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Borough of Milton, PA
Northumberland County
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[Adopted 7-13-1971 by Ord. No. 616]
[Last amended 8-26-1998 by Ord. No. 1099]
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Secretary of the Borough of Milton, being marked and designated as the 1996 BOCA National Building Code, as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the Borough of Milton, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of the 1996 BOCA National Building Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this article, with the additions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 103-10 of this article.
[Amended 3-19-1974 by Ord. No. 666; 5-21-1975 by Ord. No. 697; 3-17-1976 by Ord. No. 728; 9-20-1989 by Ord. No. 992; 10-11-1989 by Ord. No. 997; 4-26-1995 by Ord. No. 1067; 5-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1069; 9-23-2009 by Ord. No. 1172[1]]
The following amendments, deletions and additions shall be made to the Building Code:
A. 
Sections 112.0 and 112.3.1 of the Building Code of the Borough of Milton are hereby amended by replacing the existing fee schedule for building permits issued thereunder with the following fee schedule for building permits:
112.3.1 Building permit fees: The following fees shall be charged for building permits:
Total Valuation of Work
Fee
$0.00 to $2,500.00
$90
$2,500.01 to $5,000.00
$150
$5,000.01 to $10,000.00
$200
$10,000.01 and higher
For each increase of $5,000 or portion thereof in excess of $10,0001.01, an additional permit fee of the lesser of 1% or $30 shall be charged. Permit fees will be doubled for work started prior to application for permits.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the assessment of a surcharge ($4 per permit at the time of adoption of this ordinance) for state training and Builders Association as established by state rules and regulations. It also stated the following: "An electrical inspection fee is included in new construction permit costs only. Electrical inspection fees for all other construction, including additions, remodeling and accessories, will be in addition to the permit fee based upon third party contract fees per project."
[Added 8-19-1987 by Ord. No. 965; amended 10-28-1998 by Ord. No. 1103]
A. 
Any person, partnership or corporation who or which shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, which persons, the members of such partnership or the officers of such corporation shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not in excess of 30 days. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. All fines collected for violation of this article shall be paid over to the Borough of Milton.
B. 
In addition to the remedies and penalties provided in this article, the Borough of Milton may institute any appropriate action in law or in equity to prevent, restrain, correct or abate any action, conduct or condition which constitutes a violation of this article.