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Borough of Prospect Park, PA
Delaware County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Prospect Park 4-13-2004 by Ord. No. 1251, approved 4-13-2004. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 60.
Certificate of occupancy — See Ch. 65.
Land development — See Ch. 70.
Electrical standards — See Ch. 75.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 80.
Hazardous materials — See Ch. 91.
Housing and property maintenance — See Ch. 96.
Plumbing — See Ch. 125.
The Borough of Prospect Park hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101-7210.1103, as amended from time to time, and its regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401-405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the municipal building code of the Borough of Prospect Park.
Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Borough of Prospect Park shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined by the governing body of this municipality from time to time by resolution:
A. 
By designation of an employee of the Borough of Prospect Park to serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the municipality;
B. 
By the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the municipality;
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 this municipality:
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 Borough of Prospect Park 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.[1]
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Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 1323, adopted 2-12-2013, approved 2-12-2013, authorized the Borough to enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the County of Delaware through which the Delaware County Uniform Construction Code Appeals Board shall serve as the Borough’s Board of Appeals. A complete copy of the ordinance is on file in the Borough offices.
A. 
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by the Borough of Prospect Park 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 this municipality not governed by the code shall remain in full force and effect.
Fees assessable by the municipality for the administration and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this chapter and the code shall be established by the governing body by resolution from time to time.