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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 5-10 Priority inspections.">
  <section prefix="§" num="5-10" heading="Priority inspections.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">A Department of Housing and Community Development inspector shall conduct priority inspections of at least 25 priority dwellings each inspection year.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Definition - Inspection year.">In this subsection, the term “inspection year” means the calendar year.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Identification of priority dwellings.">Based on data from the previous inspection year, the Department of Housing and Community Development shall identify all priority dwellings in the City by January 31&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; of each inspection year.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Notification of priority dwelling status.">Upon identifying a priority dwelling, the Department of Housing and Community Development must notify the record owner and, if one exists, the managing operator, of the following:<para num="(i)">the factors that are used to identify rental dwellings as priority dwellings; and;</para>
      <para num="(ii)">that, because the dwelling is identified as a priority dwelling, a Department of Housing and Community Development inspector shall issue an environmental citation  if a violation of a section of the City’s Property Maintenance Code listed in &lt;cite data-path="1|§40-14|(e)"&gt;Article 1, § 40-14(e) {“Provisions and penalties enumerated”}&lt;/cite&gt; is identified.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Number and frequency of inspections.">During each inspection year, at least 2 priority inspections must be conducted:<para num="(1)">at least 4 months apart; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">between the months of February and November.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Number of units to be inspected.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">A Department of Housing and Community Development inspector shall attempt to inspect at least a certain percentage of the total dwelling and rooming units in the priority dwelling, as provided for in the table below.

              &lt;table&gt;
                &lt;thead&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;th&gt;Total Number of Units&lt;/th&gt;
                    &lt;th&gt;minimum Percentage of Total Units&lt;/th&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                &lt;/thead&gt;
                &lt;tbody&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;20 - 35&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;40%&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;36 - 50&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;35%&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;51 - 75&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;30%&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;76 - 100&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;25%&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;101 - 125&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;20%&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;126 - 150&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;15%&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                  &lt;tr&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;151, or more&lt;/td&gt;
                    &lt;td&gt;10%&lt;/td&gt;
                  &lt;/tr&gt;
                &lt;/tbody&gt;
              &lt;/table&gt;
            </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Documentation of inspections.">A Department of Housing and Community Development inspector shall record for each unit if the inspection was either 'attempted’ or 'completed’.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Notice and meeting requirements — Record owner and managing operator.">The Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development or the Commissioner’s designee shall notify the record owner and the managing operator of a priority dwelling that:<para num="(1)">the record owner and the managing operator shall attend a meeting at a time and place determined by the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee to:<para num="(i)">discuss unresolved violation notices, complaints, and property maintenance;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">establish a schedule for the record owner and the managing operator to abate all unresolved violation notices;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">establish a schedule for regular property maintenance to prevent future violations; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">any other matters deemed appropriate by the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee; and</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">failure to attend the meeting described in paragraph (1) shall result in:<para num="(i)">the denial of an application for a rental dwelling license;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the denial of an application for a renewal rental dwelling license; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the revocation of a rental dwelling license.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Notice of priority inspection.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">The record owner or managing operator of a priority dwelling shall notify all tenants of the date and time of a priority inspection no fewer than 20 days prior to the date of the priority inspection.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Anonymous requests for priority inspection.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">The record owner and the managing operator shall deliver to all tenants directions to submit an anonymous request that the Department of Housing and Community Development inspector inspect the tenant’s dwelling unit or rooming unit as part of the priority inspection.</para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Form of instructions.">The Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development or the Commissioner’s designee shall establish the form and content of the instructions delivered to tenants under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
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</baltimore-city-law>
