(a) In selecting staff to carry out the responsibilities of the Department under this Chapter, the Director should consider the recommendations of the Commission. In proposing a budget to carry out this Chapter and in authorizing personnel and facilities, the County Executive should consider the recommendations of the Director and the Commission.
(c) The Department has jurisdiction over all licenses granted, denied, revoked, suspended, or refused under this Chapter. In connection with this authority, each landlord must make available to the Director for inspection at reasonable times all rental housing and records necessary to enforce this Chapter or investigate any complaints filed under this Chapter. (1972 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1975 L.M.C., ch. 34, § 1; 1978 L.M.C., ch. 11, § 2; 1978 L.M.C., ch. 28, § 1; 1979 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 3; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 2; 1995 L.M.C., ch. 17, § 1; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 13, § 1; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1.)
Editor's note—1995 L.M.C., ch. 17, § 2, reads as follows: "Sec. 2. Any regulation in effect on September 28, 1995, which refers to the Office of Common Ownership Communities, the Commission on Common Ownership Communities, the Office of Landlord-Tenant Affairs, or the Commission on Landlord-Tenant Affairs continues in effect, but any reference in any such regulation to the Department of Housing and Community Development or its Director must be treated as a reference to the Office of Consumer Affairs or its Director unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent."
