[Ord. 590, 5/8/2017[1]; as amended by Ord. No. 609, 3/14/2022]
1. 
A certain document, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Borough Secretary, being marked and designated as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 edition, as published by International Code Council, is hereby adopted as the Housing Code of the Borough for the control of property maintenance as therein provided, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said 2021 edition of the International Property Maintenance Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter, with the following additions, deletions and changes set forth below.
2. 
The following sections are hereby revised:
A. 
Section 101.1 is amended to insert "East Lansdowne Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania."
B. 
Section 103.5 is amended to read as follows:
103.5 Fees. The fees for activities and services performed by the Department in carrying out its responsibilities under this code shall be as set forth in the East Lansdowne Borough Fee Schedule as adopted by the Borough Council, and which may be amended from time to time by resolution of same.
C. 
Section 112.4 is amended to read as follows:
112.4 Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue to do any work after having been served with a stop-work order, except for such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable for a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
D. 
Section 302.4 is amended to insert "eight inches."
E. 
Section 304.14 is amended to read as follows:
304.14 Insect Screens. Every door, window, and other outside opening required for ventilation of habitable spaces, food preparation, food service, or other area where products to be included or utilized in food for human consumption are processed, manufactured, packaged, or stored shall be supplied with approved tightly fitting screens of not less than 16 mesh per inch (16 mesh per 25 mm), and every screen door used for insect control shall open in the direction of egress and shall be equipped with a self-closing device in good working condition.
F. 
Sections 602.3 and 602.4 are amended by inserting "November 1 to March 31" where applicable.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance superseded former Part 6, Property Maintenance Code, adopted 4/22/1991 by Ord. 416.
[Ord. 590, 5/8/2017]
The provisions of this Part are severable; and if any sections, sentences, clauses, parts or provisions thereof shall be held illegal, invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision of the court shall not affect or impair the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, parts or provisions of this Part. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Borough Council that this Part would have been adopted as if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, sections, sentences, clauses, parts or provisions had not been included therein.