As used in this chapter:
(a) "Tenant" means a person entitled under a rental agreement to residential use and occupancy of real property to the exclusion of others.
(b) "Landlord" means the owner of real property for residential use and occupancy, his agent, or any person authorized by him to manage the premises or to receive rent from the lessee under a rental agreement.
(c) "Premises" include a dwelling unit for residential use and occupancy consisting of more than two rental units, and the structure of which it is a part, and facilities and appurtenances therein, and grounds, areas and facilities for the use of the lessees generally or whose use is promised the lessee.
(d) "Rental agreement" means all agreements or leases, written or oral, which establish or modify the terms, conditions, rules, regulations, or any other provisions concerning the residential use and occupancy of real property, including the premises, by one of the parties.
(e) "Security deposit" means any deposit of money or property, regardless of its denomination, whose primary function is to secure performance under a rental agreement.
(Ord. 112-74. Passed 12-10-74.)
(Ord. 112-74. Passed 12-10-74.)