County apartment code debate heats up

The Baltimore County Council president said he will consider sponsoring a law to regulate the number of tenants in boarding houses and apartments ? to the chagrin of some Towson activists who say caps already exist but aren?t enforced.

County officials confirmed this week they don?t regulate apartment occupancy, responding to Towson residents who say they?ve been stonewalled in their quest to identify the county code. Several claimed a county employee read a memo at a meeting last week stating the county caps tenants at two per unit, and, if enforced, tis would solve problems with over-populated student apartments.