A.
For purposes of this chapter, any notice required hereunder to be
given to a manager shall be deemed as notice given to the owner.
B.
There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any notice required
to be given to the owner under this chapter shall have been received
by such owner if the notice was given to the owner in the manner provided
by this chapter.
C.
A claimed lack of knowledge by the owner of any violation hereunder
cited shall be no defense to license nonrenewal, suspension or revocation
proceedings as long as all notices prerequisite to institution of
such proceedings have been given and deemed received in accordance
with the applicable provisions of this chapter.
It shall be the duty of each owner of a regulated rental unit
to notify the Code Enforcement Officer, in writing, of any change
in ownership of the premises or of the number of regulated rental
units on the premises. It shall also be the duty of the owner to notify
the Code Enforcement Officer, in writing, of any increase in the number
of occupants in any regulated rental unit or of the changing of a
dwelling unit from owner-occupied to nonowner-occupied, which thereby
transforms the dwelling into a regulated rental unit for purposes
of this chapter.
If any regulated rental unit is owned by more than one person,
in any form of joint tenancy, as a partnership, or otherwise, each
person shall be jointly and severally responsible for the duties imposed
under the terms of this chapter, and shall be severally subject to
prosecution for the violation of this chapter.
This chapter shall become effective on May 17, 2006.
