[Amended 12-4-2023 by Ord. No. 104-2023]
A. A risk assessment for lead source health hazards shall be conducted on any property that meets one of the following conditions:
(1) A child under six years of age with levels of blood lead equal to or greater than 3.5 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood, is determined to be occupying the dwelling.
(2) A child under six years of age with levels of blood lead, equal to or greater than 3.5 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood, is determined to regularly visit the dwelling.
(3) Any dwelling that receives federal funding for the purpose of rehabilitation, renovation or conversion of dwelling units occupied now or which could be occupied in the future by any child under six years of age and marketed according to the Federal Department of Urban and Housing Development guidelines.
(4) Any dwelling of a participant in the grant funded City of Reading Lead Hazard Control Program.
B. Risk assessments shall take the following items into consideration to determine the extent of the hazard:
(1) Consideration of the age and type of construction of the building as compared to other buildings in the area.
(2) Physical and sanitary condition of all painted surfaces.
(3) Water piping.
(4) Soil on the property.
(5) Field testing of painted surfaces by any approved method of the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.
C. The risk assessor after inspection shall issue a written and signed document stating the locations of the lead and the conditions of the leaded surfaces. A risk assessment is based only on conditions observed and recorded at the time of this inspection.