[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of North Wales 3-8-1972 by Ord. No. 428. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 159.
This chapter shall be known as the "North Wales
Borough Apartment Registration Ordinance."
[Amended 10-17-1972 by Ord. No. 435]
The purpose of this chapter is to establish
a registry of apartment units, homes and rooms within the Borough
of North Wales to aid the administration of Borough affairs.
[Amended 10-17-1972 by Ord. No. 435]
A.
OWNER
PERSON
ROOM
The following terms, when used in this chapter, shall
have the meanings herein set forth:
Any person who, alone, jointly or severally with others,
holds legal or equitable title to premises upon which and in which
there is one or more apartment units.
An individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
A space included within a building occupied by one other
than the owner or his immediate family.
B.
Use of the masculine pronoun shall include the feminine
and neuter.
[Amended 10-17-1972 by Ord. No. 435; 8-12-1977 by Ord. No.
528]
A.
Every
owner shall, between January 1 and January 31 of each year, register
with the Borough on forms provided by the Borough, all apartment units,
houses (other than those occupied by the owners exclusively), and
rooms (provided, however, that with regard to rooms, registration
shall be of those individuals who are not transient in nature and
who occupy the rooms as permanent residents), situate in the Borough
of North Wales, as of January 1 of the year of registration. An annual
registration fee shall be paid in accordance with the schedule adopted
and/or modified by resolution of the Borough Council.
[Amended 11-22-1994 by Ord. No. 674; 10-10-2017 by Ord. No. 809]
B.
Within 14 days of any change of either the identity
of the lessee and/or ownership of the premises, the present owner,
or in the case of transfer of ownership the new owner, shall forthwith
file an amended registration.
C.
The owner shall, at the same time, supply to the Borough
his name and address or the name and address of an agent for the purposes
of serving the owner with all materials as may be required pursuant
to the provisions of the Borough Council or the ordinances of the
Borough of North Wales.
[Added 1-27-1984 by Ord. No. 594; amended 11-22-1994 by Ord. No. 674]
The Zoning Officer is authorized and directed
to conduct inspections from time to time to determine whether there
has been compliance with the registration provisions of this chapter;
provided, however, that no such inspection shall be made without prior
notice to the owner and occupants thereof and shall not, without the
consent of the occupants thereof, be made other than during normal
business hours. For such purpose, and subject to the qualifications
set forth herein, he is authorized, upon justification based upon
a reasonable belief of the existence of a violation, to enter and
examine any dwelling, yard or part of either at reasonable times,
and every owner, operator or occupant shall provide him access thereto.
[Added 1-27-1987 by Ord. No. 594]
The Zoning Officer is authorized to designate a representative who shall have the authority and directive provided to the Zoning Officer in § 92-6.
[Added 1-27-1987 by Ord. No. 594]
At the time of the annual registration, as a condition of such representation, each property owner shall execute a written statement authorizing and consenting to the inspection of the registered property by the Zoning Officer or his designated representative under the circumstances authorized and directed in § 92-6.
[Amended 8-12-1977 by Ord. No. 528; 11-22-1994 by Ord. No. 674]
A.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this
chapter by failing to register as provided herein shall, upon conviction
thereof before a District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than $600 and the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days,
provided that each day's continuance of such violation shall constitute
a separate offense.
B.
Where the owner has been given notice personally,
or by certified mail, which notice shall set forth the time, place
and nature of the violation, no prosecution shall be instituted for
48 hours after said notice; and if during said forty-eight-hour period
the offender shall voluntarily enter a plea of guilty and pay a fine
of $100 to the Borough Secretary for the use of the Borough, no prosecution
for such offense shall thereafter be brought.
