[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Baden as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-18-1981 by Ord. No. 730]
The minimum design standards for rehabilitation for residential properties,
as set forth in the Program Participants and Department of Housing and Urban
Development Handbook No. 4940.4, is hereby adopted by reference as the required
minimum design standards for federally sponsored rehabilitation of existing
residential properties within the Borough of Baden. A copy of said design
standards is on file at the office of the Borough Secretary, Municipal Building,
State Street, Baden, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and may be examined during
business days, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m., prevailing time.
The minimum design standards set forth in the Department of Housing
and Urban Development Handbook No. 4940.4 aforesaid and therein identified
as "required provisions" shall be deemed mandatory requirements. Those minimum
design standards set forth in said Department of Housing and Urban Development
Handbook No. 4940.4 and therein identified as "guides" shall be deemed optional
on the part of program participants.
A.
No work of rehabilitation shall be undertaken within
or upon a residential structure until a permit therefor has been issued by
the Borough Zoning Officer. Such permit, when issued, shall be styled a "residential
rehabilitation permit." No fee shall be charged for such permits; such permits
may not be transferred or assigned.
B.
No rehabilitation permit shall be issued except upon
prior application made or joined in by the Beaver County Redevelopment Authority.
All such applications shall contain the name of the owner of the premises
for which work or rehabilitation is proposed, the address or location, the
tax parcel number of the premises, the intended work of rehabilitation and
the estimated capital value of the proposed work of rehabilitation. The application
shall be accompanied by such other information as may be deemed necessary
by the Zoning Officer to determine compliance with the terms of the Zoning
Ordinance of the Borough of Baden.[1] The application and all required or requested accompanying matter
shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be sworn to by the applicant. One
complete set shall be returned to the applicant upon approval or rejection
of the requested permit; one copy shall be retained in the permanent files
of the Zoning Officer, and the remaining copy shall be transmitted to the
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Beaver for enforcement and compliance
purposes.
C.
No work of rehabilitation shall be undertaken unless
the permit issued by the Zoning Officer shall be first prominently posted
on the permitted premises. The failure or neglect of the applicant to prominently
post the permit and maintain the same throughout the duration of the permitted
work shall be a violation of this article. Duplicate permits shall be issued
by the Zoning Officer without additional charge. Loss, substantial destruction
or defacement of any posted permit must be promptly reported to the Zoning
Officer within 24 hours after such event or casualty, Saturday, Sunday and
legal holidays excepted.
D.
All permits shall expire upon completion of the work
therein authorized to be done or within one year from the issuance thereof,
whichever event shall first occur. A permit shall expire if the work therein
authorized to be done is not commenced within 180 days from the date such
permit shall be issued.
[Amended 5-15-1985 by Ord. No. 759]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $300 and costs
of such proceedings or, upon default of payment of such fine and costs, by
imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than 30 days.
