[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Straban 5-7-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-01. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Straban Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act (Act 45 of 1999;
35 P.S. § 7210.101 et seq., as amended) and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time ("the Act").
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters
401 to 405, as amended from time to time, and in all other relevant
regulations ("the code") is hereby adopted and incorporated herein
by reference as the building code for Straban Township.
Administration and enforcement of the code within Straban Township
shall be undertaken in any of the following ways, as determined from
time to time by the Board of Supervisors by resolution:
A.
By the retention of one or more duly qualified construction code
officials or third party agencies to act on behalf of the Township;
B.
By the designation of one or more duly qualified employees to serve
as the code official to act on behalf of the Township; or
C.
By agreement with one or more other municipalities for the administration
and enforcement of the Act and the code, or for the joint administration
and enforcement of the Act and the code, through an intermunicipal
cooperation agreement.
A Board of Appeals, or inclusion in a jointly operated Board
of Appeals, shall be established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors
of the Township. The Board of Appeals shall be, or have been, constituted
in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Act and the code.
Nothing herein shall affect any other ordinance or regulation
addressing building and/or development which is not inconsistent with
the Act or the code. In the case of conflict or inconsistency between
the code and any other ordinance or regulation of the Township affecting
building and/or development, the more restrictive provision shall
apply.
The Board of Supervisors shall establish a schedule of fees
by resolution for the administration and enforcement of the Act and
the code. Such fees may be revised from time to time as the Board
of Supervisors shall deem appropriate.
This chapter shall take effect 180 days from the date the official
notice was provided to the Department of Labor and Industry. Thus,
the earliest effective date of this chapter is September 7, 2012.
