A. The City Manager may adopt administrative procedures and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter.

B. Once established by the City Council, all owners with rental units shall pay the tenant protection program fee, as established by City Council resolution. The tenant protection program fee is to fund the City’s cost to implement and enforce the provisions of this chapter.

C. It is illegal for an owner or representative to retaliate against a tenant for lawfully and peaceably exercising their legal rights, including, but not limited to, the right to file a complaint with code compliance. No owner may take any action increasing any rental amount, reducing any service, causing the tenant to involuntarily quit the premises, or discriminating against the tenant because of the tenant’s use of any remedy provided by this chapter.

D. Any provision of a rental housing agreement that purports to waive any provision of this chapter is void as against public policy.

E. An owner’s failure to comply with any requirement of this chapter is an affirmative defense in an unlawful detainer or other action brought by the owner to recover possession of the rental unit. (Ord. 1068 § 2, 2023)