(A) Every person owning a rental property rooming house or other rental property shall give notice, in writing, to the Housing Inspector within 24 hours after having transferred or otherwise disposed of the legal control of any licensed rooming house or rental property. Such notice shall include the name and address of the person or persons succeeding to the ownership or control of such rooming house or rental property.
(B) Every owner or other person in charge of a rental property or rooming house shall keep or cause to be kept records of all request for repairs and complaints by tenants, which are related to the provisions of this subchapter and to any applicable rules and regulations, and of all corrections made in response to such requests and complaints. Such records shall be made available by the owner or other person in charge to the Housing Inspector for inspection and copying upon demand. Such records shall be admissible in any administrative or judicial proceedings pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter as prima facie evidence of the violation or the correction of violations of this subchapter or applicable rules and regulations pursuant thereto.
(C) Whenever, upon inspection of the rental property or rooming house or of use records required to be kept by this subchapter, the Housing Inspector finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation if the provisions of this subchapter or of any applicable rules and regulations pursuant thereto, the Inspector shall serve the owner or other person in charge with notice violation in a manner hereinafter provided. Such notice shall state that unless the violations cited are corrected within the time provided, the owner shall be subject to penalties provided by this subchapter.
(D) Every person proposing to operate a rental property or rental property rooming house approved by the borough for such purpose shall be required to register said rental property or rental property rooming house.
(E) Insofar as applicable, inspections of rental properties shall be based upon compliance with BOCA National Property Maintenance Code 1996 and National Electrical Code 1999 or International Building Code 2000. By resolution, Borough Council may hereafter adopt a later or revised edition or editions of each code as the standard for inspections. A copy of the then-applicable code shall be available to the public for examination during regular business hours at the Borough Office.
(2006 Code, § 11-211) (Ord. 6/5/2000, passed 6-5-2000; Ord. 4/19/2001, passed 4-19-2001) Penalty, see § 151.99