[Adopted 5-6-2014 by Ord. No. 3-2014]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
RENTAL DWELLING UNIT
A dwelling unit rented to or available for rent by tenants
or otherwise occupied by persons other than the owner or the owner's
relatives, including, but not limited to, units in single-family houses,
two family houses, multiple-family dwellings, multiple-family houses,
apartment houses, row houses, townhouses, and other buildings of similar
character, and also including group homes, community living arrangements,
boarding houses, domiciliary homes, long-term care facilities or personal
care homes.
TENANT OR OCCUPANT
A person who has the use, either by himself or with others,
of a dwelling unit or a business unit owner by a person other than
himself, for a period exceeding 30 days.
Money paid to the Borough for utilities shall be applied first
to water bill, then electric bill, then refuse collection, and finally
E.P.A. surcharge.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances which are inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Council of
the Borough of Trafford that the several provisions of this article
are separable. If any Court of competent jurisdiction shall declare
any words, sentences, sections or provisions of this article to be
invalid, such a ruling shall not affect any other words, sentences,
sections or provisions of this article not specifically included in
said ruling.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article or
who knowingly files a false report requiring by this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a civil fine of not more
than $600.