The Manager of Fair Housing and Consumer Affairs, under the supervision and direction of the Director of Community Development and after having consulted with the Consumer’s Council, and after having held a public hearing affording interested persons an opportunity to be heard, may adopt, amend or alter written rules and regulations of this Code to protect consumers, including regulations defining specific unfair and unconscionable trade practices. Such rules and regulations must be reviewed by the Director of Law and shall not conflict with nor waive any provisions of this Code or any ordinance of the City, or be inconsistent with the rules, regulations and decisions of the Federal Trade Commission, the laws of the State or the decisions of Federal and state courts relating thereto, nor shall they be the basis for criminal prosecutions for violations of this Code. Such rules and regulations and amendments thereto and alterations thereof shall become effective after two (2) successive publications in the City Record. No rule or regulations shall be adopted, amended or altered or of any effect without the prior approval and consent of Council.
(Ord. No. 1329-10. Passed 12-6-10, eff. 12-6-10)