RENT. All payments except a security deposit as defined in this chapter to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement.
RENTAL AGREEMENT. All agreements, written or oral and valid rules and regulations adopted under
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151.32 embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit and premises.
ROOMER or BOARDER. A tenant occupying a dwelling unit:
(1) Which lacks at least one major bathroom facility or kitchen facility, such as a toilet, refrigerator, or a stove, and;
(2) In a building where one or more such major facilities are supplied to be used in common by the occupants of the tenant's dwelling unit and by the occupants of one or more other dwelling units; and
(3) In a building in which the landlord resides.
SECURITY DEPOSIT. An escrow payment made to the landlord under the rental agreement for the purpose of securing the landlord against financial loss due to damage to the premises occasioned by the tenant's occupancy other than ordinary wear and tear.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE. A structure maintained and used as a single dwelling unit. Notwithstanding that a dwelling unit shares one or more walls with another dwelling unit, it is a single family residence if it has direct access to a street or thoroughfare and shares neither heating facilities, hot water equipment, nor any other essential facility or service with any other dwelling unit.
TENANT. A person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others.
UNCONSCIONABLE. An act or conduct which is willful and is so harsh and unjust as would be condemned or considered to be wrongful and would be shocking to the conscience of honest and fair-minded persons.