(a) Any owner or responsible local agent who harasses or threatens a tenant or person who pays rent with loss of occupancy because of filing a verified complaint shall be responsible for a municipal civil infraction.
(b) Any tenant or person who pays rent who shall maliciously or frivolously cause an inspection to be made for the purpose of harassing any individual, owner or responsible local agent, corporation, or governmental agency when no violation is present shall be responsible for a municipal civil infraction.
(c) Building Officials and/or his/her designees shall not be harassed, stalked, threatened, hindered, assaulted, or otherwise interfered with in the performance of their duties. Notwithstanding any other section in this article, a violation of this subsection shall be a municipal civil infraction.
(Ord. 23-1036. Passed 7-5-23; Ord. 24-1042. Passed 6-5-24.)