Pottstown, PA Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Section 701 created the Borough's residential rental registration requirement, originally giving existing rental owners until June 30, 2003 to register with the Department of Licensing and Inspections, with no fee charged for anyone who registered before February 28, 2003. Registrations after that date carry a fee Borough Council sets by resolution, and any newly created residential rental unit must be registered before it is ever occupied. Section 702 spells out what the registration form has to capture: the owner's name, address and phone number; the address and location of each rental unit; the rental agent's contact information if one is used; the number of units in the property; a description of each unit; and anything else the Director of Licensing and Inspections deems necessary to run the program.

Section 703 makes registration a continuing duty rather than a one-time filing: once the Department issues a Certificate of Registration, the owner must re-register whenever the number of rental units on the property changes. This registration requirement, effective October 1, 2002 under Section 704, is the entry point for the separate residential rental licensing scheme in Part 8, since a property cannot receive a rental license until it is registered, and registration and licensing together are what Chapter 11, Housing, and this Part use to track every rental unit inside Borough limits.