Allentown Inspection fee lawsuit - Outcome?

[Kevin Donovan]

Hello Allentown landlords - I am in Pottstown and it looks like we will be experiencing changes in inspection fees in the near future.  I volunteered to do the research to find out what other landlords in other communities have done to fight/object to these increasing fees.  When I did a google search I notice an article in the Morning Call from Jan 2012 with the headine

Landlords sue city over rental unit fee hike

Lawsuit calls the $75 fee "an unlawful special tax."

I cannot find any follow up and seems Lehigh County civil records are not easy to get from the internet.

Did this settle?  What was outcome? Any feedback about the attorney representing the landlord?  Any links that I can access on the internet to read about this case.

Thanks - Kevin

[Steve Babiak]

Originally posted by @Kevin Donovan:

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Pottstown is also throwing around an idea of a good landlord program.  If you go through the courses and ONLY rent to tenants they feel are appropriate you pay the regular yearly rental rate per unit. ...

Does Pottstown realize that most of the rental residents they now have would fall into their "inappropriate" classification?  :)