AVALON — Tenants here may soon be penalized if unable to provide a register of occupants renting a home or condo.
Names of registered tenants were already required under borough rental property code, however, now the occupant, not only the owner, is required to produce a tenant registry to the public safety director, police and/or Licensing and Inspection Department upon request.
Police Chief David Dean said the ordinance is a result of an incident in which a tenant was unable to produce a list of registered occupants. He said the ordinance allows a mechanism to charge the tenant and not only the owner.
“The way the current ordinance was written there was no authority for police to require a tenant to provide a copy of the register,” Council President Charles Covington said.
Now tenants could be punished if unable to produce the registry at the request of officials.
The police could issue a citation to the individual for noncompliance, Covington said.
The registry must be maintained on the property.
Borough Council introduced the ordinance on first reading Nov. 24.
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