About the Property Maintenance Division
2012 Housing and Zoning Ordinance (Powerpoint)
About the Property Maintenance Division
The Property Maintenance Division is a part of the Community Development Department for the City of Reading, PA.
If you want to make a complaint about a property in your neighborhood, you may call the Citizen Services Center @ 1- 877-727-3234 or use our online Action Center Contact Form.
Listed below are some of the complaints/tasks that Property Maintenance would investigate or perform but please do not hesitate to call in all your complaints to the Citizens Service Center. If your complaint falls under another division, the Citizens Service Center will simply assign it to the appropriate division.
Illegal Rental Properties
Tenant Complaints
Blighted Properties
Unsafe Conditions
Abandoned or Junk Cars
High Grass or Weeds
Health & Safety Inspections (These are required whenever someone purchases a home in the City of Reading)
Rental Inspection Program
Improper Storage of Trash
Exterior Maintenance (paint, shutters, roof, gutters, etc)
Police Department: 610-655-6116
Animals
Loud Parties
Commercial Vehicles Parked on Residential Streets
Drug Activities
Any Suspicious Activity
Vandalism
Zoning Department: 610-655-6343
Operation of Business From Home
Residential Overcrowding
Improper use of a Building or Lot
Signs Placed in City Right of Way
Vehicles without City Decal (may be Treasurer)
Fire Department: 610-655-6080
Fire Incident Occurrence
Suspicious Activity Around Abandoned Buildings
Blocked Exits in Commercial Buildings and Retail Strips
One Stop Shop Information Center (Effective Date
01-03-06) - 610-655-6284
In an effort to create a customer friendly environment
for City of Reading Development Projects, we have streamlined
our existing permit operations and have created an office
which will include staff from Building/Trades Division,
Zoning Division, Planning Division, Engineering Division,
and Fire Department. The office will meet with Citizens,
Builders, Developers, and Contractors once
a week by appointment with the following schedule:
Thursday: 9AM – 12PM
The basic purpose of this effort is to make all decision
makers available for our clients at one place which in
turn will help the clients to eliminate any uncertainties
from site development review process point of view. This
type of process help us to bring flexibility to our regulatory
process and enhance communication between all stakeholders
and key players in this process.
We always welcome your comments and suggestions for any
improvements to City of Reading regulatory process.
