[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Albion as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-8-2022 by Ord. No. 03-2022]
This article shall be known as the "Borough of Albion Tenant
Registration Ordinance."
A.
All owners of property located within the Borough of Albion, Erie
County, Pennsylvania (the "Borough"), which is leased for residential
occupancy, shall annually, by January 2 of each year, report the name,
house address and date of birth of all lessees and tenants over 18
years of age to the Borough. Every owner of said leased unit shall
be further required to submit a statement of the number of such rental
units owned by him or her per building within the Borough.
B.
As tenants change from time to time during the course of the year,
and between required reporting periods, the owner of such leased units
shall report such change within 30 days of each occurrence, regardless
of the frequency of the occurrences.
When the owner of leased property which is subject to this article
is a corporation or a partnership, the owner shall designate, in writing,
an authorized officer or agent who shall be required to make the reports
mandated herein. The authorized officer or agent shall have full authority
to act on behalf of the owner.
Any person who becomes a landlord of property for residential
occupancy within the Borough after the effective date of this article
shall, within 30 days of the closing of a property or the first rental
of a property, make such reports as required herein.
Any person who shall violate or fail, neglect or refuse to comply
with any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction
of a summary offense by a Magisterial District Justice, be fined not
less than $25 nor more than $1,000 for each offense, and shall be
ordered to pay to the Borough such fine with the costs of this action,
and, in default of payment thereof, be committed to the County Prison
for a period not exceeding 30 days.
All other sections, parts and provisions of the ordinance, the
plan, the joinder agreement, and any other ordinances of the Borough
of Albion shall remain in full force and effect as previously enacted
and amended. Any ordinance, rules or resolutions, or parts of ordinances,
rules, or resolutions, in conflict herewith shall be, and the same
are hereby, repealed.
The provisions of this article are severable. If any sentence,
clause, section, or part of this article is for any reason found to
be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, such unconstitutionality,
illegality, or invalidity shall not affect of impair any of the remaining
provisions, sentences, clauses, sections of parts of this article.
It is hereby declared as the intent of the Borough Council that this
article would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal,
or invalid sentence, clause, section, or part thereof not been included
herein.
The effective date of this article shall be upon passage.
