90.5 WESA An ordinance passed by City Council in 2015 would have required landlords to register their properties with the city and pay a fee for inspections and registration processing, but it was never implemented.
An Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judge struck down a City of Pittsburgh ordinance on Tuesday that aimed to improve rental property standards in the city and eliminate absentee landlords. City Council
In his decision, Judge Joseph James called the fee “excessive” and an “impermissible tax.”
The ordinance would have required landlords to register their properties with the city and pay a per unit fee for inspections and registration processing. The fee would range from $45 to $65, and landlords who own large apartment buildings would pay less per unit. Landlords who passed the inspection would only have to pay half the fee to renew their rental registration permit and could wait five years between inspections rather than three years.
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