City of Latrobe, PA Article III Rental Property

[Added 9-12-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-6]

§ 132-19 Duty to register residential property.

A. Every landlord shall be required to register with the City of Latrobe all residential rental properties owned that are within the limits of the City by submitting an application as provided for in § 132-20. The City officials are authorized to charge a fee for the registration required under this section in an amount approved by City Council from time to time.

B. All residential property existing on the date of the adoption of this article shall be registered by the landlord on or before 90 dates after the adoption of this article.

C. All other residential rental property shall be registered by the landlord before the residential rental property is leased. For residential properties containing multiple units, each unit must be registered before it is leased.

D. Upon registration, the Code Officer shall conduct an inspection of the residential rental property to determine and ensure that the residential rental property and each unit contained therein is not a public nuisance or substandard and meets all zoning, property maintenance, health and safety requirements of the Code of Ordinances of the City.

(1) In the event the residential rental property or a unit contained therein is not in compliance with any of the zoning, property maintenance, health and safety requirements of the Code of Ordinances of the City, any deficiencies shall be noted on the inspection form and provided to the landlord and a reinspection of the residential rental property shall be scheduled. Depending on the severity of the violation, a landlord will be granted a minimum of seven days to a maximum of 30 days from the date of the inspection to abate such Code violations.

§ 132-20 Residential rental property permit.

Every landlord shall be required to submit, before the unit is leased or on a three-year basis, whichever occurs first, a residential rental property permit application, on a form developed by the Code Officer, and obtain from the Code Officer a residential rental property permit for each residential rental property owned within the City of Latrobe.

§ 132-21 Penalties and enforcement.

Any person who shall violate a provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 and/or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both, at the discretion of the court. Each day that a violation continues to occur after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense. In addition, the Code Officer or other city designee may seek such other relief as may be available in a civil action, or in equity, to address a violation of this chapter.