City of Philadelphia - File #: 100011-A

• File #: 100011-A
• Version: 2
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 1/28/2010
• In control: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
• Final action: 12/15/2011
• Title: Amending Chapter 6-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Lead Paint Disclosure," to require a certification that a property is lead free or lead safe before it may be rented to a tenant; amending Chapter PM-102.0, entitled "Licensing," to require landlord certification of compliance with certain provisions of Chapter 6-800 as a condition of receipt of a housing inspection license; and making technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Tasco
• Indexes: LEAD-BASED PAINT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/21/2011	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
12/15/2011	2	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	16:1
12/8/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
12/8/2011	2	CITY COUNCIL	AMENDED
12/1/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
12/1/2011	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
11/30/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/30/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING HELD
11/30/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	AMENDED
11/30/2011	1	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
6/13/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/13/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING HELD
6/13/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	RECESSED
6/7/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/7/2011	0	Committee on Public Health and Human Services	RECESSED
1/28/2010	0	CITY COUNCIL	Re-Referred
1/28/2010	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Chapter 6-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Lead Paint Disclosure," to require a certification that a property is lead free or lead safe before it may be rented to a tenant; amending Chapter PM-102.0, entitled "Licensing," to require landlord certification of compliance with certain provisions of Chapter 6-800 as a condition of receipt of a housing inspection license; and making technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 6-800 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

TITLE 6. HEALTH CODE.

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CHAPTER 6-800. LEAD PAINT DISCLOSURE AND CERTIFICATION.

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§ 6-802. Definitions.

In this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:


(1) Certified Lead Inspector. A person who is certified by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health [, or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,] as qualified by training and experience to conduct comprehensive lead inspections and risk assessments, or by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as an "inspector-risk assessor" pursuant to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry's Lead-Based Paint Occupation Accreditation and Certification Regulations; or is certified by the EPA and trained as a lead dust sampling technician.

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(3) Deteriorated Paint. Paint or other coating that is cracking, flaking, chipping, peeling, chalking, not intact or otherwise separating from the substrate of a building component, except that pinholes and hairline fractures attributable to the settling of a building shall not be considered deteriorated coating.


[(3)] (4) Lead-based Paint. * * *

[(4)] (5) Lead-based Paint Hazard. * * *

(6) Lead-Contaminated Dust. Surface dust that contains a mass per area concentration of lead equal to or exceeding 40 micrograms per square foot on floors or 250 micrograms per...