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Preliminary Information
Preface
Part I. The Charter. [Note]
Part II. Local Laws, Ordinances, Resolutions, Etc.
Chapter 1. General Provisions.
Chapter 1A. Structure of County Government.
Chapter 2. Administration. [Note]
Chapter 2A. Administrative Procedures Act. [Note]
Chapter 2B. AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION.*
Chapter 3. Air Quality Control. [Note]
Chapter 3A. Alarms. [Note]
Chapter 4. Amusements. [Note]
Chapter 5. Animal Control. [Note]
Chapter 5A. Arts and Humanities. [Note]
Chapter 6. Auction Sales.
Chapter 6A. Beverage Containers. [Note]
Chapter 7. Bicycles. [Note]
Chapter 7A. Off-the-road Vehicles
Chapter 8. Buildings. [Note]
Chapter 8A. Cable Communications. [Note]
Chapter 9. Reserved.*
Chapter 9A. Reserved. [Note]
Chapter 10. Reserved.*
Chapter 10A. Child Care.
Chapter 10B. Common Ownership Communities. [Note]
Chapter 11. Consumer Protection. [Note]
Chapter 11A. Condominiums. [Note]
Chapter 11B. Contracts and Procurement. [Note]
Chapter 11C. Cooperative Housing. [Note]
Chapter 12. Courts. [Note]
Chapter 13. Detention Centers and Rehabilitation Facilities. [Note]
Chapter 13A. Reserved*.
Chapter 14. Development Districts.
Chapter 15. Eating and Drinking Establishments. [Note]
Chapter 15A. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.*
Chapter 16. Elections. [Note]
Chapter 17. Electricity. [Note]
Chapter 18. Elm Disease. [Note]
Chapter 18A. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY [Note]
Chapter 19. EROSION, SEDIMENT CONTROL AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. [Note]
Chapter 19A. Ethics. [Note]
Chapter 20. Finance. [Note]
Chapter 20A. Special Obligation Debt.
Chapter 21. Fire and Rescue Services.*
Chapter 22. Fire Safety Code. [Note]
Chapter 22A. Forest Conservation - Trees. [Note]
Chapter 23. RESERVED*
Chapter 23A. Group Homes. [Note]
Chapter 23B. Financial Assistance to Nonprofit Service Organizations. [Note]
Chapter 24. Health and Sanitation.
Chapter 24A. Historic Resources Preservation. [Note]
Chapter 24B. Homeowners' Associations. [Note]
Chapter 25. Hospitals, Sanitariums, Nursing and Care Homes. [Note]
Chapter 25A. Housing, Moderately Priced. [Note]
Chapter 25B. Housing Policy. [Note]
Chapter 26. Housing and Building Maintenance Standards.*
Chapter 27. Human Rights and Civil Liberties.
Chapter 27A. Individual Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Facilities. [Note]
Chapter 28. RESERVED.* [Note]
Chapter 29. Landlord-Tenant Relations. [Note]
Chapter 29A. Legislative Oversight.
Chapter 30. Licensing and Regulations Generally. [Note]
Chapter 30A. Montgomery County Municipal Revenue Program. [Note]
Chapter 30B. RESERVED*
Chapter 30C. Motor Vehicle Towing and Immobilization on Private Property. [Note]
Chapter 31. Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 31A. Motor Vehicle Repair and Towing Registration. [Note]
Chapter 31B. Noise Control. [Note]
Chapter 31C. NEW HOME BUILDER AND SELLER REGISTRATION AND WARRANTY. [Note]
Chapter 32. Offenses-Victim Advocate. [Note]
Chapter 33. Personnel and Human Resources. [Note]
Chapter 33A. Planning Procedures. [Note]
Chapter 33B. Pesticides. [Note]
Chapter 34. Plumbing and Gas Fitting. [Note]
Chapter 35. Police. [Note]
Chapter 36. Pond Safety. [Note]
Chapter 36A. Public Service Company Underground Facilities.
Chapter 37. Public Welfare. [Note]
Chapter 38. Quarries. [Note]
Chapter 38A. Radio, Television and Electrical Appliance Installation and Repairs. [Note]
Chapter 39. Rat Control. [Note]
Chapter 40. Real Property. [Note]
Chapter 41. Recreation and Recreation Facilities. [Note]
Chapter 41A. Rental Assistance. [Note]
Chapter 42. Revenue Authority. [Note]
Chapter 42A. Ridesharing and Transportation Management. [Note]
Chapter 43. Reserved.*
Chapter 44. Schools and Camps. [Note]
Chapter 44A. Secondhand Personal Property. [Note]
Chapter 45. Sewers, Sewage Disposal and Drainage. [Note]
Chapter 46. Slaughterhouses.
Chapter 47. Vendors.
Chapter 48. Solid Waste (Trash). [Note]
Chapter 49. Streets and Roads.*
Chapter 49A. Reserved.*
Chapter 50. Subdivision of Land. [Note]
Chapter 51. Swimming Pools. [Note]
Chapter 51A. Tanning Facilities. [Note]
Chapter 52. Taxation.* [Note]
Chapter 53. TAXICABS.*
Chapter 53A. Tenant Displacement. [Note]
Chapter 54. Transient Lodging Facilities. [Note]
Chapter 54A. Transit Facilities. [Note]
Chapter 55. TREE CANOPY. [Note]
Chapter 56. Urban Renewal and Community Development. [Note]
Chapter 56A. Video Games. [Note]
Chapter 57. Weapons.
Chapter 58. Weeds. [Note]
Chapter 59. Zoning.
Part III. Special Taxing Area Laws. [Note]
Appendix
Montgomery County Zoning Ordinance (2014)
COMCOR - Code of Montgomery County Regulations
COMCOR Code of Montgomery County Regulations
FORWARD
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 BUILDER AND SELLER REGISTRATION AND WARRANTY - 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
TABLE 1 Previous COMCOR Number to Current COMCOR Number
TABLE 2 Executive Regulation Number to Current COMCOR Number
TABLE 3 Executive Order Number to Current COMCOR Number
INDEX BY AGENCY
INDEX BY SUBJECT
County Attorney Opinions and Advice of Counsel
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Sec. 33-62. Reserved.
   Editor’s note-Section 33-62, relating to a statement of legislative intent, was repealed by 1996 L.M.C., ch. 26, § 1. The section had been derived from 1977 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 70, § 2.
Sec. 33-63. Definitions.
   For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases have the meanings indicated:
      (1)   Certification: The procedure by which an employee organization is selected and recognized to represent the employee unit.
      (2)   Decertification: The procedure by which the chief administrative officer withdraws county recognition of the employee organization with or without an election by the employees of the unit.
      (3)   Employee: Any state-county merit system employee except persons described in subparagraphs 33-102(4) a, c, d, e, m, n, r and s of article VII of this chapter.
      (4)   Employee organization: Any organization that admits employees to membership and that has as a primary purpose the representation of employees in collective bargaining or meet and confer representation or both.
      (5)   Employee unit or unit: All employees as defined in subsection 33-63(3) of this chapter.
      (6)   Position paper: A nonbinding written memorandum reflecting all items discussed by the county and the employee organization.
      (7)   State-county merit system employee: A state merit system employee whose salary is supplemented by the county. (1977 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1982 L.M.C., ch 40, § 5; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 53, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 70, § 2.)
Sec. 33-64. Employee rights.
   (a)   An employee shall have the right, freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal, to form, join or assist and be represented by an employee organization or to refrain from any such activity.
   (b)   The employees have the right to be represented by an employee organization, including the right to meet with representatives of the county concerning conditions of employment and the resolution of grievances.
   (c)   Nothing in this article shall preclude the rights of an employee to pursue an individual grievance through established administrative procedures or through appeal to the personnel board, in that nothing in this article shall circumvent or shall be deemed to supersede or annul the provisions of the laws of the state, the county charter, or the laws and ordinances of the county, including the personnel regulations.
   (d)   An employee who is not a member of an employee organization must never be required to become a member of an employee organization or to pay money to an employee organization except on a purely voluntary basis. (1977 L.M.C., ch 27, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 70, § 2.)
Sec. 33-65. Procedures for certification of an employee organization.
   (a)   The chief administrative officer, upon petition of an employee organization showing written evidence of interest by at least thirty (30) percent of the employees of the unit, shall arrange for the conducting of a secret ballot election to determine whether the employees desire such organization to act as their representative. Following such petition, the chief administrative officer shall give an appropriate notice to the employees.
   (b)   An employee organization seeking to represent the unit shall submit to the personnel office a roster of its officers and representatives, a copy of its constitution and bylaws, and a schedule of dues for its members.
   (c)   Eligibility to vote in any election for choice of an official representative shall be limited to persons who are employees as of the beginning of the pay period preceding the election date.
   (d)   Elections will be conducted by the personnel office, which may use the services of the state division of labor and industry or any other third party having similar qualifications.
   (e)   The ballot shall contain the name of any additional employee organization showing timely written evidence of interest by at least ten (10) percent of the employees within the unit. In every instance, the ballot shall contain a provision for a marking of "no representation." Where more than one (1) employee organization is on the ballot and no one (1) of the organizations receives a majority vote of the employees voting, a runoff election shall be held. The runoff election shall contain the two (2) choices which received the largest and second largest number of votes in the original election.
   (f)   When an organization receives at least fifty (50) percent of valid votes cast in the election, the chief administrative officer shall certify it as the official employee organization for the unit. If the majority vote is for "no representation," the chief administrative officer shall so certify.
   (g)   If, during the thirty (30) days following the effective date of this revised article*, a petition is filed by the incumbent meet and confer representative of unit employees certified under the prior article IV of this chapter, and no other employee organization files a valid petition, and no petition calling for an election signed by twenty (20) percent of unit employees has been filed with the chief administrative officer, the incumbent certified representative shall be certified without an election, provided it produces evidence, acceptable to the chief administrative officer and dated after the enactment of this revised article [June 24, 1986], that a majority of the employees in the unit desire to be represented by the incumbent representative for the purposes of meet and confer representation under the provisions of this revised article.
      *Editor’s note-The effective date was September 29, 1986.
   (h)   The county shall recognize as the official employee relations representative an employee organization that has been selected in accordance with the procedures outlined in this section.
   (i)   Recognizing an employee organization does not preclude the county from dealing with religious, social, fraternal, professional, or other lawful associations with respect to matters or policies that involve individual members of the associations or are of particular applicability to it or its members.
   (j)   No question concerning certification may be raised by an employee or an employee organization within one (1) year of the date of certification of an employee organization or the date that a majority of the employees voting voted for no representation.
   (k)   The county may, after discussions with an employee organization and on the basis of written authorization from each employee, provide for deduction from the pay of such employee monies in payment of membership dues in a duly certified employee organization. Such monies shall be remitted to the employee organization. (1977 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1980 L.M.C., ch. 11, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 70, § 2.)
   Editor’s note—Section 33-65 is cited in Montgomery County v. Fraternal Order of Police, Montgomery County Lodge 35, Inc., 427 Md. 561, 50 A.3d 579 (2012).
   Note-Formerly, § 33-66.
Sec. 33-66. Procedure for decertification of employee organizations.
   (a)   An employee organization shall be subject to decertification when thirty (30) percent of the employees in the employee unit petition for the employee organization to be decertified. The procedures for determining whether, in fact, an employee organization shall be decertified shall be the same as those prescribed in section 33-65 for the certification of an employee organization, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.
   (b)   If an employee organization fails to adhere to any of the provisions of section 33-72 dealing with employee organization responsibilities, then:
      (1)   Its certification may be revoked by the chief administrative officer after notice and an opportunity to be heard; and
      (2)   It may be disqualified by the chief administrative officer from participating in representation elections for a period of up to two (2) years after notice and an opportunity to be heard. (1977 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 70, § 2.)
   Note-Formerly, § 33-67.
Sec. 33-67. Costs of conducting elections.
   Any cost of conducting a secret ballot election under this article shall be borne fifty (50) percent by the county and fifty (50) percent borne equally by the employee organization(s) whose names(s) appear on the ballots. (1977 L.M.C., ch. 2, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 70, § 2.)
   Note-Formerly, § 33-68.
Sec. 33-68. County-employee organization meetings and discussions.
   (a)   An employee organization that has been recognized by the county under section 33-65 of this article shall be entitled to meet at reasonable times with county representatives to discuss with such representatives personnel policies, practices and matters affecting working conditions of the employee unit it represents, so far as discussions may be appropriate under existing laws or regulations. The county shall meet at least two (2) times annually with the certified employee organization.
   (b)   The requirement to meet shall not obligate either the county or the employee organization to agree to any proposal or to make any concession with respect to any matter discussed by the parties at such a meeting. Any decision made at any such meeting is in no way binding upon the parties.
   (c)   The county and the employee organization may, if desired, and at the conclusion of their discussions, jointly or separately, prepare written position papers that reflect for future reference the respective positions of the parties on the issues discussed at such meetings. Such position papers shall in no way legally bind any party to the matters expressed in them, and the county shall not be obligated to concur in a position paper addressing the inherent right to manage the county government. (1977 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 70, § 2.)
   Note-Formerly, § 33-69.
Sec. 33-69. Employee organization representation of employee members.
   (a)   An employee who is a member of the employee organization may request and shall be granted the right for a member or representative of such organization to be present in any discussions or counseling with county representatives concerning an individual grievance.
   (b)   The employee organization may submit a grievance concerning any dispute involving a claim of violation, misinterpretation, or misapplication of the personnel regulations or work practices of the county on the same basis as provided for individual grievances. (1977 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1986 L.M.C., ch 70, § 2.)
   Note-Formerly, § 33-70.
Sec. 33-70. Disputed.
   All decisions of the chief administrative officer under the provisions of this article shall be final, subject to appeal to the merit system protection board where provided by law. (1977 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 40, § 5; 1986 L.M.C., ch. 70, § 2.)
   Note-Formerly, § 33-71.
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