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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Article is applicable to rents for dwelling units located
in Montgomery County.

b.    The system of rent control does not apply to
any establishments which have as their primary purpose
the providing of diagnosis, cure, mitigation, and
treatment of illnesses for residents.

c.    The system of rent control does not apply to
the initial leasing period of new dwelling units coming
onto the rental market after February 28, 1973. However,
it does apply to such dwelling units after the expiration
of the initial leasing period. If the initial leasing
period for such dwelling units expired after February 28,
1973, but prior to the effective date of this Act, the
system applies to that dwelling unit as of the effective
date of this Act. For the purposes of this Article, new
dwelling units means dwelling units covered by this
Article for which a Certificate of Occupancy has not been
issued as of February 28, 1973, and as to one-family
dwellings, semidetached dwellings, and town houses, means
such units which have not been rented since August, 1971,
or which have not been constructed prior to the effective
date of this Act.

d.    The system of rent control does not apply to
dwelling units owned by a person who owns less than three
(3) dwelling units within Montgomery County.

e.    The system of rent control does not apply to
dwelling units which are part of Federal government
assisted multi—family housing projects and which require
accountability of rent returns to the Federal government.

f.    The system of rent control shall not preclude
any adjustment in rent as the result of any contractual
provision entered into prior to February 28, 1973, or
permitted by this Article prior to the effective date of
this Act.

g.    Upon the creation or re-imposition of Federal
or State rent controls and when those controls do not
prohibit local County controls, the Commission shall
consider whether the County should adopt those controls
as those of the County. The Commission shall also
consider whether County controls, in addition to Federal
or State controls, should be adopted if legally
permissible.

29-50. Definitions.

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following
words and phrases shall have the meaning respectively
ascribed to them by this section: