Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 15092. Mayor may grant license;  refusals to be recorded;  contents of license;  term;  disposition of license on death of licensee

The mayor of every city of the first class is hereby authorized to grant tenement-house licenses to those applicants who have complied with the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations of the department of public health and charities pertaining to tenement-houses, and whose buildings fully meet all the requirements of this act.  Whenever the mayor refuses to grant a license, he shall forthwith record, in detail, his reasons for such refusal in a proper book, which shall be a public record.

Each license shall clearly specify the name and address of the person authorized to conduct the tenement-house, and, if such person is not the owner, the name and address of the owner, its location, the number of rooms or apartments which may be occupied for tenement purposes, and the date of the expiration of the license.  Every license shall expire at the end of the calendar year for which it was issued, or at any time prior thereto if the person to whom it is issued ceases to conduct the said tenement-house:  Provided, however, That, should the person to whom the license had been issued die during its term, the license shall, nevertheless, be valid for thirty days from the date of his death, in favor of his legal representative or of the person to whom the tenement-house passes by law, as the case may be.