Upon receipt of a complaint, the Town Manager shall forward
the complaint to the Carroll County Minimum Livability Inspector,
or take other action as deemed necessary to enforce this chapter.
Any person may make a complaint about the condition of a rental property.
Absent violations of this chapter or the Town Code, renewal
applications shall be approved automatically upon submittal of the
application and payment of the required fee. The rental housing license
shall be valid for a period of two years unless otherwise revoked
or rescinded.
Operation of rental housing without a rental housing license
shall be a municipal infraction subject to a fine of up to $100. Each
day and each living unit shall constitute a separate occurrence.
If a person, rather than comply with an order of the Town, state
or county official or the Board of Rental Housing Appeals, chooses
to cease to operate rental housing, he shall give any tenant occupying
the premises in question 60 days' written notice to vacate the
premises, the period to begin on the first day of the month following
service of the notice. A copy of the notice must be delivered to the
Town. No penalty will be imposed during the sixty-day period that
tenants have to vacate the facility, provided the holder of the license
to conduct or operate the rental housing relinquishes it and submits
it to the Town Manager.