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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
Chapter DL DISPOSITION LIST
§ 308-103. Application for housing registration.
   A.   Applications for housing registration shall be made in writing or by electronic application on forms prepared and provided by the City of Reading Property Maintenance Division and shall be accompanied by payment of the applicable fee(s) as per the City of Reading Fee Schedule, Chapter 212. Such forms shall require, but shall not be limited to, the following information and shall be accepted and sworn to by the owner:
      (1)   The name, business address, date of birth, telephone numbers (business and mobile), and driver's license, state-issued identification or governmental identification number(s) of all of the owner(s) and the responsible local agent of any residential and mixed-use parcel. A federal EIN (employee identification number) must be provided if the owner is a corporation, limited-liability company, or partnership.
      (2)   The address of the premises for which the housing registration is required.
      (3)   A zoning permit application as applicable.
      (4)   Participation in a recognized trash/disposal program and the City's recycling program will be verified.
      (5)   The business privilege license number as provided by the City.
   B.   Registration of any parcel required to have a housing registration is required within 30 days of the change of ownership or change of use.
   C.   Special provisions for properties with a valid housing permit issued prior to December 31, 2007, but lacking valid zoning permits for multiple-dwelling or rooming house use.
      (1)   Any property previously registered with the City of Reading Property Maintenance Division and holding a valid housing permit issued by the Reading Property Maintenance Division prior to December 31, 2007, and has remained current shall be required to apply to the Zoning Administrator for a zoning permit prior to submitting an application for a housing registration. The Zoning Administrator shall make an initial determination as to whether the subject property is located within a zoning district where multifamily rental use is legally permitted as an allowed use or a use previously approved as a conditional use pursuant to Subsection D of § 27-1203 of the Zoning Ordinance, as amended. 2
         (a)   If the Zoning Administrator determines that the subject property is located within a zoning district where multifamily rental use is legally permitted in accordance with the foregoing provisions in Subsection A, it will be granted a zoning permit as a legally permitted use under the applicable zoning, subject to Subsection B hereunder, and it will be required to comply with all of the provisions of this subpart and any other applicable chapters as verified upon inspection by the Property Maintenance Division.
         (b)   If the subject property had a valid housing permit as of December 31, 2007, but is determined to be located within a zoning district where multifamily rental use is not legally permitted in accordance with the foregoing provisions in Subsection A, it will be granted a zoning permit as a prior nonconforming use by the Zoning Administrator within the meaning of Subsection B of § 27-607 of the Zoning Ordinance 3 and remain eligible for a housing registration provided it conforms to the remaining requirements of the City of Reading codes and Code of the City of Reading.
      (2)   The Zoning Administrator shall make a secondary determination as to whether the number of dwellings present exceeds the number of units previously recorded for the premises in City records. A housing registration will be denied until the property is modified to comply with the number of units previously recorded.
      (3)   A zoning permit issued by the Zoning Administrator in accordance with Subsections A and B hereinabove shall satisfy the requirements of § 308-105, and the issuance of a housing registration shall be subject to compliance with the remaining provisions of Subsection A.
2.   Editor's Note: See § 600-1203.