The City of Altoona 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 to 405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated
herein by reference as the building code of the City of Altoona.
Administration and enforcement of the code within the City of
Altoona shall be undertaken by the designation of an employee of the
City of Altoona to serve as Code Official to act on behalf of the
City of Altoona.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which
were adopted by the City of Altoona 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.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which
are in effect as of the effective date of this article and whose requirements
are less than the minimum requirements of the code are hereby amended
to conform with the comparable provisions of the code.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of the City
of Altoona not governed by the code shall remain in full force and
effect.