(A) Title. This ordinance shall be known as the “Proactive Rental Housing Inspections Code”. Hereinafter, this ordinance shall be referred to as “this subchapter”.
(B) Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish periodic, systematic inspection of rental housing within the borough to protect the health and safety of the public, prevent blight and preserve property values.
(C) Exemptions. All rental housing units shall be subject to the requirements of this subchapter, except for the following:
(1) Rental housing units for transient lodging, including hotels, motels, inns and tourist homes;
(2) Rental housing units in a state licensed hospital, hospice, community care facility or nursing home; convent, monastery or other facility occupied exclusively by members of a religious order; on-campus fraternity or sorority houses; or on-campus housing accommodations owned, operated, or managed by an institution of higher education or secondary school for occupancy by its students; and
(3) Rental housing units that are owned, operated by or receive funding or subsidies from federal, state, or local government entities and are inspected by the governmental entity at least once every five years.
(D) Applicability. Nothing in this subchapter shall limit or prohibit the authority of borough officers or employees from enforcing any other provision of this code or any state or federal law under their jurisdiction. None of the inspection provisions shall prohibit, condition, or otherwise limit any inspection conducted under any other provision of this code or other applicable law.
(Ord. 03-2020, passed 11-16-2020)