§ 103.1 The Office of
Life Safety and Code Enforcement shall be responsible for administering
and enforcing this code. The Director of the Office of Life Safety
and Code Enforcement shall be appointed by the Township Manager and
shall be certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to serve as
the Township's Building Official. For the purposes of this code, the
Director of the Office of Life Safety and Code Enforcement shall be
referred to as the Code Official.
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§ 108.4 Violations and penalties. Any person who violates or permits the violation of any provision
of this article or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair any building
or structure in violation of either an approved plan, a directive
of the Building Official or of a permit or certificate issued under
the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof in a
summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under
the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary
offense and shall be subject to the payment of a fine of not less
than $250 and not more than $1,000, plus court costs of prosecution.
In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
in the County Prison for a term of not more than 90 days. Each section
or provision of this article that is violated shall constitute a separate
offense, and each day or portion thereof in which a violation of this
article is found to exist shall constitute a separate offense, each
of which violations shall be punishable by a separate fine imposed
by the Magisterial District Judge of not less than $250 and not more
than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, or upon default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment in the County
Prison for a term of not more than 90 days. All fines and penalties
collected for the violation of this chapter shall be paid to the Township
Treasurer.
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§ 108.5 Stop-work orders. The fine for violating a stop work order shall be not less than
$250 nor more than $1,000, imposed and collected by the procedures
specified in § 108.4 of this code.
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§ 109 Means of appeal. The Township intends by agreement with one or more other municipalities,
to form an intergovernmental Board of Appeals which Board shall hear
and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by
the respective municipality's building official relative to the application
and interpretation of the municipality's building code. The members
of the intergovernmental Board of Appeals shall be appointed by the
participating municipalities and shall be governed by rules and regulations
adopted by the participating municipalities. The intergovernmental
Board of Appeals shall adopt rules of procedures for conducting its
business.
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