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.
This chapter, being instituted for the welfare of the City and its inhabitants, shall be liberally interpreted in accordance with its purposes.
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.
This chapter shall take effect upon its passage and publication as provided by law.