7.24.070 - Information packets for landlords and tenants
A.
The Department shall, as soon as practicable after June 19, 2017, and as the Department
shall deem necessary thereafter, prepare a packet that includes:
1.
A summary of this Chapter 7.24, and of the Housing and Building Maintenance Code, the Tenant Relocation Assistance
Ordinance, the Condominium Conversion Ordinance, the Cooperative Conversion Ordinance,
the Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks Ordinance, the Third Party Billing Ordinance,
the Rental Registration and Inspection Ordinance, and the Washington State Residential
Landlord Tenant Act, describing the respective rights, obligations, and remedies of
landlords and tenants thereunder; and
2.
Information describing how to register to vote and how to update voter registration,
including updates to reflect a person's new address. The information shall include
a voter registration form.
B.
The Department shall make the summary described in subsection 7.24.070.A.1 available
to the public at cost. The Department shall make the information and voter registration
form described in subsection 7.24.070.A.2 available to landlords at no cost, and to
the public at cost.
C.
The packet prepared by the Department includes informational documents only, and nothing
in the summaries therein shall be construed as binding on or affecting any judicial
determination of the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants, nor is
the Department liable for any misstatement or misinterpretation of the applicable
laws.
(Ord. 125334, § 2, 2017; Ord. 125222, § 7, 2016; Ord. 116843, § 7, 1993.)