§ 13-135. Legislative findings.

The Council finds that there is often unequal bargaining power between landlords and tenants; that the common law principles pursuant to which leases are interpreted as grants of right of possession rather than mutual and dependent covenants are ill-suited and inappropriate when applied to modern residential property; that in order to facilitate fair and equitable arrangements, foster the development of housing which will meet the minimum standards of the present day, and promote the health, safety and welfare of the people, it is necessary and appropriate that this County provide certain minimum rights and remedies, obligations and prohibitions for landlords and tenants in the use and occupancy of certain kinds of rental facilities.

(CB-152-1972)