[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Wilkins 6-28-2004 by Ord. No.
963 (Ch. 78 of the 1998 Township Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Township of Wilkins hereby elects to administer and enforce
the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of
1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101 through 7210.103, as amended
from time to time, and its regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters
401 through 405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and
incorporated herein by reference as the municipal building code of
this Township.
Administration and enforcement of the code within this Township
shall be undertaken in the following way as determined by the governing
body of this Township from time to time by resolution by the retention
of one or more construction code officials or third-party agencies
to act on behalf of the Township.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
A Joint Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeals has been
established by ordinance of the governing body of the Township. Said
Board of Appeals is administered by the Turtle Creek Valley Council
of Governments on behalf of the Township and other member municipalities.
A.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were
adopted by the Township of Wilkins on or before the date of the enactment
of this chapter, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the
code, shall continue in full force and effect until such time as such
provisions fail to equal or exceed the minimum requirements of the
code, as amended from time to time;
B.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which are
in effect as of the effective date of this chapter and whose requirements
are less than the minimum requirements of the code are hereby amended
to conform with the comparable provisions of the code; and
C.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of the Township
of Wilkins not governed by the code shall remain in full force and
effect.
Fees assessable by the Township of Wilkins for the administration
and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this chapter and the code shall
be established by the Board of Township Commissioners by resolution
from time to time.
