[Adopted 10-8-1973 by Ord. No. 635, approved 10-8-1973]
This article is passed to provide for the uniform and equitable
distribution of the tax levies of the Borough of Middletown upon the
inhabitants of the aforesaid Borough of Middletown.
After the date of this article, each and every landlord owning
property within the Borough of Middletown shall report to the Secretary
of the Borough of Middletown, on a form provided by the Secretary
of the Borough of Middletown, any change in the use or occupancy of
any dwelling unit or business unit owned by the aforesaid landlord.
Such reported change shall include the name or names of new tenants
of such dwelling unit or business unit and shall include the date
when such change was effected. In the case of a landlord who is an
owner of a hotel, inn or boardinghouse, such landlord shall not be required to report
a person as a tenant until that person has resided in such landlord's
establishment for a period of 30 days. In the event that a dwelling
unit or business unit was used or utilized by a tenant and then becomes
vacant, this change shall also be reported to the Secretary. All reports
required by this section shall be made within 10 days after a landlord
has knowledge of such change in use or occupancy or of such vacancy.
The Secretary of the Borough of Middletown, under the authority
of this article, shall have the following duties:
A. To maintain on file in the Borough offices the names of the landlords
owning dwelling units and business units in the aforesaid Borough
of Middletown, said list to include the names of the current tenants
of said dwelling units and business units.
B. To maintain a supply of forms for landlords to use in making reports to the Secretary of the Borough of Middletown as required by §
219-3 or
219-4 of this article.
C. To notify the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief of the Borough of
Middletown of the address and description of any dwelling unit or
business unit that is vacant, unoccupied and not in use.
D. To report to the proper officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
or of the Borough of Middletown when the number of tenants in any
dwelling unit or business unit exceeds the number of tenants or inhabitants
permitted by any ordinance of the Borough of Middletown or by any
law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any landlord who violates any of the provisions of this article
or who furnishes false information to the Borough or who uses a false
name or address in any report required by this article shall, upon
conviction thereof before the District Justice of the Borough, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $100
and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment thereof, to suffer
imprisonment in the Dauphin County Jail for not more than 30 days.
Each unreported tenant shall constitute a separate offense.