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CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 1A. STRUCTURE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2B. AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3. AIR QUALITY CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3A. ALARMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 5. ANIMAL CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8. BUILDINGS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8A. CABLE COMMUNICATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 10B. COMMON OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11. CONSUMER PROTECTION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11A. CONDOMINIUMS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 11B. CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 13. DETENTION CENTERS AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 15. EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 16. ELECTIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 17. ELECTRICITY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 18A. ENERGY POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19. EROSION, SEDIMENT CONTROL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 19A. ETHICS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 20 FINANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 21 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22. FIRE SAFETY CODE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 22A. FOREST CONSERVATION - TREES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 23A. GROUP HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24. HEALTH AND SANITATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24A. HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 24B. HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25. HOSPITALS, SANITARIUMS, NURSING AND CARE HOMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25A. HOUSING, MODERATELY PRICED - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 25B. HOUSING POLICY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 26. HOUSING AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE STANDARDS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27A. INDIVIDUAL WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 29. LANDLORD-TENANT RELATIONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30. LICENSING AND REGULATIONS GENERALLY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 30C. MOTOR VEHICLE TOWING AND IMMOBILIZATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31A. MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIR AND TOWING REGISTRATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31B. NOISE CONTROL - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 31C. NEW HOME WARRANTY AND BUILDER LICENSING - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33. PERSONNEL AND HUMAN RESOURCES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 33B. PESTICIDES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 35. POLICE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 36. POND SAFETY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 38A. RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE INSTALLATION AND REPAIRS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 40. REAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41. RECREATION AND RECREATION FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 41A. RENTAL ASSISTANCE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 42A. RIDESHARING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44. SCHOOLS AND CAMPS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 44A. SECONDHAND PERSONAL PROPERTY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 45. SEWERS, SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND DRAINAGE - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 47. VENDORS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 48. SOLID WASTES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 49. STREETS AND ROADS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 50. SUBDIVISION OF LAND - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51 SWIMMING POOLS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 51A. TANNING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 52. TAXATION - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53. TAXICABS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 53A. TENANT DISPLACEMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 54. TRANSIENT LODGING FACILITIES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 55. TREE CANOPY - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56. URBAN RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 56A. VIDEO GAMES - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 57. WEAPONS - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 59. ZONING - REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 60. SILVER SPRING, BETHESDA, WHEATON AND MONTGOMERY HILLS PARKING LOT DISTRICTS - REGULATIONS
MISCELLANEOUS MONTGOMERY COUNTY REGULATIONS
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TABLE 3 Executive Order Number to Current COMCOR Number
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Preliminary Information
JANUARY 2024 SUPPLEMENT
This Supplement contains changes to the Montgomery County Code which became effective through January 8, 2024.
 
2023 Chapter
Bill No.
Concerning
Date Enacted
Effective Date
   Amending
31
18-22
Noise Control – Leaf Removal Equipment – Amendments
9/26/23
1/8/24, 7/1/24, 7/1/25*
§§ 31B-9, 31B-10, 31B-12
35
37-23
Contracts and Procurement – Minority Owned Businesses – Sunset Date – Amendments
12/5/23
12/11/2 3
§ 11B-64
 
*Sections 31B-9(e) and (f) will be added to the County Code following their respective effective dates of July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025.
Changes to the Montgomery County Code pursuant to the following enacted laws will appear in the appropriate Supplement following the stated effective date:
 
2023 Chapter
Bill No.
Concerning
Date Enacted
Effective Date
   Amending
30
11-23
Motor Vehicles and Traffic – Traffic Signals, Devices, and Automated Enforcement Plan (The Safe Street Act of 2023)
9/19/23
12/27/23 , 7/1/25*
Amending § 31-9A;
Adding §§ 31-9C, 31-9D
31
18-22
Noise Control – Leaf Removal Equipment – Amendments
9/26/23
1/8/24, 7/1/24, 7/1/25* *
§§ 31B-9, 31B-10, 31B-12
33
22-23 corr.
Transient Lodging Facilities – Short-Term Residential Rental
11/7/23
7/1/24
§§ 54-1, 54-2, 54-3, 54-13, 54-26, 54-43, 54-44, 54-45, 54-46, 54-47, 54-48
36
36-23
Sale of Firearms or Ammunition – Suicide Awareness and Firearm Education (SAFE) Act
12/12/2 3
3/24/24
Adding § 57-11A
 
*The addition of Section 31-9D by 2023 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 2, was codified in the December 2023 supplement.
**The additions of Sections 31B-9(g)–(k) and the amendments of Sections 31B-10 and 31B-12 by 2023 L.M.C., ch. 31, § 1, were codified in the January 2024 supplement.
Please note that while we make every effort to ensure the accruacy of this text, errors may occur in the process of printing and publication. Under Section 1-103 of the Code, the official copies of the enrolled bills enacted by the Council and the official copies of the regulations adopted by the County Executive are the official laws and regulations of the County. The published code is evidence of these laws and regulations. If there is a conflict between the published Code and a law or regulation, the law or regulation prevails.
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