A. 
Registration and inspection fee. An owner of any rental housing property or rental housing unit subject to this chapter shall pay a registration fee established within the Township Fee Schedule per unit. This fee shall be paid annually by January 31.
B. 
Reinspection fee. An owner of a rental housing unit shall pay a fee established within the Township Fee Schedule per unit for the second reinspection and any subsequent reinspection of any rental housing property or rental housing unit as required under § 247-16C.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any owner to engage in the business of rental housing, unless:
(1) 
Each rental housing unit is registered with the Township; and
(2) 
The rental inspection program fee is paid for each rental housing unit.
B. 
A rental housing unit is registered with the Township when the owner of the rental property submits a completed registration form, made available by the Township, signed under penalty of perjury to Code Enforcement Department. The registration form must contain the following information:
(1) 
Description of the rental housing property, including, but not limited to, the street address, zoning district as shown on the Township Zoning Map, and Tax Parcel Number issued by the Bucks County Board of Assessment;
(2) 
Number and address or other description of all rental housing units on the rental housing property;
(3) 
Name and current contact information for the owner of the rental housing property;
(4) 
Name and current contact information for the local agent, as described in § 247-9, below;
(5) 
Name, address, and telephone number of the person or entity that a tenant is to contact when requesting repairs be made to their rental housing unit and the contact's business relationship to the owner;
(6) 
Any other information reasonably required by the Director to carry out this chapter.
C. 
The registration requirement established by this section shall go into effect on January 1, 2022. Initial registration of rental housing units is due within 30 days of January 1, 2022. After the initial registration, the owner shall register each rental housing unit annually within 30 days of January 1, and upon every change of tenancy or ownership.
Each owner of rental housing property shall designate a local agent with full authority to act on behalf of the owner for all purposes under this chapter, including the acceptance of service of all notices from the Township. The owner of the rental housing property may act as the local agent.