No landlord shall include a statement in any rental agreement or allow a tenant to orally agree that the rental unit intended to be occupied by the tenant shall not be subject to this chapter nor shall any tenant be able to waive the applicability of the terms and conditions of this chapter.
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Except where another specific penalty is provided in this chapter, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty established in Chapter 1, General Provision, Article III, General Penalty.
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Any and all such fines shall be payable to the City of Pleasantville.
This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as "The Rent Control Ordinance."
If any section of the chapter or any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter, for any reason, are declared by a court of competent jurisdiction declares any portion of this chapter to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part so declared.