[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Mars 7-26-2004 by Ord. No. 412. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This municipality hereby elects to administer
and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act,
Act 45 of 1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101 through 7210.1103,
as amended from time to time, and its regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in
34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 through 405, as amended from time to time,
is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the municipal
building code of the Mars Borough.
Administration and enforcement of the code within
the Mars Borough shall be undertaken in any of the following ways,
as determined by the governing body of the municipality from time
to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the Mars Borough
to serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the Mars
Borough.
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code
officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Mars Borough.
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
Mars Borough.
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 Mars Borough 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.
A.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which were adopted by the Mars Borough 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 the Mars Borough not governed by the code shall remain in full
force and effect.
The governing body shall establish fees assessable
by the Mars Borough for the administration and enforcement undertaken
pursuant to this chapter and the code by resolution from time to time.
This chapter shall be effective on the day Ordinance
No. 410 was adopted, July 6, 2003.
