§ 9-38
Eligibility to file complaint.
[Ord. No. 203, 1-16-1990]
Any tenant who is notified, either verbally or in writing, of an increase in rent or a substantial decrease in major services provided by the landlord may file a written complaint form with the commission within 60 days after receiving such notice if the tenant has not already signed a written rental agreement or lease agreeing to the amount being requested. If the tenant's delinquency in payment of rent is in dispute, and if it is determined after a hearing that the tenant owes back rent, the tenant must pay the full amount owed to the commission's escrow account within seven calendar days after the hearing or the case shall be dismissed by the commission. This amount shall be withdrawn from the escrow account and paid to the landlord upon written request from the landlord. Any landlord shall be eligible to file with the commission a written request for determination of a fair rent for any housing accommodation owned by the landlord, in the town, except those accommodations exempted in section 9-31. Any landlord or his representative shall be eligible to petition the commission for a readjustment of the rent as provided by section 9-37.