[Ord. 1059, 6/15/2004, § 1]
This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC) Joint Board of Appeals Ordinance."
[Ord. 1059, 6/15/2004, § 2]
The background of this Part and the legislative intention of the Borough Council in enacting it are as follows:
A. 
The Borough of Mechanicsburg is a Pennsylvania borough.
B. 
The Act of December 19, 1996, P.L. 1158, No. 177, referred to as the Intergovernmental Cooperation Law, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq., provides that a borough and other municipalities may jointly cooperate in the exercise or in the performance of their respective governmental functions, powers or responsibilities.
C. 
The Joint Board of Appeals is formed to decide appeals, variance requests and requests for extensions of time under the Pennsylvania Construction Code (UCC), 35 P.S. § 7210.101 et seq.
D. 
The Borough Council of the Borough of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, determines that it is in the best interest of the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens to establish a joint Board of Appeals to hear matters arising under the UCC.
[Ord. 1059, 6/15/2004, § 3]
1. 
The conditions of membership, duration, purpose and objectives of the joint agreement, including the powers and scope of authority delegated therein, manner and extent of financing, organizational structure necessary to implement the Board of Appeals and manner in which personal property will be acquired, managed and disposed of are set forth in the Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Part as Exhibit "A"[1] and incorporated herein as if set forth in full.
[1]
Exhibit "A" is on file at the Borough Office.
2. 
No real estate will be acquired, managed, licensed or disposed of under this Part, excepting that the respective municipalities will make hearing rooms available to the Board of Appeals for the conduct of its business.
3. 
Each party has the power to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee benefits, including social security, for all of their employees, including those whose duties further the purposes of the Agreement.
[Ord. 1059, 6/15/2004, § 4]
The President of the Borough Council of the Borough of Mechanicsburg is hereby authorized to execute all documents and perform all actions necessary to cause the Borough to enter the joint agreement.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 5-205, Amendment to Code, was repealed 3-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1170.
[Ord. 1059, 6/15/2004, § 6]
1. 
If any sentence, clause, phrase or section of this Part is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, sections or parts of this Part.
2. 
It is hereby declared as the intention of the Borough Council of the Borough of Mechanicsburg that this Part would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, phrase, section or part thereof not been included therein.