Downingtown Borough Council will consider for adoption an amendment to the violations and penalties section of the property maintenance and housing standards for rental housing. The draft ordinance states: “Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or who fails to carry out an order made pursuant to this chapter or who violates any condition attached to a permit, approval or certificate, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus court costs. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.” The amendment will be considered at a council meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall, 4 W. Lancaster Ave.
Source: Daily Local; 10/11/2024