[Ord. 2004-2, 5/11/2004; as amended by Ord. 2006-9, 12/13/2006,
§ 1]
1.
The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, 35 P.S. § 7201.101
et seq., as amended from time to time, and its regulations promulgated
by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry or any other
duly authorized agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
2.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained within 34 Pa.Code, Chapters
401 — 405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and
incorporated herein by reference as the Township Building Code (See
34 Pa. Code § 401.1 definitions: "Uniform Construction Code
— this chapter, the International Building Code, First Printing
2006, and the International Residential Code for One and Two Family
Dwellings, First Printing 2006, available from the International Code
Council, Inc., 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, Illinois
60478-5795. 1-800-786-4452; and any standards adopted by the Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry in this chapter under § 301
of the Act (35 P.S. § 7210.301)."]
3.
The Board of Supervisors hereby specifically rejects the adoption
of the International Property Maintenance Code and said code shall
not be enforced in the Township.
4.
Administration and enforcement of the code within the Township shall
be undertaken in accordance with Ordinance No. 2003-2 adopted April
8, 2003, which provides for as follows:
A.
The designation of an employee of the Township to serve as the Township
Code Official to act on behalf of the Township: and by the retention
of the Township Code Official and/or third party agencies to act on
behalf of the Township.
5.
A Board of Appeals has been established by Ord. 2003-2 (§ 112
et seq.), in conformity with the requirements of the relevant provisions
of the code, as amended from time to time, and for the purposes set
forth therein.
6.
All building code ordinances and specifically Ord. 2003-2 adopted
April 8, 2003, which are in effect as of the effective date of this
Part and whose requirements are less than the minimum requirements
of the code, as amended from time to time, are hereby amended to conform
with the comparable provisions of the code.
7.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of the Township
not governed by the code shall remain in full force and effect.
8.
Fees assessable by the Township for administration and enforcement
undertaken pursuant to this Part and the code shall be established
by the Board of Supervisors by resolution, from time to time.
9.
The provisions of Act 537, Sewage Facilities Act, 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq., and the regulations promulgated there under together with the provisions of the Township Sewer Ordinances [Chapter 18], as amended, shall apply to the design, permitting, construction, installation, repair, maintenance, removal, abandonment and ownership of on-lot sewage facilities or other facilities. The provisions of this code to the extent inconsistent therewith are hereby repealed and deleted.
