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Borough moves to enforce rental registration after three rounds of notices; 197 landlords to receive violation letters
Summary
Following an update to the rental inspection ordinance, borough staff reported that about 600 letters were sent to landlords to register rental units; 197 landlords have not registered and will receive formal notices of violation and an administrative $10 registration fee to cover staff costs.
Director Tedesco updated council on implementation of the borough's updated rental inspection ordinance, which requires the borough to contact and inspect rental units on a three-year rotating schedule. Beginning in October, staff sent three rounds of letters to landlords across the borough: an initial wave and two follow-ups. The outreach covered roughly 600 landlords representing approximately 8,100 rental units.
Tedesco said 197 landlords had not registered after the outreach and that the borough will next send a formal notice of violation to those owners, accompanied by a $10 administrative fee to cover staff time and postage. Staff said the registration process is free to list a property but that the fee is intended to recoup processing costs for noncompliant owners; noncompliance may lead to court enforcement.
Staff also said the borough's building inspector has a plan to inspect about the first 600 units this year. The ordinance shift to proactive borough-led inspections replaces the prior landlord-notification system and is intended to ensure unit safety and regulatory compliance.
What happens next: staff will send the violation notices to the 197 unregistered landlords and proceed with inspections per the published schedule. Council was informed that enforcement will treat large and small landlords equally and that court action may follow persistent noncompliance.
