[Adopted 6-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1167]
The Borough of Catasauqua 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 Catasauqua.
A.
The administration
and enforcement of the code within the Borough of Catasauqua shall
be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined by the Council
of the Borough of Catasauqua from time to time by resolution:
(1)
By the designation of an employee of the Borough to
serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the Borough
of Catasauqua;
(2)
By the retention of one or more construction code
officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough
of Catasauqua;
(3)
By agreement with one or more other municipalities
for the joint administration and enforcement of this Act through an
intermunicipal agreement;
(4)
By entering into a contract with another municipality
for the administration and enforcement of this Act on behalf of the
Borough of Catasauqua;
(5)
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.
B.
Carports, detached private garages, greenhouses, and sheds that have
a building area of less than 300 square feet and that are accessory
to detached one-family dwellings are exempt from the requirements
of the Uniform Construction Code.
[Added 4-6-2015 by Ord.
No. 1312]
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution
of the Council of the Borough of Catasauqua 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 more
other municipalities, said Board of Appeals shall be established by
joint action of the participating municipalities.
[Amended 4-5-2021 by Ord. No. 1402]
The prior building ordinances of the Borough
of Catasauqua are hereby affected by this article as follows:
A.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which are in effect as of the effective date of this article and whose
requirements are less than the minimum requirements of the code are
hereby amended to conform with the comparable provisions of the code.
B.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies
of the Borough of Catasauqua not governed by the code shall remain
in full force and effect.
Fees assessable by the Borough of Catasauqua
for the administration and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this
article and the code shall be established by Borough Council by resolution
from time to time.
[Amended 4-1-2013 by Ord. No. 1288]
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article or the underlying code, or shall fail to comply with
any of the requirements thereof, shall be charged with a summary offence
and, upon conviction therefor, be subject to a fine or penalty of
not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding
60 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Any person found guilty
of violating an ordinance shall be assessed court costs and reasonable
attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings.
