?Continuation of business for Use and Occupancy

[Jithesh Prabhakar]

We purchased a 2 bedroom, 5 unit multifamily buliding in Jan 2014. The property is location in Hyattsville, Price George County. This is our first investment property. We are in the process of getting User and Occupancy certificate from the County.

The county is not ready to issue the certificate as there was a law passed in 1968, which restricts 2 bedroom only in 40% of the units. which means we can only have 2 units with 2 bedroom and the other 3 has to be converted to 1 bedroom.

The building was built in 1951 and to Grandfather and issue the certificate, the county wants me to furnish documents stating that the building was in use since at least 1968.

The county has no prior UnO Certificate and License. I have received Rental License since 1993 from the City. The county wants me to file a Maryland Public Information Request form for them to research and find older archive records.

Not sure how to go around proving this is they do not have any older records. Please share if you had such a situation and any guidance appreciated.