(a) No rental listing organization shall charge a fee for its services until a customer or client has actually rented real estate by utilizing the service of such rental listing organization, provided however that this section shall not apply if the customer or client, at the time he pays a fee, has signed a written statement agreeing that the rental listing organization may charge the prescribed fee without actually obtaining a rental unit for the customer or client, as a result of the services offered by such rental listing organization.
(b) The rental listing organization shall require the person signing this written statement to fill in the date of signing adjacent to such customer's or client's signature - and shall keep a copy of every signed written statement required herein for a period of no less than one (1) year from the date such statement is signed.
(c) Such written statement shall include immediately above the line upon which the customer or client signs, in underlined, clearly legible capital letters of no less sized print than ten (10) character per inch, the following statements:
"READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING.
"BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT YOU AGREE TO PAY THE FEE CHARGED BY SAID RENTAL LISTING ORGANIZATION, IN ADVANCE, WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEE WHATSOEVER, OR REPRESENTATION TO YOU BY THE RENTAL LISTING ORGANIZATION THAT IT WILL, OR IS OBLIGATED TO, FIND YOU A PLACE TO RENT AS A RESULT OF ITS SERVICES."
(Ord. 49-1973. Passed 11-5-73.)