§ 138-15 Reliance on Certificate of Compliance; Liability.
   (A)   Issuance of a Certificate of Compliance shall not constitute a guarantee or warranty of the habitability or complete compliance of the building or housing code requirements. No occupant of any dwelling unit(s) shall rely on the Certificate of Compliance as such a guaranty or warranty. The Certificate of Compliance shall contain a notice to this effect.
   (B)   This chapter is not intended and shall not be construed to create or form the basis for any liability on the part of the city, or the city's officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of an owner of property or land to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or by reason or in consequence of any inspection, notice, order, certificate, permission or approval authorized or issued or done in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this chapter, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of the city related in any manner to the enforcement of or failure to enforce this chapter by the city's officers, employees or agents.
(Ord. O2002-15, passed 3-6-02; Ord. O2003-06, passed 2-19-03)