[Ord. 2006-05, 5/23/2006]
Every owner of real estate within the Township of Allen, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania, who rents or leases any parcel of real estate,
or other real or personal property, in whole or in part, to any other
persons for residential purposes shall file with the Secretary of
the Township a certified list of all persons who rented real estate
from the owner during the preceding 12 months. All adult individuals
are to be reported, not just those identified as the leaseholder:
all persons aged 21 years or more, whether related or unrelated to
the leaseholder, and whether or not they are paying a rental fee,
mortgage or financing fees on property which is deeded/titled to the
landlord. The list shall include the name and last known address of
each adult (person over the age of 21) who resided in the rented real
estate or property for all or a portion of the twelve-month period.
The list shall be filed annually, with the deadline for annual filing
to be on or before March 1 of each and every year, and not before
January 20 of each year.
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An adult individual is a person of the age of 21 years or more.
All adult individuals are to be reported, not just those identified
as the leaseholder. All persons aged 21 years or more, whether related
or unrelated to the leaseholder, and whether or not they are paying
a rental fee, mortgage or financing fees on the property, must be
reported. All tenants must cooperate in providing the landlord with
the aforementioned information. The tenant shall include the name
and last known address of each adult (person over the age of 21) who
resided in the rented real estate or property for all or a portion
of the twelve-month period. The landlord shall file the list annually,
and the tenant shall cooperate in providing the information to the
landlord. The landlord's deadline for annual filing is on or
before March 1 of each and every year, and not before January 20th
of each year.
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Penalties for Failure to Comply. Every owner of real estate
who fails to comply with the requirements of this Chapter shall, upon
conviction, be liable for a civil penalty in the amount of $25 per
day, and shall also be liable to reimburse the Township for any costs,
filing fees, attorneys' fees and other expenses incurred by the
Township in enforcing the provisions of this Chapter against such
person. In the event that a landlord is cited under the Chapter, the
landlord may defend by demonstrating that the tenant was served with
reasonable advance written notice to provide the required information,
and that after reasonable written demand and notice, the tenant failed
to provide the information. Every tenant of an owner of real estate
who fails to comply with the requirements of this Chapter after reasonable
written demand from the landlord shall, upon conviction, be liable
for a civil penalty in the amount of $25 per day, and shall also be
liable to reimburse the Township for any costs, filing fees, attorneys'
fees and other expenses incurred by the Township in enforcing the
provisions of this Chapter against such person. For the purpose of
this Chapter, every day that an owner of real estate or other person
obligated to provide a list of persons residing in property to the
Township under this Chapter is late in filing the list as required
above shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 2006-05, 5/23/2006]
The list shall be deemed to be confidential and may be used
only by persons authorized by the Township for lawful government purposes.
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The report shall be filed on or before March 1 by delivering
the completed form to the Allen Township Municipal Building, 4714
Indian Trail Road, Northampton, Pennsylvania, 18067. The report form
is attached hereto, along with instructions.[1] The Township may modify the report form at any time in
its sole discretion for the purpose of improving the implementation
of the within Part.
[1]
Editor's Note: The report form and instructions are included
at the end of this Chapter.
[Ord. 2006-05, 5/23/2006]
Appropriate Township staff is authorized to take all actions
that are deemed reasonably necessary to carry out the intent of this
Part.
