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Timestamp: 2019-02-22 22:49:30
Document Index: 736954398

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144', '§ 144']

Township of East Manchester, PA Occupant Registration
§ 144-2 Purpose and intent.
§ 144-3 Rules of construction.
§ 144-5 Information to be provided by owners or landlords.
§ 144-6 Rental operating license required.
§ 144-7 Application for license; agreement to comply; exemption.
§ 144-8 Inspections; compliance with other codes; notice of violation.
§ 144-9 Correction of violations prior to issuance of license; term of license.
§ 144-10 Regulations.
§ 144-11 License fees.
§ 144-12 Violations and penalties; additional remedies.
§ 144-13 Appeals.
§ 144-14 Additional relief; nuisances.
Chapter 144 Occupant Registration
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of East Manchester 12-8-1975 by Ord. No. 12-8-75 (Ch. 68 of the 1988 Code); amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Tenant Registration Ordinance."
This chapter is adopted to protect the health, safety and welfare of Township residents and to prevent the loss of life, limb and property from failure of rental dwelling units to comply with applicable building and safety codes.
This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose to protect the public's health, safety and welfare.
The Building Inspector of the Township of East Manchester. For purposes of this chapter, this term shall include the Codes Enforcement Officer, Fire Marshal and any assistant or designee thereof.
A building or structure, or any portion of either of them, which is wholly or partially used or intended to be used as living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking or sanitation. All rooms comprising a dwelling unit shall have access through an interior door to other parts of the dwelling unit.
One or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption or other decree of legal custody living together as a single housekeeping unit and using cooking facilities and certain rooms in common.
An individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association or trust or other legal entity.
RENT or LEASE (or variations thereof)
The act of permitting the use or occupancy of any dwelling unit by a person or persons other than the owner, whether or not the same is done in consideration of any monetary or other compensation. Use or occupancy by the family of the owner, together with the owner, shall not be deemed to constitute a rental or lease of a dwelling unit.
ROOMING HOUSE, INCLUDING A BOARDING, LODGING OR TOURIST HOME and SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE
A room or rooms constituting a separate, independent housekeeping unit that is physically separated from any other room, dwelling unit or rooming unit in the same structure. The rooming unit shall contain living and sleeping facilities, but no cooking or eating facilities, and shall be occupied by no more than one family.
A person who rents or leases a dwelling unit or a person who occupies or inhabits a dwelling unit located in the Township for living, sleeping, cooking, eating or sanitation purposes.
The Township of East Manchester, York County, Pennsylvania.
The Secretary of the Township of East Manchester.
Every owner, landlord, manager or agent for an owner who rents or leases or offers for occupancy any property or portion thereof in the Township of East Manchester to any tenant or occupant for a period of time in excess of 30 days shall supply the following information to the Township Secretary:
The name or names and ages of all tenants and occupants to occupy such property.
The mailing address of the dwelling unit or rooming unit.
The above information shall be provided to the Township Secretary within 10 days of the renting, leasing, subleasing or occupancy of any property in the Township of East Manchester for a period of time in excess of 30 days.
No person shall rent or lease a rooming house, a single-family house, a multiple-dwelling unit, an apartment building or a townhouse or other dwelling unit in the Township of East Manchester to any tenant unless he holds a current, unrevoked rental operating license issued by the Township Secretary in his name for the specified dwelling unit or rooming unit.
Every owner, landlord, manager or agent for an owner who rents or leases any dwelling unit in any multifamily dwelling or any rooming unit in any rooming house, including a boarding, lodging or tourist home, or in any single-family home in the Township of East Manchester to any tenant for a period of time in excess of 30 days shall apply for a rental operating license and shall agree to comply with all provisions of the then applicable building and construction codes adopted by the Board of Supervisors and enforced by the Building Inspector. The application form shall be accompanied by a check or money order payable to the Township of East Manchester in the amount of the rental operating license.
Every owner, landlord, manager or agent for an owner who rents or leases any dwelling unit in any multifamily dwelling or any rooming unit in any rooming house, including a boarding, lodging or tourist home, or in any single-family home in the Township of East Manchester to the spouse, son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather or grandchild of the owner of said dwelling unit shall be exempt from the requirements of §§ 144-6 and 144-8 of this chapter and the payment of any fees associated with this chapter. However, any owner, landlord, manager or agent who rents or leases any dwelling unit in any multifamily dwelling or any rooming unit in any rooming house, including a boarding, lodging or tourist home, or in any single-family home in the Township of East Manchester who is exempt from the requirements of § 144-8 and the fees related to this chapter shall be responsible to complete the application for a license and thereon claim the nature and application of said exemption.
Upon application for a rental operating license under this chapter, the dwelling unit shall be inspected by the Building Inspector for compliance with the provisions of the building codes and/or its constituent codes (including but not limited to the Fire Prevention Code, the Property Maintenance Code, the Plumbing Code and the Electrical Code) then enacted in the Township. The Building Inspector shall note all violations and shall leave with the owner, landlord, manager or agent for an owner a copy of any notice of violation. The Building Inspector shall forward any notice of violation to the Township Secretary for the Township's file.
Prior to the issuance of a rental operating license, all violations noted on a notice of violation shall be corrected, as required. Every rental operating license shall be issued for a period of three years, unless sooner revoked.
Pennsylvania statues govern. All matters regulated by the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act or by any other laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by regulations of departments or agencies of the commonwealth promulgated by authority of law, as the case may be, shall control all inspections where the requirements thereof are the same as, or in excess of, the provisions of the Township Building Code and its constituent codes; however, when the requirements of the Township Building Code and its constituent codes exceed the requirements of the commonwealth's regulations, the Township Building Code and its constituent codes shall apply.
Inspection mandatory. Any person who applies as an owner or as an agent for an owner for a rental operating license in the Township shall permit the Building Inspector to inspect the dwelling unit or rooming unit for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the law.
Refusal to permit lawful inspection. A person applying for a rental operating license in the Township violates this chapter if, after application, such person refuses to permit such lawful inspection of the dwelling unit or rooming unit, unless such person withdraws such application in writing.
Expiration of licenses. Each rental operating license shall expire three years after the date of issuance. Upon expiration of the rental operating license for a licensed premises, the owner of the premises shall be required to obtain a renewal of the permit by arranging for a new inspection of the premises and by paying the rental permit fee then in place.
Nonresident applicants. No rental operating license shall be issued or renewed for a nonresident applicant unless such applicant designates in writing to the Building Inspector the name of his agent located in the commonwealth for receipt of service of any notice of violation and for service of process.
Every owner, landlord, manager or agent for an owner who rents or leases any dwelling unit in any multifamily dwelling or any rooming unit in any rooming house, including a boarding, lodging or tourist home, or in any single-family home in the Township of East Manchester, except those exempted from the requirements of this section by § 144-7B, shall be responsible to pay the fees associated with each dwelling unit let or intended to be let as shall be set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.[1]
Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall commit a criminal offense, and shall, upon being found guilty by a Magisterial District Judge, after hearing, pay a fine not to exceed $1,000, together with all court costs as permitted by law. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to preclude the Township from seeking other relief or from availing itself of any remedy that may be at law or in equity to prevent continuing violations of the terms of this chapter. Each day that a violation occurs or exists under this chapter shall be deemed a separate offense.
Any person aggrieved by the action of the Building Inspector pursuant to this chapter shall have the right to appeal said action within 10 days to the East Manchester Township Board of Appeals, which shall hear and determine said appeal at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
No appeal proceedings under this section shall operate as a stay or supersedeas of the enforcement of this chapter.
No provision of this chapter shall prevent the Township from instituting proceedings and seeking relief in any court of the commonwealth if the Township shall deem such action necessary to abate any violation of this chapter which constitutes a nuisance or safety/health hazard.