§ 24.43. Same—When failure to provide heat is not unlawful.

Failure to provide or furnish heat required under the terms of this Article shall not be unlawful where such failure is due to a breakdown of the heating plant, if diligence is used to have such plant repaired, unless such breakdown has been caused by the violation of any provision of this Code or of an ordinance of the City relating to the operation of or installing of heating plants, nor where it is due to strikes, to general shortage of fuel, to any act of the tenant who makes the complaint, or to any cause beyond the owner's control, or unless written notice of such failure to furnish the heat required under this Article shall first have been given to the owner or agent of the building by registered mail or personal delivery by a representative designated by the City Manager and the temperature readings herein provided for shall not be made until after the delivery of the notice of complaint required by this Article to the City Clerk's office.