The minimum maintenance standards that apartment complexes and buildings with personal living quarters (“rental housing” or “rental housing properties”) must meet are set forth in Chapter 26 of the Montgomery County Code. When the Department conducts a visual assessment of rental housing for compliance with Chapter 26, any violation of the Chapter 26 standards is noted by the Department without distinction as to the severity of the violation, except those violations cited under Section 26-13 and Section 26-15 of the Code. However, for the purposes of meeting the requirements of Section 29-22(b)(2), the Department categorizes and ranks violations in the order of severity, as outlined in this regulation to determine whether rental housing is to be designated as a Troubled Property.
This regulation sets forth a methodology for designating Troubled Properties under Section 29-22(b)(2) of the Montgomery County Code based on the severity and quantity of violations of Chapter 26, with rental housing designated as Troubled Properties being subject to annual inspections and the requirement to develop and implement a corrective action plan under Section 29-22(c).