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<section number="13-147" name="Exempt rental units" law="code" slug="sec-13-147" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_13HOPRST_DIV3LANARE_SD1GEPR_S13-147EXREUN">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Exemptions. The requirements and limits of Section 13-145 do not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a newly constructed unit whose construction was completed on or after January 1, 2000;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a unit in a licensed facility, the primary purpose of which is the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, and treatment of illnesses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a unit in a facility owned or leased by an organization exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code if the primary purpose of the organization is to provide temporary shelter for qualified clients;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>an owner-occupied group house;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a religious facility, including a church, synagogue, parsonage, rectory, convent, and parish home;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>a hotel or motel only serving transient residents;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a school dormitory;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>a licensed assisted living facility or nursing home;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>a building originally designed and constructed to contain only 2 dwelling units, one of which the owner currently occupies as a principal residence (domicile);</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>an accessory dwelling unit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>a unit subject to a regulatory agreement with a governmental agency or an agreement with a third-party entity that restricts occupancy of the unit to low and moderate income tenants;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="12">
      <text>Subject to rent stabilization regulations adopted by the Director, a unit located within a substantially renovated building if:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>the substantial renovation was or is completed on or after January 1, 2000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>the building is not in violation of Subtitles 4 or 13;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="13">
      <text>a rental unit owned by a landlord who:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>owns 5 or fewer rental units within the County; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>is either:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>a natural person or the living trust of a natural person; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>the trust or estate of a decedent;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="14">
      <text>a condominium unit owned by one or more individuals domiciled in Prince George's County; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="15">
      <text>any unit within or a part of a building cooperative.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Expiration of exemption. An exemption under Subsection (a), above, expires when the conditions entitling the unit or facility to an exemption cease or no longer exist.</text>
  </level>
</section>
