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Committee forwards Bill 97 to council to launch presale commercial inspections

Community and Economic Development Committee (Allentown City) · December 17, 2025
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Summary

The committee advanced Bill 97 to full council, authorizing a presale commercial inspection program that applies baseline structural and fire-safety checks at point of sale and is intended as an initial step toward a broader commercial inspection regime.

The Community and Economic Development Committee voted to forward Bill 97 to full council after staff described a proposed commercial presale inspection program.

Miss Kistler, who described the administration’s plan, said the presale inspections would focus on baseline structural and fire-safety elements — "are the windows intact, are the entries intact" — to identify code deficiencies at the point of sale and give sellers a specified period to correct them or negotiate with buyers. She…

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