[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Mount
Oliver 7-6-2004 by Ord. No. 879. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Borough of Mount Oliver hereby elects to administer and enforce
the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999,
35 P.S. §§ 7210.101-7210.1103, as amended from time to time,
and its regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401-405,
as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by
reference as the municipal building code of the Borough of Mount Oliver.
Administration and enforcement of the code within this municipality
shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined by the governing
body of the Borough of Mount Oliver from time to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the municipality
to serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the Borough of
Mount Oliver;
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code officials
or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough of Mount Oliver;
C.
By agreement with one or more other municipalities for
the joint administration and enforcement of this Act through an intermunicipal
agreement;
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality
for the administration and enforcement of this Act on behalf of the Borough
of Mount Oliver;
E.
By entering into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department
of Labor and Industry for plan review, inspections and enforcement of structures
other than one-family or two-family dwelling units and utility and miscellaneous
use structures.
A board of appeals shall be established by resolution of the governing
body of the Borough of Mount Oliver 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. If at any time enforcement and administration
is undertaken jointly with one or other municipalities, said board of appeals
shall be established by joint action of the participating municipalities.
A.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which were adopted by the Borough of Mount Oliver on or before July 1, 1999,
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.
C.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of
this municipality not governed by the code shall remain in full force and
effect.
Fees assessable by the Borough of Mount Oliver for the administration
and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this chapter and the code shall be
established by the governing body by resolution from time to time.