[Adopted 12-5-1996 by Ord. No. 96-07;
amended 7-31-2000 by Ord. No. 00-03; 7-6-2006 by Ord. No. 06-10; 10-4-2007 by Ord. No.
07-13]
[Amended 10-5-2017 by Ord. No. 17-03]
The owner of any residential rental property, prior to rental or lease involving a new occupancy of any unit of dwelling space in such property, shall obtain a certificate of inspection for the unit of dwelling space from the Housing Officer of the Township of Mannington. The Housing Officer of the Township of Mannington shall issue such certificate of inspection only after he or she inspects the unit of dwelling space and finds that such unit meets the standards of any property maintenance codes adopted by the Township of Mannington and the requirements of Chapter 70, Land Development, of the Code of the Township of Mannington. A new inspection and certificate of inspection must be obtained each time there is change of occupancy of any unit of dwelling space in any residential rental property, prior to the new occupancy.
[Amended 12-17-2015 by Ord. No. 15-04]
The fee for said inspection and certificate of inspection shall
be $50 for the first and second inspections of the same dwelling and
$50 for each subsequent inspection necessary until a certificate of
continued occupancy is issued.
For the purposes of this chapter, "owner" means
the person, organization or corporation who owns, purports to own,
or exercises control of any residential rental property.
Violations of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in § 1-15 of this Code.
