Section 27-2098. Registration statement; contents  


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  • a.  The  registration
      statement shall include the following information:
        (1) An identification of the premises by block and lot number, and  by
      the  street numbers and names of all streets contiguous to the dwelling,
      or by such other description as will enable the department to locate the
      dwelling. If the dwelling is a garden-type maisonette  dwelling  project
      required  to  register  pursuant to paragraph four of subdivision (b) of
      section  27-2099  of  this  article,  the  owner  who  files  the  first
      registration  statement  with the department for such project shall list
      on the registration statement the street numbers for  each  dwelling  in
      the  project  and  shall  designate  an  address  by  which  the project
      dwellings are to be identified by the department.
        (2) An identification of the owner by  name,  residence  and  business
      address. If the owner is a corporation, the identification shall include
      the  name  and  address  of  such  corporation  together with the names,
      residences and business addresses of the officers. In the  case  of  any
      class  A  multiple  dwelling  used for single room occupancy pursuant to
      section two hundred forty-eight of the multiple  dwelling  law,  if  the
      owner  is a corporation, the identification shall also include the names
      and addresses of any person whose share of ownership of the  corporation
      exceeds  twenty-five  percent. For the purposes of this subdivision, any
      person owning a share of a parent corporation shall be deemed to  be  an
      owner of a share of a subsidiary corporation equal to the product of the
      percentage  of his or her ownership of the parent corporation multiplied
      by  the  percentage  of  the  parent  corporation's  ownership  of   the
      subsidiary  corporation. If the owner is under the age of eighteen years
      or  has  been  judicially  declared  incompetent,  his  or   her   legal
      representative shall file the registration statement.
        (3)  If the dwelling is a multiple dwelling, the name and address of a
      managing agent  designated  by  the  owner  to  be  in  control  of  and
      responsible  for  the  maintenance and operation of such dwelling and to
      authorize, on behalf of the  owner,  the  correction  of  any  emergency
      conditions or the making of any emergency repairs for which the owner is
      responsible  under  the  provisions of the multiple dwelling law or this
      code. To qualify for such designation,  an  agent  shall  be  a  natural
      person over the age of twenty-one years and shall reside within the city
      or  customarily and regularly attend a business office maintained within
      the city. An owner or corporate officer who  meets  such  qualifications
      may be designated to serve and registered as the managing agent.
        (4)  If  the  dwelling  is a multiple dwelling or a one- or two-family
      dwelling where neither the owner nor  any  family  member  occupies  the
      dwelling,  the  number  of  a  telephone within the greater metropolitan
      area, as identified by the department, where an owner or officer, if the
      owner is a corporation, or the managing agent may reasonably be expected
      to be reached at all  times.  The  telephone  number  contained  in  the
      registration statement shall not constitute a public record and shall be
      accessible  only  to  duly  authorized  employees  or  officers  of  the
      department and used exclusively by such personnel in connection with  an
      emergency  arising  on  the  premises for which the owner is responsible
      under the provisions of the multiple dwelling  law  or  this  code.  The
      department  may  promulgate  regulations  to implement the provisions of
      this paragraph.
        (5) If the dwelling is a one- or two-family dwelling and  neither  the
      owner  nor any family member occupies the dwelling, the name and address
      of a natural person who is over  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and  a
      resident  of  the  city,  designated  by the owner to receive service of
      notices, orders or summonses issued by the department.
    
        b. The registration statement shall be signed by the owner or, if  the
      owner  is a corporation, by any officer. In the appropriate case, either
      the managing agent or  the  designee  described  in  paragraph  five  of
      subdivision  a  of  this  section  shall  sign the statement to indicate
      consent  to  the designation except that such consent is not required if
      an owner or officer of a  corporation  is  registered  as  the  managing
      agent.
        c. The registration statement shall be filed on forms to be prescribed
      by  the  department and shall be accompanied by a filing fee of thirteen
      dollars. In  the  case  of  an  owner  previously  registered  with  the
      department,  no  new  filing  fee  shall be required for the filing of a
      supplemental registration.
        d. The department may require that a  multiple  dwelling  registration
      statement contain such other information, in addition to the information
      specifically  required  by this article, which it deems to be related to
      the ownership or management of such dwelling.