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Vacant Property Registration Form
This is a registration form for property owners in Pottsville with vacant or abandoned properties. Owners must register their properties within 30 days of vacancy and comply with the City's Vacant Property Registration Ordinance.
Registration Timeline
Any vacant property must be registered within 30 days of the vacancy.
Registration Fee Schedule
- 0-6 months: No fee
- 6-12 months: $25 (waivable if the property is actively marketed with a licensed Realty Company)
- 12+ months: $50 annual fee (each year until the property becomes occupied and a certificate of compliance is issued)
Owner Responsibilities
Registering your vacant property does not exclude you from having to comply with all City Code laws and regulations and keeping your property maintained. Any failure to do so will result in fines and/or citations. You are responsible for properly securing your building. If you fail to do so and the City secures the property, you will receive a bill for all charges incurred by the City of Pottsville.
Information Updates
If any information included in this form changes at any time, you must provide the City with updated and current information within 10 days. Failure to do so may result in fines for non-compliance with the Vacant Property Registration Ordinance.
City Inspection Rights
You agree that the City's Building Official or designee will be permitted to inspect the property, including any Building or Structure situated thereon, in accordance with the Vacant Property Registration Ordinance, and at such other reasonable times upon reasonable notice as determined necessary by the Building Official or designee.
Non-Liability Notice
The issuance of a certificate of compliance is not a representation by the City that the residential home, rental unit, or commercial property is in compliance with the Fire Prevention, Building, Mechanical, Property Maintenance, Electrical or Plumbing Codes. The issuance of a certificate of compliance indicates that the residential home, rental unit or commercial property did not have any dangerous conditions as of the date of the inspection. However, neither the enactment of this article nor the issuance of a certificate of compliance shall impose any liability upon the City for any errors or omissions which resulted in the issuance of such certificate, nor shall the City bear any liability not otherwise imposed by law.