Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CB-107-2024

• Reference No.: CB-107-2024
• Draft No.: 2
• Type: Council Bill
• Status: Enacted
• Meeting Body: County Council
• Meeting Date: 11/19/2024
• Introduced Date: 10/22/2024
• Public Hearing Date: 11/19/2024 @ 10:00 AM
• Effective date: 2/4/2025
• Title: AN ACT CONCERNING LANDLORD-TENANT - EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANS - AGE RESTRICTED SENIOR HOUSING for the purpose of amending provisions of the Prince George’s County Code requiring landlords to provide for emergency evacuation plans for age restricted senior housing; providing for compliance with certain codes; providing for the posting of the emergency evacuation plans in certain areas; providing for the placement of the emergency evacuation plans on-line; providing for the optional placement of a certain stickers on units identifying persons with physical disabilities; and generally regarding emergency evacuation plans in age restricted housing.
• Proposers/Sponsors: Krystal Oriadha
• Code sections: 13-153 -
• Contact: Kathy Canning, Legislative Attorney

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/20/2024	2	County Executive	Unsigned
11/19/2024	2	County Council	public hearing held
11/19/2024	2	County Council	enacted	Pass
11/12/2024	2	Sitting as the Committee of the Whole	Favorably recommended	Pass
10/22/2024	1	County Council	amended	Pass
10/22/2024	1	County Council	introduced and referred

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING LANDLORD-TENANT - EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANS - AGE RESTRICTED SENIOR HOUSING for the purpose of amending provisions of the Prince George’s County Code requiring landlords to provide for emergency evacuation plans for age restricted senior housing; providing for compliance with certain codes; providing for the posting of the emergency evacuation plans in certain areas; providing for the placement of the emergency evacuation plans on-line; providing for the optional placement of a certain stickers on units identifying persons with physical disabilities; and generally regarding emergency evacuation plans in age restricted housing.

Background

This bill requires emergency evacuation plans for age restricted senior housing in the County. Any landlord operating age restricted senior housing, as defined in Sec. 13-138(a)(2) of this Division, shall provide an emergency evacuation plan for the facility. The emergency evacuation plan shall be Maryland Life Safety Code 2018, adopted with amendments to the NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, 2018  compliant. The emergency evacuation plan shall be posted in the front office of the facility which is accessible to the public. The emergency evacuation plan shall be provided by the landlord on-line. The Prince George’s County Fire Department shall make available stickers for residents to place on their windows, at their discretion, to identify if persons in a unit have physical disabilities.