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(ki) RENT INCREASE means any upward adjustment of the rent from the base rent amount. Rent increase includes costs associated with the initial conversion to a Ratio Utility Billing System. (j) RENT REVIEW BOARD means the board established under Article 4 of Chapter 1-3 of this Code. (mk) RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY means any housing unit offered for rent or lease in the City, provided that such housing unit is in a i." a�that contains two or more tenant -occupied housing units, and mobile homes. Mobile homes are subject to this Chapter only if a tenant rents the mobile housing unit itself. (RI) TENANT means any person having the legal responsibility for the payment of rent for residential property in the City. "Tenant" shall include the agent or representative of the tenant, provided that such agent or representative shall have full authority to answer for the tenant and enter into binding agreements on the tenant's behalf. ARTICLE 2. NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF RENT REVIEW 4-32-200 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF RENT REVIEW REQUIRED. In addition to the notice of a rent increase required by Civil Code Section 827(b), and at the time when a landlord provides—,tic-k notice of any rent increase, the landlord shall also provide notice of the availability of the rent review procedure established by this Chapter. The notice of availability of rent review required by Section 4-32-210 below shall be provided by the landlord at the time when a landlord provides notice of any rent increase in the three predominant languages spoken in the City. The City Manager or his or her designee shall determine the predominant languages spoken in the City and shall ensure that copies of the notice of availability of rent review required by Section 4-32-210 are made available to landlords by the City in those three languages. Any rent increase accomplished in violation of this Chapter shall be void, and no landlord may take any action to enforce such an invalid rent increase. Any rent increase in violation of this Chapter shall operate as a complete defense to an unlawful detainer action based on failure to pay any illegal rent Increase. Any tenant required to pay an illegal rent increase may recover all illegal rent increase amounts actually paid by the tenant. If a landlord fails to properly notice a tenant pursuant to this Chapter, the landlord must re -notice the tenant in accordance with this section prior to demanding or accepting any increase in rent. 4-32-205 CONTENTS OF NOTICE. All notices of the availability of rent review shall be in writing, shall provide the name, address and phone number of the landlord and shall be personally delivered to the tenant or posted and mailed to the tenant at the address of the tenant's re�� esidential property by first class mail, postage pre -paid. Service by mail shall be presumed complete within five (5) days of mailing. This presumption may be rebutted by the tenant.