Investors who want to own rental properties in Minersville, Pennsylvania need to be aware of the Minersville rental regulations.
There are two rental districts in town:
District I – East Sunbury Street from Seltzer, west along Sunbury Street, odd and even numbered addresses to Sixth Street. This includes the Schuylkill County Housing Authority units on North, Carbon, 600 Block of Lewis, and Sunbury Streets; and Minersville High Rise, located at 300 Lewis Street
District II – North Side of Sunbury Street, not including Sunbury Street addresses to township lines of Cass & Norwegian. South Side of Sunbury Street, not including Sunbury Street addresses to Branch Township line.
This is important to know where your property sits because it affects when the property will require inspection. Minersville requires all rental units to be registered with the boro and inspected every two years.
The following minimum standards and conditions shall be met in order to hold a Residential Rental Unit License. Failure to comply with any of these standards and conditions shall be adequate grounds for denial, refusal to renew, revocation, or suspension of a Residential Rental Unit License.
- The owner or agent shall have paid the required license fee (currently $10 per year).
- No Residential Rental Unit shall be over occupied or illegally occupied in violation of the Property Maintenance Code.
- The Residential Rental Unit shall not have been used or converted to units in violation of the zoning code.
- The owner or agent shall not suffer or allow weeds, vegetation, junk, debris, or rubbish to accumulate repeatedly on the exterior of the premises so as to create a nuisance condition. If the Borough is required to abate such nuisance conditions or collect, gather up or haul solid waste under this section more than three (3) times under either or both sections during a period of twelve (12) months or less, it shall be sufficient grounds to deny, revoke, suspend or refuse to renew a license.
- The Residential Rental Unit shall not be in substandard condition as defined in the Property Maintenance Code.
- The owner or agent shall have paid the required inspection fees (currently $50)
- The owner or agent shall allow the inspector, and his or her designated representative, to perform the rental inspection(s).
- The owner or agent shall verify all occupants are registered
- There shall be no delinquent property taxes or assessments on the Residential Rental Unit.
- Any owner or agent who has an interest in two (2) or more licenses revoked pursuant to this section shall be ineligible to hold a Residential Rental Unit License for a period of five (5) years.
See the links below for the full ordinance text and necessary forms to register your rental units in Minersville.
Minersville Rental Ordinance 301
Borough of Minersville Rental Registration Form
Pay particular attention to the fact that if you are not a local resident, you must hire a local agent to manage the property:
Each Owner who is not an Owner-occupant, or who does not reside in the Borough of Minersville or within a ten (10) mile air radius of the Borough limits, shall appoint an Agent who shall reside in the Borough or within a ten (10) mile air radius of the Borough limits.
Borough of Minersville - Rental Occupant Permit
Ramus Realty Group can help you find rental properties in the Minersville area (or surrounding towns as well). While we do not handle property management at this time, we can assist you in finding and placing tenants.
Please note that the information above is effective 2024 and subject to change. We will update this page when we discover changes to Minersville policy.
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