A. The City may deny a housing registration or renewal to any applicant of said dwelling or building if it is notin compliance with any state or local code or ordinance adopted, enacted or in effect in and for the City of Reading, is in pending litigation for violations of the aforesaid code or has been declared uninhabitable and/or condemned by the appropriate authority with jurisdiction.
B. The City may deny an application for a housing registration if the applicant (or in the case of a corporate or similar entity, its owners or affiliates) has a demonstrable history on three or more occasions of failing to address cited code violations, including lack of utilities, that present immediate threats to human health and safety within the compliance period specified by the Property Maintenance Division, currently has unresolved codes violations, delinquent property maintenance fees or has any tax delinquencies.
C. The City of Reading Property Maintenance Division is hereby authorized to placard and condemn a property for which a housing registration has not been filed with the Property Maintenance Division as required by this Part. Such action requires vacation of the property as determined by the Property Maintenance Division in the exercise of its discretion.