§ 18-161. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Rent means periodic payments due the owner from the tenant for residential occupancy of a rental dwelling unit and any other consideration due the owner from the tenant as may be designated as rent.

    Rental dwelling unit means a structure or part of a structure used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one tenant or by two or more tenants who maintain a common household for which the owner is receiving, or is entitled to receive, rent or other compensation in any form.

(Code 1979, § 15-101)

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Definitions generally, § 1-2.