On and after the effective date of this chapter, no person,
firm or corporation shall move into or remove from, or cause his personal
property to be so moved into or removed from, any house, dwelling
or other building within the Borough of Mahanoy City without first
having obtained a permit therefor from the Borough Tax Collector.
Every person, firm or corporation seeking a permit to occupy
any premises shall file an application with the Borough Tax Collector,
setting forth his name, location of the premises, name of owner and
his address, the nature of the proposed use of the building, and if
for residence purposes, the names and ages of the occupants, and such
permits shall be secured from the Borough Tax Collector. A fee of
$2 shall be charged for said permit.
Every person, firm or corporation which leases or permits the
occupancy of any dwelling unit, mobile home site, room or set of rooms
or apartment to any other person or persons for dwelling purposes
shall report to the Borough Tax Collector on or before January 1,
1985, and annually thereafter on or before March 1, of each succeeding
year, the name and address of each occupant and whether or not such
occupant is over or under the age of 18 years. Said report shall be
made on forms prescribed by the Borough Tax Collector.
Every person, firm or corporation seeking a permit to remove
from any premises shall file an application with the Borough Tax Collector,
setting forth his name, address and the expected time of departure,
and attach thereto receipted tax bills for the current year.
Upon the filing of the application, it shall be the duty of
the Borough Tax Collector to issue the requested permit if the indicated
use does not violate any of the ordinances of the borough or if there
are no outstanding obligations due the borough.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
transport or remove personal property of another person which said
person is moving into or removing from a house, dwelling or other
building within the Borough of Mahanoy City unless such person so
moving into or removing from said Borough of Mahanoy City shall have
first obtained the permit as hereinafter provided. It shall be the
duty of such person, firm or corporation transporting or removing
the personal property of another person to or from the Borough of
Mahanoy City to ascertain that the person, firm or corporation whose
property is to be so transported or removed has obtained the permit
as hereinafter required.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to require any owner of tangible personal property held for the
purpose of manufacturing in the ordinary course of his business or
held for the purpose of sale or resale in the ordinary course of business
to obtain any such permit to transport or remove such tangible personal
property from or to any storehouse, warehouse or usual place of business.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of not more than
$300 or to imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more
than 30 days, or both. The continuation of such violation for each
successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person
or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.