Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 15042. Provisions for enforcing the act;  licenses for rooming or tenement houses

On and after the passage of this act, no building shall be occupied or permitted to be occupied as a rooming-house or tenement-house unless the owner or lessee of such building, or the conductor of such tenement, shall have first made application to the Bureau or Board of Health   1 for a license therefor.  Such application shall be made in writing, and shall state the nature and extent of the applicant's interest in the property, the name and address of the owner or his agent, the location of the building, the use to which it is to be put, and the number of rooms to be occupied.  Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for each rooming-house, and, for a tenement-house, fifty cents ($.50) for each apartment that is to be occupied for living purposes.  The license shall be granted, without further charge, by the chief of the division, after he has inspected the premises and certified that the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations of the Bureau or Board of Health have been complied with.  Said license shall be for the remainder of the calendar year, and may be revoked for cause.