[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Yeadon 12-7-1995 by Ord. No. 1245 as Ch. 670 of the 1995
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any neighborhood within the Borough from which the Pennsylvania
Human Relations Commission has received, within a period of one month,
a substantial number of complaints of violations of the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act;[1] or in which the number of houses for sale, as evidenced
by "for sale" signs exhibited on the premises thereof, exceeds 15%
of the houses in any block of such neighborhood; or which has been
declared a "sensitive area" by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
and/or the Borough Community Relations Committee; or where Council
determines that the level of solicitation is such that it jeopardizes
the Borough remaining an integrated community or such that it constitutes
harassment; or where individuals are undergoing harassment, threats
or violence as the result of their enjoying the benefits afforded
by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.
Any contact in connection with real property, including,
but not limited to, printed matter mailed or delivered to the owner
or occupant of real property by any person, real estate broker, salesperson
or agent or representative of any such broker, salesperson or agent;
or any oral communication made either in person or by telephone to
the owner or occupant of real property by any person, real estate
broker, salesperson or agent which advertises the accomplishments
and/or abilities of the real estate broker, salesperson or agent to
sell real property or rent apartments or furnish services in connection
therewith, or requests or suggests that the owner or occupant list
real property for sale or rental with the real estate broker, salesperson
or agent, or which offers to purchase or rent the owner's house or
apartment, or which offers to furnish services in connection therewith.
"Solicit" also includes any form of contact by a person, real estate
broker, salesperson or agent or representative thereof with an owner
in a public place with the intent to accomplish the aforesaid solicitation,
including, but not limited to, solicitation on the street, in the
neighborhood affected, the placing of cards on the windshields of
automobiles in the area and the distribution of gifts, donations and
the like in connection with bazaars or other public gatherings.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 43 P.S. § 951
et seq.
No person shall:
A.
Display a sign or any other device representing that
real property is available for inspection, sale, lease, sublease,
rental, assignment or other transfer when in fact it is not so available,
or that such real property has been sold or rented when in fact it
has not been sold or rented.
B.
Do or conspire individually and/or severally to manufacture,
create, incite, compel, coerce or assist in the creation of incidents
designed to create panic selling of real estate, including, but not
limited, to:
(1)
Increasing real estate transactions or publishing
reports of such an increase not based on facts;
(2)
Creating false and misleading advertising which represents
that properties in an area are being sold, rented or transferred when
they are not; and
(3)
Increasing the volume of solicitation in sensitive
areas.
C.
Represent to a prospective buyer or seller that a
change will or may occur on the block or in the neighborhood as to
the race, color, sex, religion, national ancestry or income of the
occupants, or that the change will or may alter property values or
in other ways decrease the desirability of the block or neighborhood
or the availability of municipal services to the area.
D.
Solicit for the transfer of housing or discourage the listing, sale, rental or transfer of housing by representations such as those listed in Subsection C hereof.
E.
Solicit any property for the sale, transfer or rental
of such property or the furnishing of any service in connection therewith,
after notification that the owner of the property does not desire
to be solicited, provided that such notice was not given for the purpose
of avoiding compliance with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act or
a comparable statute.
F.
Discriminate in any manner against another person
because such person has opposed an unlawful practice defined in the
Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, or because such person has made
a charge or testified, assisted or participated in any manner in any
investigation, proceeding or hearing under a provision of the Act
or enjoyed the benefits thereof; or solicit sales or listings in any
sensitive area or have another person so solicit on his or her behalf
in such sensitive area.
