§ 231-25. Certificate of habitation.

A. 

No owner, owner of rental properties, agent of owner, real estate agent or broker, firm, company, partnership, corporation or person or persons shall sell, rent, transfer, grant, lease, let or mortgage with right of occupancy or otherwise dispose of the ownership or occupancy thereof, whether or not for a consideration and whether such disposal of ownership or occupancy be temporary or permanent, any dwelling unit, hotel, motel, rooming house, rooming unit, boardinghouse or premises on which a building is located and is used for human occupancy unless a certificate of habitation certifying that the building and premises are in compliance with all applicable ordinances of the Borough shall be obtained from the Housing Officer of the Borough. Such certificate of habitation shall be granted or denied within 10 days from the date of the application for same.

B. 

The Housing Officer shall prepare appropriate application forms for such certificate of habitation and make them available to applicants.

C. 

The Housing Officer shall also prepare a form of such certificate of habitation.

D. 

Fees. The inspection fee shall include one reinspection at no charge where required. All fees shall not be refundable. The fees are as follows:

(1) 

A charge of $50 per dwelling unit being sold.

(2) 

A charge of $50 per dwelling unit (not rooming unit) being rented.

(3) 

A charge of $20 per rooming unit being rented and $15 per rooming unit when two or more are being inspected at the same time and location.

(4) 

A charge of $20 additional fee for each unit each time it requires more than two inspections.