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Township of Willistown, PA
Chester County
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The Fire Prevention Code of Willistown Township previously adopted, being the BOCA Basic/National Fire Prevention Code/1984, is hereby amended to adopt the changes made by the promulgating agency thereof, the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., in the 1993 Edition of the BOCA National Fire Prevention Code, so that, from and after the effective date of this chapter, the Fire Prevention Code of Willistown Township shall be the BOCA National Fire Prevention Code/1993, together with the supplements and amendments as hereinafter set forth in § 72-11 of this chapter.
The BOCA National Fire Prevention Code/1993 is hereby further supplemented and amended as follows:
A. 
Section F-101.1 is supplemented by inserting "Willistown Township" as the name of the jurisdiction.
B. 
Section F-112.3 concerning violation penalties is deleted in its entirety and in place thereof it is hereby substituted with the following:
F-112.3 Penalty for violations: Any person who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any order issued pursuant to any section thereof, in addition to any other remedy available under law or equity, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 for each offense, together with the costs of prosecution, which fine may be collected by suit or summary proceeding brought in the name of the Township before any District Justice. Every day that a violation of this code continues shall constitute a separate offense. All fines and penalties collected for the violation of this code shall be paid over to the Township treasury. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and committed to the Township lockup for a period not exceeding five days or to the county jail or workhouse for period not exceeding 30 days.
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Section F-202.0 is supplemented by adding at the end thereof the following: "Whenever 'jurisdiction' or 'Township' is referred to herein, such term shall be deemed to mean the Township of Willistown, Chester County, Pennsylvania; whenever the term 'appointing authority' or 'chief appointing authority' is used herein, it shall be deemed to mean the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Willistown."