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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

effect upon the termination of existing leases regardless
of their termination date, and regardless of the fact
that the amount of an increase in rent may vary between
tenants.

b. A rent increase for a dwelling unit
covered by this Article in which there exists a type of
tenancy or lease arrangement which is not specifically
dealt with in Section 29-51, 29-52a., 29-53, 29-54,
29-57, or any other Section of this Article shall be
sought in accordance with the procedures delineated in
Section 29—51b regardless of the amount of the increase
in rent.

29—53. Rent adjustments, direct payment of utility
costs.

a.    Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 29—51a, the basic rent increase for holdover
tenants who pay an electric utility cost as a service fee
or direct payment to a utility shall amount to no more
than three and one half (3.5) percent of the base rent
for their dwelling unit.

b.    Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 29—51a, the basic rent increase for holdover
tenants who pay an electric utility cost and a gas
utility cost as a service fee or direct payment to a
utility shall amount to no more than three (3) percent of
the base rent for their dwelling unit.

c.    As to any lease agreement which provides
the payment of a utility cost as a service fee or direct
payment other than as provided in subsections a and b,
above, an increase in rent shall be sought in accordance
with the provisions delineated in Section 29—51b,
regardless of the amount of the increase in rent.

29—54. Rent adjustments; one—family dwellings,
semi—detached dwellings, and town houses.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
29—51a, the basic rent increase for holdover tenants who
occupy one-family dwellings, semidetached dwellings, and
town houses as defined by Section 59—1 of Chapter 59 of
the Montgomery County Code 1972, as amended, shall amount
to no more than two and one half (2.5) percent of the
base rent for their dwelling unit. This provision shall
not apply to one—family dwellings, semidetached
dwellings, and town houses which are located within a
centrally managed multi—family housing community offering
services substantially similar to those offered to
apartment dwellers.