A Greenville Historical Commission is hereby established. The
Historical Commission shall be composed of five members at large who
shall be citizens of the Town. All members of the Historical Commission
shall be appointed by Council on an annual basis for a one-year term.
It shall be the duty of the Commission to collect, catalog and maintain
items of historical interest in conjunction with Council and to maintain
those items available for reasonable public inspection at a central
location to be established from time to time by Council. The ordinance
creating the Historical Commission was adopted by the Greenville Council
on March 9, 1976, by Res. No. 1976-4.
Greenville is mandated by the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction
Code (UCC), P.L. 491, No. 45 of 1999, to appoint a Building and Fire
Codes Appeals Board to hear property owners' appeals from decisions
and interpretations of the building and fire codes official.
A. Continuation of Commission. The Building Code of Appeals Board established
in accordance with the UCC by Ordinance 1431, dated May 11, 2004,
and Resolution 2004-13, dated June 8, 2004, shall continue.
B. Powers and duties.
(1) Powers. The Board has the power to interpret any provision of the
International Building Code, National Electric Code, International
Plumbing Code, International Property Maintenance Code and any other
applicable codes and ordinances for which the Code of Appeals Board
has jurisdiction. The Board may also grant a variance where a strict
application of certain codes and ordinances would cause unnecessary
hardship or practical difficulty, or where the public health and safety
is put in jeopardy. The Board may also make recommendations to Council
regarding changes and modifications to building-related ordinances
or codes.
(2) Duties. The duties of the Code of Appeals Board shall be to:
(a)
Review periodically all building or structural ordinances of
the Town;
(b)
Advise the Chief Administrative Officer, the Council, and the
Code Enforcement Officer on projected and proposed policies and procedures
for the enforcement of building standards and structural ordinances;
and
(c)
Hear appeals brought before it under the provisions of building
standards and structural ordinances adopted by Greenville Council
in accordance with law.
(d)
The Building Code of Appeals Board must submit an annual report
of all appeals heard and decisions made to the Town Council and to
the Code Enforcement Officer.
C. Membership. The Building Code Appeals Board shall consist of five
members who are property owners within Greenville, whether or not
they reside within the Town of Greenville, whose tax payments are
current, or non-property owners who are registered voters living within
Greenville who are qualified by experience and training to decide
on matters pertaining to building construction and are not Town officials
or employees. Members shall be appointed for five-year terms of office
unless appointed to fill an unexpired term.
D. Staffing. The Code Enforcement Officer shall attend all meetings
of the Building Code Appeals Board.