[Adopted 4-4-2016 by Ord.
No. 457]
The Borough Manager, or such official's designee, is hereby
appointed as the designated officer who is authorized to carry out
all responsibilities and duties stated herein.
No insurance company, association or exchange (hereinafter the
"insuring agent") doing business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
shall pay a claim of a named insured for fire damage to a structure
located within the municipality where the amount recoverable for the
fire loss to the structure under all policies exceeds $7,500, unless
the insuring agent requests, and is furnished by the Municipal Treasurer
within 14 working days, written correspondence, signed by the Municipal
Treasurer:
A. That, as of the date specified in the request from the insuring agent,
there are no delinquent taxes, assessments, penalties or user charges
against the property and that the municipality has not incurred costs
for the removal, repair or securing of a building or other structure
on the property; or
B. A bill showing the amount of delinquent taxes, assessments, penalties
and user charges against the property as of the date specified in
the request from the insuring agent that have not been paid as of
the date of the Treasurer's correspondence and also indicating
the amount of the total costs, if any, documented by the Treasurer
that have been incurred by a municipality for the removal, repair
or securing of a building or other structure on the property. A tax
assessment, penalty or user charge becomes delinquent at the time
and on the date a lien could otherwise have been filed against the
property by the municipality under state law.
The Borough Council may by resolution adopt procedures and regulations
to implement Act 98 of 1992, as amended, and this article may by resolution fix reasonable
fees to be charged for municipal activities or services provided pursuant
to Act 98 of 1992, as amended, and this article, including but not
limited to issuance of correspondence and bills, performance of inspections
and opening separate fund accounts.
Any owner of property, any named insured or any insuring agent
who violates this article shall be subject to a penalty of up to $1,000
per violation.