Every owner who is not a full-time resident of the Borough of
Blawnox or within a twenty-five-mile radius of the Borough of Blawnox
shall designate a manager who shall reside in an area that is a local
call from the Borough of Blawnox. If the owner is a corporation, a
manager shall be required if an officer of the corporation does not
reside in the aforesaid calling area. The officer shall perform the
same function as a manager. If the owner is a partnership, a manager
shall be required if a partner does not reside in the aforesaid calling
area. Said partner shall perform the same function as a manager. The
manager shall be the agent of the owner for service of process and
receiving of notices and demands, as well as for performing the obligations
of the owner under this chapter and under rental agreement with occupants.
The identity, address and telephone number(s) of a person who is designated
as manager hereunder shall be provided by owner or manager to the
Borough, and such information shall be kept current and updated as
it changes.
The owner shall reply promptly to reasonable complaints and
inquiries from occupants.
The owner shall comply with all provision of this Landlord and
Tenant Act of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Where an owner does not regulate the use of the common areas
and the behavior of occupants and guests in the common areas, the
owner shall be directly responsible for the behavior of occupants
and guests in the common area as if the owner were an occupant.
Upon receiving notice of any code violation from the Code Enforcement
Officer, the owner shall promptly take action, or cause the necessary
action to be taken, to abate the offending condition and eliminate
the violation.
In case the owner of premises shall neglect, fail or refuse
to comply with any notice from the Borough or its Code Enforcement
Officer to correct a violation relating to maintenance and repair
of the premises under any code within the period of time stated in
such notice, the Borough may cause the violation to be corrected.
There shall be imposed upon the owner a charge of the actual costs
involved for each time the Borough shall cause a violation to be corrected,
and the owner of the premises shall be billed after the same has been
completed. Any such bill which remains unpaid and outstanding after
the time specified therein for payment shall be grounds for the imposition
of a municipal lien upon the premises as provided by law. Such a lien
may be reduced to a judgment and enforced and collected as provided
by law, together with interest at the legal rate and court costs.
The remedies provided by this section are not exclusive and the Borough
and its Code Enforcement Officer may invoke such other remedies available
under this chapter or other applicable codes, ordinances or statutes,
including, where appropriate, condemnation proceedings or declaration
of the premises as unfit for habitation, or suspension, revocation,
or nonrenewal of the license issued hereunder.
The owner shall permit inspections of any premises by the Code
Enforcement Officer at reasonable times upon reasonable notice.