Section PRP.05.09 — Landlord Obligations

Every landlord under this Ordinance has the following obligations:

(a) To maintain the dwelling in a decent, safe, and sanitary condition.

(b) To protect the right of quiet enjoyment of the dwelling to the tenant and regulate the conduct of other tenants and those with them does not cause a nuisance, endangerment of public health and safety, breach of peace, or interference with the quiet enjoyment of others.

(c) To comply with applicable tribal law or building or housing Ordinances.

(d) To make necessary repairs to put the premises in a fit and habitable condition, except where the premises are intentionally rendered unfit or uninhabitable by the tenant, a member of his family or other person on the premises with his consent, in which case such duty shall be the responsibility of the tenant.

(e) To keep common areas which are not assigned to a specific tenant in a clean and safe condition.

(f) To expeditiously repair, upon tenant notification, any premises defects hazardous to life, health or safety, the financial responsibility for which will lie with the tenant only if the defects result from damage caused by the tenant, tenant's household, or invitees.

(g) To maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and other facilities and appliances, where such things are not the responsibility of a tenant, except if such things are generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant or supplied by a direct public service utility connection.

(h) To provide and maintain proper and appropriate receptacles and facilities (except for those of the individual tenant) for the proper disposal of ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste from the dwelling.

(i) To provide running water, hot water, and heat in accordance with applicable housing and health Ordinances, except to the extent the tenant is required to provide such for himself.

(j) To disclose, in writing, the name, address, and telephone number of any person authorized to manage the dwelling, the owner of the premises or his agent, the person responsible for receiving rent, notices, and demands under the Ordinance, and the person responsible for making repairs, where they are required. If such a disclosure is not made, then any person who receives payments or deals with a tenant as an apparent landlord or manager will be deemed to be the proper landlord for actions under this Ordinance.

(k) To give possession of the premises to the tenant in accordance with the agreement to occupy, and if rules and regulations are issued to communicate those rules and regulations to the tenant.

(l) To respect the rights of tenants as set forth in this Ordinance.