[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council
of the Township of Bristol 7-11-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-16. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
Unless otherwise herein expressly stated, the
following terms shall have, for the purpose of this chapter, the meaning
hereby respectively indicated.
That person or persons who has the use of real estate of
a lessor and is responsible for the giving of any type of consideration
therefor, but excluding those who are lessees for a period of less
than 30 days.
Any person who grants a lease or otherwise permits the use
of his/her real estate or portion thereof.
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
All lessors, within 30 days after the effective
date of this chapter and once each year thereafter, on or before May
1 each year, shall report to the Managing Director in writing, addressed
to him/her at the Township office, the number of parcels or units
of real estate presently or hereafter rented and available for rental,
a description (by address, number and/or some other meaningful method)
of said parcel or units, and the names and ages of its lessees and
others residing with lessee at the time of such report, together with
a designation as to which unit or parcel is occupied by each.
Any change in the occupancy of real estate rented or leased or in the identity of the lessee as required in § 181-2 hereof shall be reported by lessor to the Managing Director within 10 days after such change. It is intended hereby that lessors shall report a new lessee or a lessee who rents or leases a different unit or parcel of lessor's real estate and when a unit or parcel of their real estate becomes vacant.
The Managing Director may prepare a form report
entitled "Status of Occupancy Report," which form report may require
the information set forth above and such other pertinent information
as the Managing Director may direct the lessor to incorporate into
the said report form. The failure to have such report forms, however,
shall not excuse the obligation of lessors to provide the information
required herein.
A.
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which
has violated or permitted the violation of the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement
proceeding commenced by the Township, pay a judgment of not more than
$600 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred
by the Township as a result thereof. No judgment shall commence or
be imposed, levied or payable until the date of determination of a
violation by the District Justice. If the defendant neither pays nor
timely appeals the judgment, the Township may enforce the judgment
pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure. Each day that
a violation continues or each section of this chapter which shall
be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
B.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed
or interpreted to grant to any person or entity other than the Township
the right to commerce any action for enforcement pursuant to this
section.
C.
District Justices shall have initial jurisdiction
over proceedings brought under this section.
