[Ord. 680, 12/28/1998; as amended by Ord. 776-10, 4/12/2010,
§ 2]
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Borough Manager of the Borough of Hamburg, marked and designated as the "International Plumbing Code," including appendix, chapters, as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., and the International Conference of Building Officials, as amended from time to time in the future, be and is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the Borough of Hamburg, Berks County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for regulating the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of plumbing systems in the Borough, and providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said code, as amended from time to time in the future, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this Part, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 5-302 of this Part.
[Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
The code hereby adopted is amended as follows:
A.
§ 101.1, "Title," is amended to read as follows:
§ 101.1. Title.
These regulations shall be known as the "Plumbing Code of the
Borough of Hamburg," hereinafter referred to as "this code."
B.
§ 106.5.2, "Fee Schedule," is amended to read:
§ 106.5.2. Fee Schedule.
The fees for all plumbing work shall be as provided in the schedule
of fees as adopted, from time to time, by resolution of the Borough
Council.
C.
§ 106.5.3, "Fee Refunds," is amended to read as follows:
§ 106.5.3. Fee Refunds.
The code official shall authorize the refunding of fees as provided,
from time to time, by resolution of the Borough Council.
D.
§ 108.4, "Violation Penalties," is amended to read:
§ 108.4. Penalties.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this code or shall
fail to comply with any of the requirements hereof or who shall erect,
install, alter or repair plumbing work in violation of the approved
construction documents or directive of the code official, or of a
permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall
be, upon conviction thereof, sentenced to a fine of not more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation
continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate
offense.
E.
§ 108.5, "Stop Work Orders," is amended to read:
§ 108.5. Stop Work Orders.
Upon notice from the code official, work on any plumbing system
that is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a
dangerous or unsafe manner shall immediately cease. Such notice shall
be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or
to the owner's agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice
shall state the condition under which work is authorized to resume.
Where an emergency exists, the code official shall not be required
to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who
shall continue any work in or about the structure after having been
served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is
directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine of not more than $1,000
plus costs, and in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a
term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days.
F.
§ 306.6.1, "Sewer Depth," is amended to read:
§ 306.6.1. Sewer Depth.
Building sewers that connect to private sewage disposal systems
shall be a minimum of [number] inches below finished grade at the
point of septic tank connection. Building sewers shall be a minimum
of [number] inches below grade.
[Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
In all matters that are regulated by the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania or by regulations of departments or agencies of the
commonwealth promulgated by authority of law, such laws or regulations
or other ordinances of the Borough, as the case may be, shall control
where the requirements thereof are the same as or in excess of the
provisions of this Part. This code shall control in all cases where
the state requirements, or the requirements of other ordinances of
this Borough, are not as strict as those contained in this Part.
[Ord. 680, 12/28/1998]
The provisions of this Part, so far as they are the same as
those of ordinances and/or codes in force immediately prior to the
enactment of this Part, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances
and codes and not as new enactments. The provisions of this Part shall
not affect any act done or liability incurred, nor shall they affect
any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted to enforce any
right or penalty or to punish any offense of any of the repealed ordinances.
