(a) Nothing in this Chapter:
(1) Requires a mortgagee or its agent or employee to violate any criminal law, ordinance any court order, or to violate an automatic stay in a bankruptcy proceeding.
(2) Creates a duty or obligation that is owed to, or runs in favor of, any person other than the city and those officers, employees or agents acting on the city’s behalf.
(3) Creates or implies a cause of action in favor of, or available to, any person other than the city.
(b) No act by a mortgagee or its officers, employees, agents or contractors in compliance with this chapter, and no omission of an act required by this chapter on the part of a mortgagee or its officers, employees, agents or contractors, shall be deemed or interpreted to:
(1) Make the mortgagee, for any purpose, a “mortgagee in possession” of property subject to a mortgage.
(2) Create a duty or obligation that is owed to, or runs in favor of, any person other than the city and those officers, employees or agents who are acting in the city’s behalf.
(3) Create or imply a cause of action in favor of, or available to, any person other than the city.
(4) Create, imply or suggest liability in tort on the part of a mortgagee or its officers, employees, agents or contractors, unless the act or omission would be actionable and result in liability independent of, and notwithstanding the provisions of, this chapter.
(Ord. 2015-009, passed 12-17-15)