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delineated in subsection b. above.

F. RENT WHICH HAS BEEN INCREASED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 29-54. BUT NOT INCREASED AGAIN DURING THE TWELVE
(12) MONTH PERIOD FOLLOWING ITS EFFECTIVE DATE, MAY BE
INCREASED AGAIN AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE TWELVE (12)
MONTH PERIOD FOLLOWING ITS EFFECTIVE DATE. SUCH AN
INCREASE MAY BE IN THE NATURE OF A BASIC RENT INCREASE OR
AN EXTRAORDINARY RENT INCREASE. IF THE LANDLORD DESIRES
A BASIC RENT INCREASE THE INCREASE SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROCEDURES OF SUBSECTION 29-51A. AND SHALL BE IN
AN AMOUNT NOT IN EXCESS OF 2 PERCENT OF THE RENT TO WHICH
THE DWELLING UNIT WAS PREVIOUSLY INCREASED. IF THE
LANDLORD DESIRES AN INCREASE IN EXCESS OF 2 PERCENT, AS
PROVIDED IN THE FOREGOING SENTENCE, HE MAY REQUEST AN
INCREASE PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES DELINEATED IN
SUBSECTION 29-51B.

Section 4. Severability.

The provisions of this Act are severable, and if any
provision, sentence, clause, section or part thereof is
held illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, or
inapplicable to any person or circumstances, such
illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or
inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the
remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections, or
parts of the Act or their application to other persons or
circumstances. It is hereby declared to be the
legislative intent that this Act would have been adopted
if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional provision,
sentence, clause, section or part had not been included
therein, and if the person or circumstances to which the
Act or any part thereof is inapplicable and had been
specifically exempted therefrom.

Section 5. Effective date.

The County Council hereby declares that an emergency
exists and that this legislation is necessary for the
immediate protection of the public health and safety.
Therefore, this emergency legislation shall take effect
on the date on which it becomes law.

Approved February 15, 1974

Chapter 35
Bill No. 46-73
AN ACT to amend Chapter 49, title "Streets and