§ 9-14 Tenancies covered by §§ 9-11, 9-12, and 9-13.

Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

Balt., Md., Pub. Local Laws § 9-14 (2026)

§ 9-14 Tenancies covered by §§ 9-11, 9-12, and 9-13.Link Copy Citation

Notwithstanding the provisions of <cite data-path="9|§9-20">Section 9-20 of this Article</cite>, the notice required to be given by any landlord to any tenant to terminate the tenancies of dwelling units for the terms mentioned in Sections <cite data-path="9|§9-11">9-11</cite>, <cite data-path="9|§9-12">9-12</cite>, and <cite data-path="9|§9-13">9-13</cite> of <cite>this Article</cite> shall be sixty (60) days notice previous to the date upon which the landlord shall be entitled to the remedy contained in <cite data-path="9|§9-19">Section 9-19</cite>, and no landlord leasing, renting or demising any dwelling unit in the City of Baltimore under a lease for a year or any period less than a year, at sufferance or per autre vie, shall be entitled to the remedy provided by <cite data-path="9|§9-19">Section 9-19</cite> if he has not given sixty (60) days’ notice before exercising such remedy unless:

(1)

the tenant is violating an obligation of his tenancy such as unreasonably refusing the landlord access to the dwelling unit or failing to comply with sanitation standards set by law; or

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(2)

the tenant is committing or permitting a nuisance on the premises or is using or permitting the use of the dwelling unit for immoral or illegal purposes or for other than living or dwelling purposes; or

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(3)

the dwelling unit is occupied under a seasonal occupancy, which is hereby defined to be a tenancy for not more than five (5) months; or

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(4)

the dwelling unit is and was, at the effective date hereof, a nonhousekeeping furnished room or unit without cooking facilities; or

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(5)

the tenant’s lease or other rental agreement has expired or otherwise terminated and, at the time of termination, the occupants of the housing accommodations are subtenants or other persons who occupied under a rental agreement with the tenant and no part of the accommodations is used by the tenant as his dwelling. If the landlord seeks to evict the tenant under the provisions of Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 above, the notice to the tenant shall be thirty (30) days before the end of the term unless otherwise provided in the lease. In addition, no such landlord shall be entitled to the remedy provided by <cite data-path="9|§9-19">Section 9-19</cite> if he has not given sixty (60) days’ notice before exercising such remedy unless:

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(1)

the landlord, who is the owner of the housing accommodations, seeks in good faith to recover possession thereof for his immediate and personal use and occupancy as housing accommodations, or for the immediate and personal use and occupancy as housing accommodations by a member or members of his immediate family, which shall include a son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, father, father-in-law, mother, mother-in-law, stepchild and adopted child; or

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(2)

the landlord seeks in good faith, to recover possession for the immediate purpose of substantially altering or remodeling the housing accommodations for continued use as housing accommodations, in a manner which cannot practically be done with the tenant in possession, or for the immediate purpose of demolishing them, provided that the landlord has obtained such approval for the proposed alterations or remodeling or demolition as may be required under the law; or

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(3)

the landlord seeks in good faith to recover possession of the housing accommodations for the immediate purpose of:

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(i)

making a permanent conversion to commercial use by substantially altering or remodeling them; or

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(ii)

personally making a permanent use of them for nonhousing purposes; or

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(iii)

permanently withdrawing them from both housing and nonhousing rental markets without any intent to sell housing accommodations.