[Adopted 7-7-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-03]
[Amended 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-05]
The Board of Supervisors of East Caln Township
hereby adopts the International Existing Building Code, 2006 Edition,
including Appendix Chapters A and B as now and as hereafter supplemented,
reissued, amended and revised, as published by the International Code
Council, Inc. Not fewer than three copies of the International Existing
Building Code, 2006 Edition, have been and now are filed in the office
of the Secretary of East Caln Township, and the same is hereby adopted
and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein.
[Amended 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-05]
The following amendments, additions, deletions
and changes are hereby made to the International Existing Building
Code, 2006 Edition.
A.Â
Section 101.1 shall be amended by the insertion of
the words East Caln Township, replacing [Name of Jurisdiction].
B.Â
Section 103 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following: Section 103 Office of Life Safety and Code Enforcement.
C.Â
Section 103.1 shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
Section 103.1 Code enforcement agency. The Office of Life Safety and Code Enforcement shall be responsible
for administering and enforcing this code. The Director of the Office
of Life Safety and Code Enforcement shall be appointed by the Township
Manager and shall be certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to serve as the Township's Building Official. For the purposes of
this code, the Director of the Office of Life Safety and Code Enforcement
shall be referred to as the Code Official.
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D.Â
Section 108.2 shall be amended to state as follows:
§ 108.2 Fee schedule. A fee schedule shall be adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
of East Caln Township, which may be amended from time to time.
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E.Â
Section 112, Board of Appeals, shall be deleted in
its entirety and replaced with the following:
§ 112.1 General. The
Township shall, by agreement with one or more other municipalities,
form an intergovernmental Board of Appeals which Board shall hear
and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by
the respective municipalities' building official relative to the application
and interpretation of the municipalities' building code. The members
of the intergovernmental Board of Appeals shall be appointed by the
participating municipalities and shall be governed by rules and regulations
adopted by the participating municipalities. The intergovernmental
Board of Appeals shall adopt rules of procedures for conducting its
business.
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F.Â
Section § 113.4 shall be amended to read
as follows:
§ 113.4. Violation penalties. Any person who violates or permits the violation of any provision
of this article or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair any building
or structure in violation of either an approved plan, a directive
of the Building Official or of a permit or certificate issued under
the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof in a
summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under
the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary
offense and shall be subject to the payment of a fine of not less
than $250 and not more than $1,000, plus court costs of prosecution.
In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
in the County Prison for a term of not more than 90 days. Each section
or provision of this article that is violated shall constitute a separate
offense, and each day or portion thereof in which a violation of this
article is found to exist shall constitute a separate offense, each
of which violations shall be punishable by a separate fine imposed
by the Magisterial District Judge of not less than $250 and not more
than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, or upon default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment in the County
Prison for a term of not more than 90 days. All fines and penalties
collected for the violation of this article shall be paid to the Township
Treasurer.
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G.Â
Section 1201.2 shall be amended by deleting the words
[Date to be inserted by Jurisdiction] and replacing it with "April
23, 1964."