§ 162-11. License fees.

A. 

Every owner, landlord, manager or agent for an owner who rents or leases any dwelling unit in any multifamily dwelling or any rooming unit in any rooming house, including a boarding, lodging or tourist home, or in any single-family home in the Township of Bern, except those exempted from the requirements of this section by § 162-7B, shall be responsible to pay the following fees associated with each dwelling unit let or intended to be let:

(1) 

A fee of $50 shall be paid to the Township for each building housing a dwelling unit or multiple dwelling units at the same time the application for a rental operating license is submitted to the Township.

(2) 

Upon receipt of the rental operating license application, the dwelling units shall be inspected by the Building Inspector in conformity with § 162-8, and the owner, landlord, manager or agent for an owner shall be responsible for payment of the fee associated with the Building Inspector's inspection of the dwelling unit, and no license shall be issued until said fee is paid by the owner, landlord, manager or agent for an owner of the dwelling unit in question.

(3) 

If any dwelling unit upon being inspected is found to contain conditions which must be abated prior to the issuance of a rental operating license and must be reinspected in order to determine that the unsafe condition has been abated, the owner, landlord, manager or agent for an owner shall be responsible to pay the fee associated with the Building Inspector's reinspection of the dwelling unit.

B. 

All fees associated with the Building Inspector's inspection of dwelling units shall be calculated at an hourly rate set from time to time, but no more than annually, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.