[Ord. 2-2013, 6/19/2013]
This Part shall be known as the "Conshohocken residential rental
license permit Ordinance."
[Ord. 2-2013, 6/19/2013]
The following definitions shall apply to this Part:
BOROUGH
The Borough of Conshohocken, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
HABITABLE SPACE
Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating, or cooking.
Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility
spaces, and similar areas shall not be considered to be habitable
spaces.
LANDLORD
A person which leases as lessor to a tenant any rental property,
the use or occupancy of which continues for a period in excess of
30 days, and/or a person appointed to act as a resident agent under
this Part.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, association, firm, limited liability
company or corporation.
RENTAL PROPERTY
Any dwelling, including but not limited to a house, townhouse,
row house, duplex, twin, apartment, condominium, rooming house or
mobile home, and any building containing any such units, from which
the owner derives income or any other consideration from persons residing
at such dwelling, as evidenced by a written or oral contract, lease,
sublease or agreement, but not including any hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast,
or any other business licensed to provide transient lodging to overnight
guests.
RESIDENT AGENT
A person residing in the Commonwealth and within a twelve-mile
radius of the Borough appointed by the landlord pursuant to this Part.
A resident agent may also be a tenant.
TENANT
A person who has the use or occupancy of a rental property
for a period exceeding 30 days, regardless of the payment of monetary
consideration associated with the use or occupancy of the rental property.
[Ord. 2-2013, 6/19/2013]
Any landlord who is an individual and does not reside within
the Commonwealth or within a twelve-mile radius of the Borough, and
any landlord which is other than an individual and has no office within
the Commonwealth or within a twelve-mile radius of the Borough, shall
appoint a resident agent to act as a representative of the landlord
for purposes of compliance with the requirements of this Part. Any
person designated as a resident agent must maintain a residence or
office within a twelve-mile radius of the Borough. A resident agent
may also be a tenant. Resident agents shall be responsible to ensure
that a landlord's property meets all requirements of this Part,
the Code of the Borough of Conshohocken, including the property maintenance,
grass, garbage collection, recycling, snow and ice and other provisions,
and shall, in addition to the landlord, be subject to any and all
relevant enforcement and penalty provisions associated therewith.
[Ord. 2-2013, 6/19/2013]
As a condition of any residential rental license permit issued
pursuant to this Part, each landlord shall be responsible to ensure
that a property which is subject to a residential rental license permit
meets all requirements of this Part, the Code of the Borough of Conshohocken,
including the property maintenance, grass, garbage collection, recycling,
snow and ice and other provisions, and shall be subject to any and
all relevant enforcement and penalty provisions associated therewith.
[Ord. 2-2013, 6/19/2013]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
$300 nor more than $1,000, plus costs, and in default of payment thereof,
to be subject to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each
day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense
under this Part.
[Ord. 2-2013, 6/19/2013]
Any and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the terms, conditions and provisions of this Part are hereby repealed, to the extent of such conflict. In particular, the terms of Chapter
11, Part
2, of the Code of the Borough of Conshohocken are hereby repealed in their entirety and replaced by the terms and conditions of this Part. The terms of Chapter
13, Part 11, of the Code of the Borough of Conshohocken are hereby repealed in their entirety.