The owner or manager shall disclose to the occupant
in writing on or before the commencement of the tenancy:
1. The name, address
and telephone number of the manager, if applicable; and
2. The name, address
and telephone number of the owner of the premises.
The owner shall comply with all provisions of
the Pennsylvania Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, as amended from time to time.
Where an owner does not regulate the use of
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.
[Amended 8-13-2009 by Ord. No. 1203
1. Upon learning of a violation
of a code upon premises, the Code Enforcement Officer may issue a
citation to the violator and/or issue a written notice of the violation
to the violator and, if the violator is an occupant, to the owner.
The written notice shall state the Code Enforcement Officer's determination
of the code that has been violated, the date of the written notice,
the facts that constitute the violation and that the violator may
file a written appeal of the written notice with the Borough Manager
within 10 calendar days of the date of the written notice.
2. Within 10 calendar days date
of the written notice from the Code Enforcement Officer that the owner
or an occupant has violated a provision of any code, the violator,
and, if the violator is an occupant, the owner, may file a written
appeal to the Borough Manager specifically stating the factual and
legal reasons for the appeal.
3. If the violator or owner does
not file a written appeal within 10 calendar days after the date of
the written notice, the Code Enforcement Officer's determination shall
be final and conclusive for purposes of any provision of this Part
that permits or requires actions based upon multiple violations of
any code.
4. The Borough Manager shall hear
the appeal in accordance with the Local Agency Law within five business days of receipt of the appeal and
issue a written decision within five business days of the hearing.
The final decision upon appeal shall be conclusive for purposes of
any provision of this Part that permits or requires actions based
upon multiple violations of any code.
5. Within 20 days after date of
a notice of violation that is not appealed or the date of the decision
on a notice that is appealed, the owner shall file with the Code Enforcement
Officer a report, on a form provided by the Borough, setting forth
what action the owner has taken to remedy the violation and what steps
the owner has taken to prevent a reoccurrence of the violation. The
report shall also set forth a plan as to steps the owner will take
in the future if the violation recurs.
6. The Code Enforcement Officer
shall review the report and, if adequate steps have been taken and
the plan is adequate to address future violations, shall approve the
plan. The owner shall, on his or her initiative, enforce the plan,
and failure to do so shall be a violation of this Part.
7. In the event that a second violation
of the same or other code occurs within a license year involving the
same occupant or occupants, in addition to any other action available,
the Code Enforcement Officer may direct the owner to bring in the
appropriate forum and to prosecute in good faith an action to recover
possession of the regulated rental unit from the occupant who violated
the code and not permit the occupant to occupy the premises during
the subsequent licensing period.
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.
[Amended 8-13-2009 by Ord. No. 1203]
1. Upon receipt from the Code Enforcement
Officer of notice of an inspection, the owner shall promptly inform
the occupant of the date and time of the inspection.
2. If the occupant will not be present
at the regulated rental unit on the date and time of the inspection,
the owner shall ask the occupant to consent to the inspection.
3. If the occupant consents to the
inspection, the owner shall admit the Code Enforcement Officer to
the regulated rental unit for purposes of the inspection.
4. If the occupant does not consent
to the inspection of the regulated rental unit, the owner shall admit
the Code Enforcement Officer to the regulated rental unit upon the
Code Enforcement Officer's producing a search warrant.
5. If an owner does not consent
to the inspection of any portion of the premises in the owner's control,
or asserts that some other person is in control of any portion of
the premises, the owner shall admit the Code Enforcement Officer to
the premises upon the Code Enforcement Officer's producing a search
warrant.
6. If the owner does not admit the
Code Enforcement Officer upon the Code Enforcement Officer's producing
a search warrant, the Code Enforcement Officer may petition the Court
of Common Pleas of Allegheny County to compel the owner to comply
with the search warrant.