Chapter 182. Housing Standards
Article IV. Enforcement
§ 182-27. Reprisal.
A.
No person shall threaten or take reprisal against any tenant of any dwelling for reporting a violation or suspected violation of this chapter to the Code Enforcement Department or to any board having as its objective the enforcement of this chapter or for organizing or joining a tenants union or council or similar organization. The receipt by any tenant of any notice of termination of tenancy for reasons other than nonpayment of rent or willful damage to the property by the tenant, or the notice of increase in rent, or of notice of substantial alteration in the terms of tenancy, within six months after making of a report or complaint of violation or suspected violation of this chapter or the organizing or joining of a tenants union or council shall create a rebuttable presumption that such notice is a reprisal against the tenant for such activity.
B.
No person shall threaten or take reprisal against any landlord for reporting a violation or suspected violation of this chapter to the Code Enforcement Department.