[Adopted 3-16-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-06]
[Amended 12-20-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-05]
The Board of Supervisors of East Caln Township
hereby adopts the International Plumbing Code, 2006 Edition, including
Appendix Chapters B, D, E and F 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 Plumbing
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 Plumbing Code, 2006
Edition:
A.
Section 101.1 shall be amended by the insertion of
the words East Caln Township, replacing [Name of Jurisdiction].
B.
Section 103 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following: § 103 Office of Life Safety and Code
Enforcement.
C.
Section 103.1 shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
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§ 103.1 Code official. 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.
Section 103.2 shall be deleted in its entirety and
reserved.
E.
Section 106.6.2 shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
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§ 106.6.2 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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F.
Section 106.6.3 shall be deleted in its entirety.
G.
Section 108.4 is deleted and replaced with the following:
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§ 108.4 Violations and penalties. Any person who violates or permits the violation of any provision
of this chapter 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 chapter that is violated shall constitute a separate
offense, and each day or portion thereof in which a violation of this
chapter 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 chapter shall be paid to the Township
Treasurer.
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H.
Section 108.5 shall be amended by inserting "not less
than $250" in the first blank and "not more than $1,000" in the second
blank.
I.
Section 109, Means of appeal, shall be deleted in
its entirety and replaced with the following:
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§ 109 Means of appeal. The Township intends by agreement with one or more other municipalities,
to form an intergovernmental Board of Appeals which Board shall hear
and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by
the respective municipality's building official relative to the application
and interpretation of the municipality's 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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