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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.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 4. THE PHILADELPHIA BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
AND OCCUPANCY CODE
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CHAPTER 4-200.0 TEXT OF SUBCODES
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SUBCODE "PM" (THE PHILADELPHIA PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE)
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SECTION PM-102.0 LICENSING
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PM-102.4 Vacant structures or lots: The owner of every vacant lot and every vacant building which is used or intended to be used in whole or in part for residential occupancy, shall obtain a license from the Department. Every person applying for a license shall supply such information as the Department requires and shall pay an annual fee as set forth in the administrative code. The owner of any vacant commercial structure shall post a bond or other security in form approved by the Law Department and in an amount determined by the Department to be necessary to secure the City's potential cost of correcting Code violations or abating unsafe or imminently dangerous conditions as authorized by PM-306.6, PM-307.6, PM 308.4, or any other provision of...
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