[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Lower Salford 5-3-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-02. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
A certain document, on file in the Lower Salford Township building, being marked and designated as the "International Fire Code, 2018 edition," including appendix chapters being adopted - A, B, C, D, F, H, I, and J, and subsequent versions in line with the Code Series adopted by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the Uniform Construction Code, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Fire Code of Lower Salford Township in the State of Pennsylvania, regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises.
B. 
This document is being adopted with the following amendments:
(1) 
Section 101.1: Insert "Lower Salford Township."
(2) 
Section 110.4: Insert "Statutory Offense" and "$1,000.00."
(3) 
Section 112.4: Insert "Not less than $500.00 and not more than $1,000.00."
(4) 
Section 1103.5.3: Insert "Within 90 days or date determined by the AHJ."
(5) 
Section 5704.2.9.6.1, Section 5706.2.4.4 and Section 5806.2: Insert "No highly flammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases shall be stored in bulk aboveground, except tanks or drums of fuel directly connecting with energy devices, heating devices or appliances located and operated on the same lot as the tanks or drums of fuel, and/or liquefied petroleum gases for retail sale or delivery. All outdoor storage facilities for fuel, raw materials and products, and all fuel, raw materials and products stored outdoors shall be enclosed by a safety fence approved by the township engineer. Fuel storage tanks shall be enclosed by an earthen moat or embankment of sufficient height to contain a liquid volume in excess of the capacity of the enclosed storage tanks."
(6) 
Section 6104.2: Eliminate the words "jurisdiction to specify."
Pursuant to the 2018 International Fire Code, § 107, Inspections, all of the following uses, as identified within the 2018 International Building Code, Chapter 3 - Occupancy Classification and Use, within Lower Salford Township shall be inspected by the Fire Code Official or other appointed individual on an annual basis. Uses identified are as follows:
A. 
Assembly: A-1, A-2, A3, A-4, A-5.
B. 
Business: All business uses.
C. 
Educational: All educational uses.
D. 
Factory: All factory uses.
E. 
High hazard: H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4, H-5.
F. 
Institutional: I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4.
G. 
Mercantile: All mercantile uses.
H. 
Residential: R-1, R-2, R-3 (except one- and two-family dwellings), R-4.
I. 
Storage: S-1, S-2.
J. 
Utility: All utility uses (except when associated with one- and two-family dwellings).
Fees for the annual inspection program shall be established from time to time by the Board of Supervisors for Lower Salford Township.
Ordinances of Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and/or resolutions or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this chapter are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
That nothing in this chapter hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in § 60-4 of this chapter; nor shall any just or legal right of remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.
If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this chapter is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid; such infirmity shall not affect nor impair the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses or parts of this chapter. It is hereby declared as the intent of the Board of Supervisors of Lower Salford Township that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid sentence, clause, section, or part thereof not been included therein.