[Amended 4-14-2014 by Ord. No. 24-2014]
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Police officers or public officers shall investigate alleged incidents of disruptive conduct. They shall complete a disruptive conduct form upon finding that the reported incident constitutes disruptive conduct as defined herein. The information filed in said form shall include the identity of the alleged perpetrators of the disruptive conduct and all other obtainable information, including the factual basis for the disruptive conduct described on the prescribed form. A copy of the disruptive conduct form will be provided to the occupant. If the finding is considered valid by the Reading Police Department, a copy of the disruptive conduct report shall be mailed to the occupant and mailed to the owner within 15 working days of the date the form is issued to the occupant.
A. Eviction. After two disruptive conduct incidents in any twelve-month period by an occupant documented by disruptive conduct reports, the owner shall have 10 working days from the date of the written notice to begin eviction proceedings against the occupant(s) or pursue an appeal. This subsection is not intended to limit or inhibit the owner's right to initiate eviction action.
B. Suspension or revocation of housing permit. Failure of an owner or local authorized agent to take action required in Subsection A above will result in the commencement of the process to suspend the housing permit for the property where the disruptive conduct incident occurred in accordance with/per the process established herein, notwithstanding any other requirements therefor.
C. Reinstatement of housing permit. The housing unit involved shall not have its housing permit reinstated until the applicable reinstatement fee is paid and the disruptive occupants have been evicted, unless the appeal filed by the property owner or occupant has concluded and was approved. Notwithstanding this subsection, if there are violations assessed against the owner per the provisions of this part which require suspension or revocation, a housing permit shall not be reinstated until compliance with the requirements therefor have occurred.
D. Report against all occupants. The content of the disruptive conduct report shall count against all occupants of the housing unit. The content of the disruptive conduct report shall not count against all occupants of the rental unit if the complaint is initiated by one of the housing unit occupants. More than one disruptive conduct report filed against the occupants of a housing unit in a twenty-four-hour period shall count as a single disruptive conduct report for the purpose of the preceding subsection.
E. Maintenance of list of disruptive conduct report tenants and occupants and evicted occupants. The Property Maintenance Division shall maintain a list of the names of all occupants and tenants against whom a disruptive conduct report is issued as a result of this Part. The Property Maintenance Division shall also maintain a list of all occupants and tenants evicted as a result of this Part. The names shall remain on the list for a period of five years.
4. Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 78-2015, adopted 11-23-2015, renumbered former Subsections D through F of this section as Subsections C through E, respectively.