1804. Maximum allowable rents.

     (a)  Temporary Freeze. Rents shall not be increased during the one
hundred-twenty (120) day period following the date of adoption of this Article.
     (b)  Establishment of Base Rent Ceiling. Beginning one-hundred-twenty
(120) days after the adoption of this Article, no landlord shall charge rent
for any controlled rental units in an amount greater than the rent in effect on
the date one year prior to the adoption of this Article. The rent in effect on
that date is the base rent ceiling and is a reference point from which fair
rents shall be adjusted upward or downward in accordance with Section 1805. If
there was no rent in effect on the date one year prior to the adoption of this
Article, the base rent ceiling shall be the rent that was charged on the first
date that rent was charged following the date one year prior to the adoption of
this Article.
     (c)  Posting. As soon as the landlord is aware of the maximum allowable
rent, the landlord shall post it for each unit in a prominent place in or about
the affected controlled rent units. The Board may require that other
information it deems relevant also be posted.
(Amended at General Municipal Election, November 6, 1984, Res. No. 6943CCS)