Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 9-405
Notice of right of mobility-impaired residents to request lower floor units; fire safety and building evacuation information and instruction
Effective Jul 1, 2024Added by Acts 2011, c. 596, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011. Amended by Acts 2024, c. 744, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.State of Maryland
(a) For fire safety purposes, the owner of a residential high-rise building with rental units shall provide:
- (1) reasonable written notice annually to all residents of the residential high-rise building to inform residents who are mobility impaired of their right to request a rental unit on the first five floors of the high-rise building if one should become available; and
(2) fire safety and building evacuation information and instruction to:
- (i) new tenants at the commencement of occupancy; and
- (ii) existing tenants every 2 years.
- (b) Information and instruction provided under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall include identification of fire alarm system elements in the building.
Added by Acts 2011, c. 596, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011. Amended by Acts 2024, c. 744, § 1, eff. July 1, 2024.