There is hereby established a fee and procedure for landlord
registration for the Township of Manchester.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
LANDLORD
He of whom lands or tenements are holden. The owner of an
estate in land, or a rental property, who has leased it to another
person, called the "tenant," also called "lessor," regardless of whether
the landlord receives monetary compensation for the said rental property.
The landlord registration shall be established as follows:
A. All landlords within the Township of Manchester shall file a landlord
registration statement, on a form promulgated by the Township, with
the Department of Inspections, Land Use and Planning, for each rental
property.
B. Landlord registrations are to be filed for each rental unit. The
registration fee shall be $100 for each rental property, which shall
be paid annually.
C. A license fee shall be paid in advance to the Township, due no later
than January 31 of each year. The license shall be valid until December
31 of each year.
D. The license shall be renewed annually by submitting a renewal application
along with the required fee and any updated information pertaining
to the rental unit, including but not limited to a change in tenancy.
E. Upon any change in tenancy, the landlord must update tenant information on file with the Township Department of Inspections, Land Use and Planning, within 20 days of the change and obtain a new rental certificate of occupancy as outlined in Article
II.
F. When a property is owned by an LLC, the registered agent of the said
LLC shall be required to submit a copy of the driver's license
with the application.
A rental housing inspection checklist shall be prepared by and
maintained at the Township Building Department. All violations shall
be cited from the appropriately adopted code or regulation.
A "dwelling unit" shall be defined as a single unit providing
complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including
permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
For allowable occupant loads for any rental structure or unit,
the load shall be defined by the applicable Township-adopted residential
property maintenance code.
All inspections for a rental housing certificate of occupancy
shall be conducted by the Manchester Township Building Inspector or
his/her designee.
Any individual person, group of persons, association, partnership,
business or corporation, or any combination thereof, shall be subject
to a fine not less than $100 and not more than $500 and/or a term
of imprisonment for not more than 30 days and/or up to 90 days community
service for each day each dwelling unit is occupied without a certificate
of occupancy.
The Township shall not be liable to any person or entity by
reason of the inspections required by this article or the issuance
of a rental housing certificate of occupancy. The issuance of a rental
housing certificate of occupancy by the Township of Manchester is
not a warranty or guarantee that there are no defects in the non-owner
occupied residential dwelling or unit. The inspection of the land
use, exterior and interior of the dwelling unit is limited to visual
inspection only. The Township does not guarantee or approve, and shall
not be responsible for, defects not noted in any inspection report
or for any latent, structural or mechanical defects thereto.