Every landlord shall maintain at least the same standards of service, utilities and maintenance and shall provide at least the same furniture, furnishings and equipment in each apartment as the landlord provided or was required by municipal, state or other law/regulation or lease at the date the tenancy commenced.
An individual tenant or class of tenants who are not receiving substantially the same standards of service, maintenance, furniture, furnishings or equipment as specified in § 321-37 hereof may apply to have the Borough Administrator, or his or her designee, determine the reasonable rental value of the housing unit or dwelling in view of this deficiency. Such deficiency may be found and determined by the Borough Administrator, or his or her designee, only after service upon the landlord of a copy of the tenant's or tenants' application and at least 10 days' notice of the hearing. The tenant or class of tenants shall pay the reasonable rental value as full payment for rent until the landlord proves that the deficiency has been corrected.