[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Slippery Rock as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-7-1972 by Ord. No. 279 (Ch. 11, Part 1, of the
1983 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any person who can show written proof that he has authority
to act for the property owner.
A building designed for or used solely or primarily to provide
housing for college or university students. The building may be publicly
or privately owned, leased, operated, managed or otherwise controlled.
Staff or monitors may also reside therein. The term "primarily" shall
be construed to mean over 75% of the total design capacity of the
building as permitted by local or state regulations, whichever is
the more stringent.
A building or portion thereof containing or designed to contain
three or more separate dwelling units with or without common access
facilities.
One or more rooms designed for or occupied by one family
for living purposes and containing cooking, living, sanitary and sleeping
facilities for use solely by one family. All rooms comprising a dwelling
unit shall have access through an interior door to other parts of
the dwelling unit.
A tract of land in single ownership upon which are placed
two or more mobile homes, which has been developed with all necessary
facilities and services in accordance with a site development plan
meeting all the requirements of this article, and which is intended
for the express purpose of providing a satisfactory living environment
for mobile home residents on a long-term occupancy basis.
An area of land, controlled by a landowner, to be developed
as a single entity for a number of dwelling units, the development
plan for which does not correspond in lot size, bulk or type of dwelling,
density, lot coverage and required open space to the regulations established
in the district where planned residential development is permitted.
A building other than a dormitory, hotel, fraternity or sorority
house containing not more than one dwelling unit occupied by a family
and providing, for compensation, rooming units for the lodging of
not more than 10 individuals in addition to the family.
A room or rooms constituting a separate, independent housekeeping
unit that is physically separated from any other rooms, dwelling units,
or rooming units in the same structure. The rooming unit shall contain
living and sleeping facilities but not cooking or eating facilities
and shall be occupied by no more than one family.
Three to eight separate dwelling units attached to each other
by party or common walls, with each unit having individual access
and rear common or private garden orientation.
A.
Whoever, as owner, landlord, manager, or agent for owner, rents any
dwelling unit or room or rooms for a period in excess of 30 days shall
supply the Borough Administrator/Secretary with the following information:
B.
Such information shall be supplied to the Borough Administrator/Secretary
within 10 days of the renting, leasing or subleasing of any dwelling
unit or rooms.
The officers of any fraternities or sororities, the owner of any rooming house or private home in which rooms are rented shall maintain within said home at all times a registry containing the names, local mailing address and home mailing address of all tenants or occupants. Such registry shall be kept current at all times and shall be available for inspection by the Borough Code Enforcement Officer at any time during normal business hours. In addition to such registry, the officers of a fraternity or sorority, rooming house, owner or agent for owner shall comply with the provisions of § 221-2 hereof.
Any owner, operator, manager or agent for owner of a mobile or manufactured home park established in accordance with Chapter 350, Subdivision and Land Development, and Chapter 375, Zoning, shall, in addition to complying with § 221-2 hereof, also maintain a registry in accordance with § 221-3 hereof and, in addition, shall notify the Borough Administrator/Secretary of the type, make and model of any mobile home moved into such mobile home park. Within 10 days of the date of removal of any mobile home from a mobile home park within the Borough of Slippery Rock, the owner, operator, manager or agency for owner shall notify the Borough Administrator/Secretary of the intention to move said mobile home and the destination of the mobile home.
[Amended 12-7-1983 by Ord. No. 328[1]]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not more than
$600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by
the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not
paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in
accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day
a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section
of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate
offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section,
the Borough may enforce this article in equity in the Court of Common
Pleas of Butler County.
[Adopted 7-11-2006 by Ord. No. 629 (Ch. 11, Part 2, of the
1983 Code)]
There are hereby established regulations for the issuance of
a rental operating license:
A.
No person shall operate as a rental unit a single-family dwelling
unit, multiple dwelling, apartment building, townhouse, conversion
unit, or dormitory unless he holds a current unrevoked operating license
issued by the Code Enforcement Officer in his name for the specified
rental unit.
B.
Upon completed application, all rental units shall be inspected for
compliance with this article. Violations will be noted and processed
according to this section prior to issuance of the operating license.
C.
Every operating license shall be issued for a period of two years,
unless sooner revoked, and may be renewed for successive periods not
to exceed two years. The initial operating license may be issued for
a period of one year at the discretion of the Borough Code Enforcement
Officer, in order to bring a dwelling unit into compliance with the
Property Maintenance Code or to maintain the inspection sequence of
the rental operating license program.
D.
Each rental unit will be inspected and shall comply in full with
Slippery Rock Borough's Property Maintenance Code, designated
as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2003 Edition (or currently
adopted edition), as published by the International Code Council,
as adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the Borough of Slippery
Rock,[1] for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance
of all property, buildings and structures by providing the standards
for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and
conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary
and fit for occupancy and use.
E.
Right of entry. The Code Enforcement Officer is authorized to enter
the structure or premises at reasonable times to inspect, subject
to constitutional restrictions on unreasonable searches and seizures.
Prior to entering into a space not otherwise open to the general public,
the Code Enforcement Officer shall make reasonable effort by telephone
or letter to locate the owner or other persons having charge or control
of the premises, present proper identification and request entry.
If requested entry is refused or not obtained, the Code Enforcement
Officer shall pursue recourse as provided by law.
F.
The cost for the license to operate a rental dwelling shall be established
by Borough Council from time to time by resolution,[2] based on the type of residential structure and number
of dwelling or rooming units.
[2]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Resolution is on file
in the office of the Borough Administrator/Secretary.
G.
The owner or agent of the owner of a residential rental property
licensed as per the provisions of this article shall file with the
Code Enforcement Officer a completed unverified condition report for
those intervening years when an inspection is not scheduled. Such
report shall be on a form provided by the Borough. Failure to file
such report within 30 days, upon notice, shall constitute a violation
of this article and subject the owner or agent of the owner to all
applicable penalties.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Rental units shall be inspected and approved for occupancy as
follows. The administration and enforcement of this Code within the
Borough of Slippery Rock shall be undertaken in either or both of
the following ways, as determined by Borough Council of Slippery Rock
from time to time by resolution:
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not more than
$600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by
the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not
paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in
accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day
a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section
of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate
offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section,
the Borough may enforce this article in equity in the Court of Common
Pleas of Butler County.
