Official:Amending Subcode "PM" of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code," by requiring owners of vacant lots and vacant buildings to post a bond or other security for the City's potential cost of correcting Code violations or abating unsafe or imminently dangerous conditions when authorized law; providing that failure to post such security will result in suspension of the vacant property license and all other licenses issued to such person under the Property Maintenance Code, including residential rental property licenses, multiple-family dwelling licenses and rooming house licenses, until such security is posted; and providing that during such a period of license suspension, there shall be no right to recover possession of premises or to collect rent; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Mariano
Introduced: November 16, 2000
Signed: March 29, 2001
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires owners of vacant lots and buildings in Philadelphia to post a bond or security to cover potential costs of correcting code violations or addressing safety hazards.
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