PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 928 PRINTER'S NO. 1070
No. 864 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MELLOW, MUSTO, WILLIAMS, KASUNIC, COSTA AND
PICCOLA, APRIL 2, 1997
SENATOR ULIANA, URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, AS AMENDED,
MAY 6, 1997
AN ACT
1 Authorizing cities of the second class A to impose property
2 maintenance ordinances.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Property maintenance ordinance.
6 (A) IMPOSITION; PENALTIES.--A city of the second class A may <--
7 impose property maintenance ordinances and any standard or
8 nationally recognized property maintenance code. The property
9 maintenance ordinance may provide penalties of fines not
10 exceeding one per month ON A PROPERTY and limited to no more <--
11 than $1,000 for the first two CONTINUAL AND UNCORRECTED <--
12 violations of the same subsection of such ordinance ON THE SAME <--
13 PROPERTY and not exceeding $10,000 for the third and any
14 subsequent CONTINUAL AND UNCORRECTED violation of the same <--
15 subsection of such ordinance ON THE SAME PROPERTY. <--
16 (B) GRADED PENALTIES.--IF A VIOLATION OF THE PROPERTY <--
17 MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE IS FOUND TO POSE A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC'S
1 HEALTH, SAFETY OR PROPERTY, THEN PENALTIES OF FINE MAY BE
2 PROVIDED FOR AS FOLLOWS:
3 (1) NOT EXCEEDING ONE VIOLATION PER FIVE CALENDAR DAYS
4 FOR A CONTINUAL AND UNCORRECTED VIOLATION OF THE SAME
5 SUBSECTION OF SUCH ORDINANCE ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
6 (2) LIMITED TO NO LESS THAN $500 AND NO MORE THAN $1,000
7 FOR THE FIRST TWO CONTINUAL AND UNCORRECTED VIOLATIONS OF THE
8 SAME SUBSECTION OF SUCH ORDINANCE ON THE SAME PROPERTY AND NO
9 LESS THAN $1,000 AND NOT EXCEEDING $10,000 FOR THE THIRD AND
10 ANY SUBSEQUENT CONTINUAL AND UNCORRECTED VIOLATION OF THE
11 SAME SUBSECTION OF SUCH ORDINANCE ON THE SAME PROPERTY, OR
12 IMPRISONMENT FOR ANY TERM NOT EXCEEDING 90 DAYS, OR BOTH.
13 Section 2. Effective date.
14 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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