(a) For the purpose of this section certain words and terms are herewith defined as follows:
(1) “Owner” means any person, copartnership or corporation having a legal or equitable title or any interest in a multiple dwelling.
(2) “Dwelling” means any building which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
(3) “Multiple dwelling” means any dwelling containing more than two dwelling units.
(4) “Sale” means the transfer from one owner to another owner of a legal or equitable title or any interest in a multiple dwelling unit.
(b) In any sale of a multiple dwelling or dwellings it shall be conclusively presumed in any action in law or equity instituted by the purchaser against an owner, that the owner at the time of such sale represented and warranted to the purchaser that such property was being used in compliance with the then existing zoning laws of the City and that there were no pending health orders against the property issued by the Board of Health or Division of Building and Zoning Inspection. This presumption shall not apply when the owner by written instrument represents to the purchaser that the present use of the property is in violation of the then existing zoning laws of the City and that there are health orders issued against the property by the Board of Health.
(c) Any owner who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 3-1974. Passed 1-14-74.)
(Ord. 3-1974. Passed 1-14-74.)