Section 198: Violations of state sanitary code; enforcement
Section 198. Violations of this section shall not constitute violations of the state sanitary code when (i) an owner has received a letter of full compliance, or (ii) an owner has received a letter of interim control; provided that in the case where an owner has received a letter of interim control and the tenant causes the unit to be inspected by a licensed inspector and found to be out of compliance, the sanitary code provisions will apply after fourteen days and until such time as the unit is recertified pursuant to subsection (b) of section one hundred and ninety-seven. If a tenant has a unit inspected by a licensed inspector, and the unit is found to be out of compliance, the owner shall pay the cost of such inspection. If a tenant has a unit inspected by a licensed inspector, and should the unit be found to be in compliance, the tenant shall pay the cost of such inspection.