Chapter
214 of the Code of the City of Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, shall be known and may be cited as the "City of Coatesville Use Registration Ordinance."
This chapter is enacted by authority of the
Act of 1976, June 23, P.L. 400, No. 89, and for the purposes therein set forth as legislative
findings by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AGREEMENT OF SALE
Any agreement or written instrument which provides that title
to any property shall thereafter be transferred from one owner to
another owner and shall include inter alia written leases which contain
options to purchase the leased property and leases which provide that
the lessee of the property shall acquire title thereto after the payment
of a stipulated number of regular rent payments or after a stipulated
period of time.
OWNER
Any person, copartnership, association, corporation or fiduciary
having legal or equitable title or any interest in any real property.
Whenever used in any clause prescribing or imposing a penalty, the
term "owner," as applied to copartnerships and associations, shall
mean the partners or members thereof and, as applied to corporations,
the officers thereof.
PROPERTY
Any building or structure situate in the City of Coatesville,
except buildings or structures used, designed or intended to be used
exclusively for single-family or two-family occupancy, churches or
other places of religious worship, except that for the purpose of
certification or statements regarding notices of housing, building,
safety or fire violations, the word "property" shall include all buildings
or structures.
A certificate from the appropriate municipal
officer certifying that the property has been approved or designated
as a nonconforming use shall be deemed compliance with this chapter.
[Amended 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1012-96]
A. A fee as provided in Chapter
108, Fees, is hereby established for the initial inspection under this chapter and one subsequent inspection for certification by the appropriate municipal officer indicating the zoning district classification, the legality of the existing use of the property to be sold and whether there exists any violation or any notice of an uncorrected violation of the housing, building, safety or fire ordinances. For each follow-up inspection or visit after the first two inspections or visits, an additional fee as provided in Chapter
108, Fees, per inspection or visit shall be imposed on the owner.
[Amended 2-23-2009 by Ord. No. 1319-2009]
B. A fee as provided in Chapter
108, Fees, is hereby established for an appeal to the Board of Use Regulation Appeals.
C. In default of making application of certificate prior to transfer of property or any interest therein, the seller shall pay two times the appropriate registration fee along with all penalties listed under §
214-9.
[Added 10-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1029-96]
[Amended 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1012-96; 5-14-2001 by Ord. No. 1163-2001]
Any owner who shall violate any provision of
this chapter or shall violate or fail to comply with any order made
by the Codes Enforcement Official shall be, upon conviction thereof,
sentenced to a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs, or to a term
of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Each day that a violation continues, following notice thereof, shall
constitute a separate offense.