Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CB-066-2023

• Reference No.: CB-066-2023
• Draft No.: 3
• Type: Council Bill
• Status: Enacted
• Meeting Body: County Council
• Meeting Date: 11/7/2023
• Introduced Date: 10/3/2023
• Public Hearing Date: 10/31/2023 @ 10:00 AM
• Effective date: 1/16/2024
• Title: AN ACT CONCERNING LANDLORD-TENANT REGULATIONS - SECURITY MEASURES AND SECURITY EQUIPMENT for the purpose of amending provisions of the Prince George’s County Code to require security surveillance at high occupancy dwellings and age restricted senior housing residences.
• Proposers/Sponsors: Wala Blegay, Krystal Oriadha, Edward P. Burroughs, Thomas E. Dernoga
• Code sections: 13-138 - , 13-153 -
• Contact: Jibril Brown, Legislative Officer

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/30/2023	3	County Executive	Unsigned
11/7/2023	3	County Council	removed from agenda
10/31/2023	2	County Council	public hearing held
10/31/2023	2	County Council	amended (1)	Pass
10/31/2023	2	County Council	enacted	Pass
10/3/2023	2	County Council	introduced
9/26/2023	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	amended (1)	Pass
9/26/2023	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	amended (2)	Pass
9/26/2023	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	amended (3)	Pass
9/26/2023	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	Favorably recommended with amendments	Pass
7/6/2023	1	Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
6/20/2023	1	County Council	presented and referred

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING LANDLORD-TENANT REGULATIONS - SECURITY MEASURES AND SECURITY EQUIPMENT for the purpose of amending provisions of the Prince George’s County Code to require security surveillance at high occupancy dwellings and age restricted senior housing residences.

Background

Sections 13-138 and 13-153 of subtitle 13 (Housing and Property Standards) is amended to add additional safety requirements for some of the County's most vulnerable citizens. Those citizens being age fifty-five (55) and over, and this bill will require age restricted housing to provide one (1) twenty-four (24) hour security guard for every seventy-five (75) residents. In addition, this bill requires high occupancy dwellings with more than one hundred (100) units to install and maintain twenty-four (24) security cameras with a one hundred eighty degree (180°) field of view at each aperture designed for ingress and egress and each parking lot, parking garage, car park, and parking facility. By requiring high occupancy dwelling landlords to provide security cameras on its property those residents will benefit from the crime deterrent provided by the twenty-four surveillance.