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Council hears draft ordinance to require functioning air conditioning in rental buildings that provide AC
Summary
The administration asked the County Council to consider a draft ordinance that would require multiple-dwelling landlords who provide air conditioning to keep it functioning and authorize county relief and cost recovery when health-threatening outages occur.
The Anne Arundel County administration introduced a draft ordinance (Bill 79‑25) on Oct. 14 that would add air-conditioning maintenance standards to the Property Maintenance Code for licensed multiple-dwelling properties. Under the draft law a landlord who provides air conditioning would be required to keep the system in working order; if conditions posed health risks and the owner failed to provide adequate relief, the county could require or supply alternate cooling and recover costs.
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