[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Wilkins 2-29-2016 by Ord. No.
1062. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Township shall enter into an intergovernmental cooperative
agreement with the Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments and
its member municipalities to participate in a Joint Property Maintenance
Appeals Board.
The Township shall dissolve the Property Maintenance Appeals
Board upon the formation of the Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments
Joint Property Maintenance Appeals Board.
A.
Wilkins Township Ordinance No. 945, an Ordinance of the Township
of Wilkins creating a Board to hear appeals from decisions of the
Code Enforcement Official enforcing the Building Construction Code,
the Fire Prevention Code, the International Property Maintenance Code
and all other code enforcement actions where the Code of the Township
of Wilkins provides for appeals, specifically excepting the Zoning
Hearing Board and appeals to the Board of Commissioners, is hereby
rescinded.
B.
Wilkins Township Ordinance No. 961, an Ordinance of the Township
of Wilkins amending Ordinance No. 945 to provide for a filing fee
for appeals from the Code Enforcement Official enforcing the Building
Construction Code, the Fire Prevention Code, the International Property
Maintenance Code and all other code enforcement actions where the
Code of the Township of Wilkins provides for appeals, excepting the
Zoning Hearing Board and appeals to the Board of Commissioners, is
hereby rescinded.
The Township shall pay its prorated share of costs for the establishment
and operation of the Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments Joint
Property Maintenance Appeals Board with the understanding that a large
share of the operating expenses shall be borne by the individual applicants
to the Appeals Board.
