It shall be unlawful for any person, as either owner or manager of a regulated rental unit for which a license is required, to operate without a valid, current license issued by the Borough authorizing such operation. It shall also be unlawful for any person to allow the number of occupants or a regulated rental unit to exceed the maximum limit as set forth on the license, or to violate any other provision of this chapter.
A. 
The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby designated as the official authorized to enforce this chapter and to take appropriate measures to abate violations herein, for and on behalf of the Borough of Millvale. The police will also have the authority to enforce this chapter and take appropriate action to abate violations.
B. 
The Code Enforcement Officer may initiate disciplinary action against any owner for violating a provision of this chapter, or for failing to regulate the conduct of an occupant if the occupant is found to be in breach of this chapter and the owner had, or should have had, notice of the occupant's violation.
C. 
Formal warnings of a violation of this chapter shall be in writing. Upon demonstration to the Code Enforcement Officer that the violation has been corrected, the formal warning shall be removed. Failure to correct a violation within the designated timeframe will result in the revocation of the license. Formal warnings shall be sent by certified mail and include:
(1) 
The address of the premises in question and identification of the particular regulated rental unit(s) affected;
(2) 
A description of the violation found and notice that the violation must be cured within 30 days;
(3) 
Notice that each day the violation remains shall be a separate violation and punishable under § 216-23 of this chapter; and
(4) 
A statement informing the owner of the right to appeal the determination that the owner is in violation of this chapter to the Borough Council.
D. 
Disciplinary actions may be appealed by submitting a rental license appeal application to the Borough Manager within 30 days from the date of the notice of violation. The application shall include a detailed statement of the grounds for appeal including the reasons why the Code Enforcement Officer's determination should be overturned, and a statement of the relief requested by the appellant. Such appeal application shall be on a form to be prescribed herein by the Borough. Fees for the filing of an appeal shall be determined and established from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council.
E. 
Upon receipt of such an appeal in proper form, accompanied with the requisite filing fee, the Borough Manager shall schedule a hearing to be held at the time and date of the next regularly scheduled Borough Council meeting not less than 10 days from the date on which the appeal is filed.
F. 
Borough Council shall hold a hearing on the appeal which shall be conducted in accordance with the Local Agency Law, 2 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 551 through 555. The appellant and all other parties having an interest may be heard. Based on the facts and arguments of the appellant and of the Code Enforcement Officer and any police or other public officials involved, and any relevant factual presentations of other parties, the Borough Council shall make a decision either affirming, reversing, or modifying the action of the Code Enforcement Officer from which the appeal was taken. Such decision shall be rendered at a public meeting either immediately following the hearing or within 30 days thereafter. The decisions shall be reduced to writing stating clearly the factual and legal basis for the decision, within 45 days after the hearing. If Borough Council deems it necessary or desirable, it may continue the hearing to a subsequent time and date not later than 30 days from the initial hearing, which time and date shall be openly announced at the initial hearing and in such case, the time limits for rendering the decision and reducing it to writing set forth herein shall be calculated from the last hearing date (at which the substance of the decision is orally announced).
G. 
If the Borough revokes a registration pursuant to this chapter, the owner will immediately lose the privilege to rent regulated rental units for a period of time set by the Code Enforcement Officer or the Borough Council and will be prohibited from reapplying for a license until the expiration of the time period set by the Borough. Upon the revocation of the license, the owner shall take immediate steps to evict the occupants.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
The registration revocation procedures and penalty provisions provided in this article shall be independent, non-mutually exclusive separate remedies, all of which shall be available to the Borough as may be deemed appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The remedies and procedures in this chapter for violation hereof are not intended to supplant or replace, to any degree, the remedies and procedures available to the Borough in the case of a violation of any other Code or ordinance of the Borough, whether or not such other Code or ordinance is references in this chapter and whether or not an ongoing violation of such other Code or ordinance is cited as the underlying ground for a finding of a violation of this chapter.