Pines Subdivision and on the southwest by MD Route 589.

PS 2-105. Violations.

Any person who violates the provisions of this Subtitle shall be guilty of a civil infraction.

§ GP 5-102. Procedures, governing law and fines.

(e) Fines. A fine for a civil infraction may not exceed five hundred dollars, except in the case of a repeat offense, in which case it may not exceed one thousand dollars. Continuing infractions, without limitation, may be repeat offenses.