[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Aleppo as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 9-3-1952 by Ord. No. 3]
From and after September 30, 1952, rent controls shall remain
in effect in said Township.
[Adopted 3-15-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-4]
This article is enacted to provide for the uniform and equitable
distribution of the tax levies in the Township of Aleppo and upon
the inhabitants thereof and to promote the health, safety, morals
and general welfare of the inhabitants of the Township of Aleppo.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context:
A parcel of real estate, with or without improvements located
thereon, utilized by any person or persons for any commercial activity
or purpose.
One or more rooms used for living and sleeping purposes,
arranged for occupancy by one family or by one or more persons.
A lessor, or person who acts as agent for the lessor, of
any parcel of real estate located in the Township of Aleppo, or a
lessor, or person who acts as agent for the lessor, of any improvements
on real estate or any building located in the Township of Aleppo.
Any individual, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
A person who has the use, either by himself or with others,
of a dwelling unit or a business unit, owned by a person other than
himself, for a period exceeding 30 days.
Within 30 days from the effective date of this article, each
landlord shall submit to the Township Secretary a report in the form
approved by the Township Manager or his/her designee, said report
form to be made available by the Township Secretary, which includes
the following information:
A.
List of the dwelling units and business units owned by the landlord,
located within the Township of Aleppo limits, whether occupied or
not occupied.
B.
Address of each dwelling unit and business unit.
C.
Brief description of each dwelling unit or business unit.
D.
Whether or not said dwelling unit or business unit is inhabited or
utilized by tenants.
E.
Names of each and every tenant or tenants utilizing the aforementioned
dwelling unit or business unit, if any.
After the effective date of this article, any person who becomes a landlord of any parcel of real estate or any improvement on real estate or building located in the Township of Aleppo by agreement of sale, by deed, or by any other means shall, within 30 days thereafter, report to the Township Secretary the information and data set forth in § 309-4 above, on forms to be provided by the Township Secretary.
After the effective date of this article, each and every landlord
of property within the Township of Aleppo shall report to the Township
Secretary any change or changes in the use or occupancy of any dwelling
unit or business unit owned by such landlord. The reported change
shall include the name or names of each and every new tenant of such
dwelling unit or business unit, the date when such change was effected
and the forwarding address of the old tenant or tenants, if known.
A landlord of a hotel, inn or boardinghouse shall not be required
to report a person as a tenant until that person has resided in such
landlord's establishment for a period exceeding 30 days. In the
event that a dwelling unit or business unit was used or utilized by
a tenant and then becomes vacant, this change shall also be reported
to the Township Secretary. All reports required by this section shall
be made within 10 days after a landlord has knowledge that such a
unit has had a change in occupancy or has become vacant.
The Township Secretary, under the authority of this article,
shall:
A.
Maintain on file at the Township of Aleppo office the names of all
landlords owning dwelling units and business units in the Township
of Aleppo who have filed such reports, said list to include the names
of the current tenants of said dwelling units and business units.
C.
Maintain a listing of the address and description of any dwelling
unit or business unit that is vacant, unoccupied and not in use.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$1,000 and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 30 days.
