5411
MONTGOMERY COUNTY

appropriations made by the county council; provided, that
the county council may, by resolution, change the amount
of compensation; and provided further, however, that in
the case of alternate members, the compensation provided
herein shall apply only to those alternate members
appointed after February 5, 1974, Alternate members
serving as of February 5, 1974, shall be compensated only
at the rate of thirty—five dollars per meeting attended
per day as a voting member during the term of office in
which such alternate members are serving as of February
5, 1974.

Section 2. Section 29—54, title "Rent adjustments;
one—family dwellings, semi-detached dwellings, and town
houses," of Article VI, title "Rent Controls," of Chapter
29, title "Fair Landlord—Tenant Relations," of the
Montgomery County Code 1972, as amended, is hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

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

Notwithstanding the amount of a basic rent increase
authorized by Section 29—51a., the basic rent increase
for holdover tenants who occupy one—family dwellings,
semi—detached 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. A basic rent increase as provided by the
foregoing sentence shall be implemented in accordance
with the procedures delineated in subsection 29—51a,
This provision shall not apply to one—family dwellings,
semi—detached 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.

Section 3, Section 29—57, title "Continuing rent
stabilization," of Article VI, title "Rent Controls," of
Chapter 29, title "Fair Landlord-Tenant Relations," of
the Montgomery County Code 1972, as amended, is hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

29-57. Continuing rent stabilization.

a. Rent which has been increased pursuant to
subsection 29—51a. may not be increased again pursuant to
that subsection for a period of twelve (12) months.
However, rent which has been increased pursuant to
subsection 29—51a. may be increased again pursuant to
subsection 29—51b. at any time subsequent to the