(a) Owners and operators shall have all the duties and responsibilities prescribed in these Standards, and the regulations published pursuant thereto, and no owner or operator shall be relieved from any such duty and responsibility, not be entitled to defend against any charge of violation thereof by reason of the fact that the occupant is also responsible therefor and in violation thereof.
(b) Unless expressly provided to the contrary in these Standards, the respective obligations and responsibilities of the owner and operator on one hand, as the occupant on the other, shall not be altered or affected by an agreement or contract by and between any of the aforesaid or between them and other parties.
(Ord. 00-18. Passed 12-18-00.)