ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY

In 1972 the Department of Environmental Protection was created in the course of a reorganization of the Montgomery County government which combined the former Department of Inspection and Licenses, the Division of Environmental Health (of the Health Department), and the Division of Solid Waste Management (of the Department of Public Works) into a single agency. The Department of Environmental Protection is responsible for protecting the public from adverse effects of the environment in order to improve the quality of life for the residents of Montgomery County. The Department was originally organized into six divisions, the Division of Housing and Animal Control, the Division of Solid Waste Management, the Division of Resource Protection, the Division of Construction Codes Enforcement, the Division of Public Facilities, and the Division of Research and Monitoring.

The Division of Housing and Animal Control was charged with the enforcement of the County housing code in order to maintain adequate living standards in residential properties. It was also responsible for enforcing State and County laws relating to vectors of diseases transmittable to humans, and for animal control functions, including inspections, vaccinations, and licensing.

In Fiscal Year 1997, Animal Control was transferred to the Police Department.

PROCESSING PROCEDURES

General processing procedures consisted of discarding duplicates, unnecessary binders, and routine transmittals. Oversized documents and photographs were removed from the original location in their assigned series and placed in separate containers. Separation sheets were inserted in the original location within the folder to indicate the new location of any records placed elsewhere.

Preservation copying of newspaper clippings was performed whenever feasible. Records in folders were arranged, unless otherwise indicated, in forward chronological order, with undated records appearing at the end of the folder.

PROVENANCE

Not applicable.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The records of the Division of Housing and Animal Control of the Department of Environmental Protection comprise 1.4 cubic feet of material dating from 1967 to 1975. They consist primarily of correspondence dealing with the vector and housing control activities of the Division, and of administrative reports and budgets. Records from the later years of its predecessor agency, the Division of Environmental Health of the Montgomery County Health Department, are also included. The records deal with routine housing inspections of single family and apartment dwellings to insure proper housing code compliance. Also included are residents' complaints of violations of the Montgomery County Code, chapters 48 and 58, concerning accumulations of garbage and weeds on commercial and residential properties. The Division of Environmental Health Services conducted a housing survey in selected study areas of the County in 1967-68 in preparation for a long-range community development program. This data may also be found in this series.

The records are arranged in alphabetical order.

Box 1

Activities Synopsis, 1967-1972

Administrative, Budget, 1969-1970

Administrative, Reports, 1968-1973

Administrative, Reports: Monthly Statistics, 1973

Administrative, Reports: Monthly Statistics, 1974

Administrative, Reports: Monthly Statistics, 1975

Animals, Dog Bites, 1971

Animals, Dog Licensing Correspondence, 1968-1974

Animals, Dog Licensing Task Force, 1967-1970

Animals, Inspections, 1973-1974

Animals, Legislation and Regulations, 1971

Housing , Apartment Inspections, 1973-1975

Housing, County Attorney, Memoranda, 1971-1972

Housing, Garbage and Weeds, 1971-1975

Housing, Housing Social Services, 1969-1971

Housing, Inspections, 1968-1971

Housing, Inspections, 1971-1973

Housing, Inspections, Seneca Creek, 1971

Housing, Neighborhood Improvement Program, 1974

Housing, Reinspection and Condemnation, Form Letters, 1971

Housing Survey, 1967

Housing Survey I. Eastern Montgomery, 1967-1968

Housing Survey I. Eastern Montgomery: Colesville, 1967-1968 (2 folders)

Housing Survey II. Olney, 1967-1968 (2 folders)

Housing Survey III. Clarksburg, 1967-1968

Housing Survey III. Damascus: Damascus, 1967-1968 (2 folders)

Housing Survey III. Damascus: Laytonsville, 1967-1968

Housing Survey III. Damascus: Other Towns, 1967-1968

Housing Survey IV. Western Montgomery, 1967-1968

Housing Survey IV. Western Montgomery: Barnesville, 1967-1968

Housing Survey IV. Western Montgomery: Darnestown, 1967-1968

Housing Survey IV. Western Montgomery: Poolesville, 1967-1968

Housing Survey IV. Western Montgomery: Other Towns, 1967-1968

Housing Survey V. Southern Montgomery, 1967-1968

Housing Survey V. Takoma-East Silver Spring, 1967-1968 (8 folders)

Housing Survey V. Takoma-East Silver Spring Maintenance Phase, 1967-1968

Housing Survey VI. Inner Belt, 1967-1968

Housing Survey VI. Inner Belt: Bethesda, 1967-1968 (2 folders)

Housing Survey VII. Kensington-Wheaton, 1967-1968

Housing Survey VII. Kensington-Wheaton: Wheaton, 1967-1968 (6 folders)

Housing Survey VIII. Germantown-Gaithersburg, 1967-1968

Housing Survey VIII. Germantown-Gaithersburg: Gaithersburg, 1967-1968

Box 2

Housing Survey IX. Rockville, 1967-1968

Housing Survey, Town Unknown, 1967-1968

Housing Survey: Community Renewal Program, Areas I-II, 1968

Housing Survey: Community Renewal Program, Areas III-V, 1968

Housing Survey: Community Renewal Program, Areas VI-VIII, 1968

Housing Survey: Dwelling Serial List, Barnesville, 1967

Housing Survey: Dwelling Serial List, Bethesda, 1967

Housing Survey: Dwelling Serial List, Clarksburg, 1967

Housing Survey: Dwelling Serial List, Darnestown, 1967

Housing Survey: Dwelling Serial List, Hammond & Ken Gar, 1965

Housing Survey: Dwelling Serial List, Ken Gar, 1964

Housing Survey: Dwelling Serial List, Lyttonsville, 1967

Housing Survey: Dwelling Serial List, Poolesville, 1969

Housing Survey: Dwelling Serial List, Other Towns, 1969

Housing Survey, Welfare Housing, 1967-1968 (2 folders)

School Refuse Handling Inspections: Sampling, 1975

Solid Waste Closed Log, 1972-1975

Solid Waste Letter Log, 1972-1975