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Township of Westtown, PA
Chester County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Westtown 12-2-1996 by Ord. No. 96-12. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 57.
Open burning — See Ch. 63.
Fire hydrants — See Ch. 84.
A certain document, being marked and designated as the "BOCA National Fire Prevention Code, Tenth Edition, 1996," as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the "Fire Prevention Code" of the Township of Westtown in the County of Chester, State of Pennsylvania, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said BOCA National Fire Prevention Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 87-2 of this chapter.
The following sections are hereby revised as follows:
A. 
Section F.101.1 (page 3) title shall have inserted therein "Westtown Township" as the name of jurisdiction.
B. 
Section F.107.2.3, Permit and Fee Requirements, to be determined by the Code Official.
C. 
Section F.112.3, Penalty for Violations:
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this code shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this code that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
Section F.3003.2 to be determined by the Code Official.