[Ord. No. 2206, 7/17/2023]
It is the intent and purpose of this Part to adopt a modern
property maintenance code, which will prescribe effective standards
and minimum requirements for buildings and premises in the Borough
of State College. This code is designed to cover every facet of housing
and property maintenance in order to ensure that persons in or visiting
the Borough are provided with a safe and sanitary environment.
[Ord. No. 2206, 7/17/2023]
The provisions of Ordinances 2093, 2100 and 1370, as amended, and Chapter
IV, Part
E, and Chapter
VI, Part
D, of the Codification of Ordinances of the Borough of State College that provide for the adoption of the Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance Code, 2017 Edition, and emergency alarm provisions, respectively, are hereby repealed.
[Ord. No. 2206, 7/17/2023]
It is hereby adopted by the Borough of State College for the
purposes set forth in § 4-501 that certain code known as
the "Centre Region Rental Housing and Building Safety Code, 2023 Edition,"
as promulgated by the Centre Region Council of Governments, except
such provisions which may be in conflict with the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or the regulations issued by an agency of the commonwealth
by virtue of such laws and which provide a more stringent standard
and which are required to be observed by the Borough of State College
or the provisions of other ordinances of this jurisdiction which are
in conflict with the provisions of this Part, regardless of the strictness
of the provisions. The provisions of the Centre Region Rental Housing
and Building Safety Code, 2023 Edition, as supplemented, are set forth
in the copy presently on file in the office of the Borough Manager,
and are hereby adopted as fully as if set forth in length herein,
and from the date on which this Part shall take effect, the provisions
thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the Borough of State
College, except as modified by this Part and any subsequent amendments
thereto.
[Ord. No. 2206, 7/17/2023]
The following articles and sections of the Centre Region Rental
Housing and Building Safety Code/2023, as adopted, are amended, deleted
or altered as follows:
a. The following sections are deleted:
(4)
404.8 Congregate cooking facility inspection.
b. The following sections are amended:
[Added by Ord. No. 2211, 11/20/2023]
(1)
Alter SECTION 202, GENERAL DEFINITIONS, to read:
RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY. Any building, or portion
thereof which is offered for rent or lease as a living facility for
XX or more consecutive days with or without compensation. This definition
shall not include mobile homes, hotels, motels, dormitories, tourist
homes, and bed-and-breakfast establishments.
Note: for the definition of a residential
rental property, XX is defined as the following in the respective
Municipality:
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1 - Borough of Bellefonte
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1 - College Township
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1 - Ferguson Township
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X - Halfmoon Township
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30 - Harrs Township
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7 - Patton Township
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1 - Borough of State College
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(2)
Alter Subsection 802.1, Permit required, to read:
802.1 Permit required. No person, firm,
or corporation shall operate or rent to another, or provide for residential
occupancy for XX or more consecutive days with or without compensation,
any dwelling unit or rooming unit until a housing permit has been
issued by the Code Official.
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Tourist homes and bed-and-breakfasts are required
to obtain a rental housing permit in accordance with this section
prior to occupancy regardless of duration of stay unless originally
permitted as a Use Group R1 under the Uniform Construction Code of
Pennsylvania or its predecessor codes at the time of construction
or change of occupancy. These structures shall obtain a fire safety
program license in accordance with Chapter 7 of this code.
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Note: for Section 802, XX is defined
as the following in the respective Municipality:
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1 - Borough of Bellefonte
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1 - College Township
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1 - Ferguson Township
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X - Halfmoon Township
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30 - Harris Township
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7 - Patton Township.
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1 - Borough of State College
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Exceptions: When as part of a property
sales agreement, the owner of an owner-occupied single-family residential
property negotiates a post-settlement agreement to stay in the property
after the transfer of ownership to the purchaser, for a maximum of
180 days, the property is not required to have a rental housing permit.
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[Ord. No. 2206, 7/17/2023]
Any Health Officer of a participating Borough or municipality
which has adopted the Centre Region Rental Housing and Building Safety
Code/2023, as amended, may enforce the provisions of this code.
[Ord. No. 2206, 7/17/2023]
The effective date of this Part shall be August 1, 2023.
[Ord. No. 2206, 7/17/2023]
Nothing in this Part or in the Centre Region Rental Housing
and Building Safety Code, 2023 Edition, hereby adopted shall be construed
to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights
acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action
acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed,
as cited in § 4-502 of this Part, nor shall any just or
legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired, or affected
by this Part.