[Adopted 4-9-1974 by Ord. No. 3-1974]
[Amended 2-8-1999 by Ord. No. 5-1999]
The owners, lessors and rental agents of all real estate, residences,
apartments, stores and other structures in the City of Lower Burrell
leased, offered for lease or occupied by persons, partnerships, corporations
or others than the owner thereof shall, within 15 days after effective
date of this article, supply to the City Treasurer of the City of
Lower Burrell lists of names and addresses of all current lessees
and occupants of real estate, residences, apartments, stores and other
structures of which they are the owners, lessors or rental agents
and shall thereafter supply to the City Treasurer in writing, and
within 15 days, the names and addresses of all new lessees or occupants
of such premises.
The City Treasurer shall supply the names and addresses of all
lessees and occupants of real estate obtained by him hereunder or
by any other means to all other officials and departments of the City
requesting same for the proper performance of their duties.
[Amended 2-8-1999 by Ord. No. 5-1999]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $600 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
[Adopted 12-10-2007 by Ord. No. 6-2007]
A rental agreement license is required before any new tenant
be allowed to rent, dwell or occupy in any fashion a unit until all
procedures, policies and protocols are fulfilled, culminating in the
issuance of a rental license by the City Treasurer.
A rental license is contingent upon the successful inspection
of the Code Enforcement Department. The Code Enforcement Officer will
review each unit based on a standardized check list (Appendix A).
The fee structures charged to the landlord/property owner will
be $35 for each of the first two inspections, $100 for the third inspection
and $125 for every inspection thereafter.
A flow chart of this application process is detailed in Appendix
B.
After each inspection, the property owner will be provided a
list of the deficiencies (Appendix C). The property owner will correct the deficiencies before
reoccupancy. The Code Enforcement Officer may grant an extension based
on the magnitude of the deficiency to be corrected.
A license will not be issued if smoke detectors are lacking
in terms of operation or appropriate number.
Also, in the event a landlord/property owner rents, allows dwelling
or occupation of a dwelling that has been vacated by the previous
tenants without going through the application process, the property
owner will incur a fine of up to $1,000 and will then be subject to
the inspection process with the current tenant in this unit.
It should be noted that an application can be failed for any
inspection deficiency as well as any incomplete or missing information
pertaining to either the landlord or prospective tenant. All information
must be accurate to the best of the landlord's knowledge at the
time of the application.
Existing structures will be subject to a "grandfather" for existing
structural dimensions, provided the existing structures offer no undue
safety hazard, as determined by the Code Enforcement Officer, subject
to appeal as stipulated in the International Property Maintenance
Code (current edition).
All tenant and landlord information listed must be provided
at the time of application and such information may be used for any
purpose by any City entity deemed appropriate by Mayor and Council.
All landlords/property owners must inform the Code Enforcement
Officer of all rental properties in the City of Lower Burrell. This
notice shall be received in writing on or before 30 days after passage
of this article. Further, all new acquisitions designated for rental
throughout the year must be reported to the Code Enforcement Officer
within 10 days after real estate settlement closing on the property.
Failure to comply shall be interpreted as bypassing the procedure
and will incur a fine of up to $1,000. Also, any landlord that furnishes
false information to the City or uses false name or address will be
sentenced to a fine of up to $1,000.
This article is not meant to be all encompassing; therefore,
in the event, a subject topic was not explicitly addressed, the procedure
will default to the guidelines of the International Property Maintenance
Code, latest edition.