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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

AND EXECUTED APPLICATION PROM THE PROSPECTIVE
LANDLORD, ACCOMPANIED BY THE REQUIRED FEE, THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER THE RENTAL
FACILITY COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS. WITHIN
THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE DATE OF APPLICATION, THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL NOTIFY THE APPLICANT OF ANY
VIOLATION OF ANY LASS. IF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DOES
NOT NOTIFY THE APPLICANT OF ANY VIOLATION OF ANY LAWS
WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS, A LICENSE TO CONDUCT AND
OPERATE THE RENTAL FACILITY SHALL BE ISSUED BY THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. IF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NOTIFIES THE APPLICANT OF ANY VIOLATION OF ANY LAWS
WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS, HE MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY
LICENSE VALID FOR SUCH PERIOD OF TIME AS HE DEEMS
NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE
LAWS. TEMPORARY LICENSES MAY BE EXTENDED IN THE
DISCRETION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. ALTERNATIVELY,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAY CONDITION THE GRANT OF A
LICENSE UPON FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE LAWS.
FULL COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH LAWS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A
CONDITION PRECEDENT TO THE GRANT OF A LICENSE.

(C) WHERE A RENTAL FACILITY HAS NOT BEEN
COMPLETELY CONSTRUCTED OR RENOVATED, THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY LICENSE FOR THAT PART
OP THE RENTAL FACILITY WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETELY
CONSTRUCTED OR RENOVATED PROVIDED THAT A TEMPORARY
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AS SPECIFIED BY SECTION 121.5
OF THE BOCA BASIC BUILDING CODE, AS ADOPTED BY CHAPTER
79 OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY CODE 1965, AS AMENDED, HAS
BEEN OBTAINED BY THE LANDLORD AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE
LAWS HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH. PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT
THE TEMPORARY LICENSE SHALL EXPIRE UPON THE ISSUANCE
OF A LICENSE TO CONDUCT AND OPERATE THE ENTIRE
FACILITY.

93A-19. LICENSE FEES.

AN ANNUAL LICENSE FEE PER DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE BY WRITTEN
REGULATION IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE COSTS
INCIDENTAL TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS CHAPTER AND
TO MAKE THIS CHAPTER SELF-SUSTAINING. THIS FEE SHALL
BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF ANY LICENSE
HEREUNDER, AND SHALL BE NON-REFUNDABLE. CHANGES IN
THE FEE MAY BE MADE FROM TIME TO TIME BY WRITTEN
REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

93A-20. DISPLAY OF LICENSE.