[Ord. 1995-6, 4/20/1995, § 2; as amended by Ord. No. 2023-5, 8/17/2023]
The Borough of Hummelstown hereby adopts, for the purpose of
establishing rules and regulations for the installation, renewal,
extension and receipt of electrical wiring and electrical apparatus
in existing buildings, structures or outdoor electrical displays or
signs, or in the construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair
of buildings, structures or outdoor electrical displays or signs,
the electrical code known as the "National Electrical Code, 2017 Edition,"
as recommended by the National Fire Protection Association, of which
not less than three copies have been and are now filed in the Office
of the Borough Manager, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated
as fully as if set out in length herein. From the date by which this
Part shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling
for all existing and future electrical wiring and apparatus in buildings,
structures or outdoor electrical displays or signs within the corporate
limits of the Borough of Hummelstown.
[Ord. 1995-6, 4/20/1995, § 2]
All the provisions of the Code Enforcement Ordinance of the
Borough are hereby adopted with this Part. The administration and
enforcement of this Part and of the National Electric Code herein
adopted shall be carried out by the Office of Code Enforcement of
the Borough in accordance with the procedures established by the Code
Enforcement Ordinance of the Borough and by the National Electrical
Code adopted herein. Said Code Enforcement Ordinance provides for
certain powers and duties of the Code Enforcement Officer, for the
creation of a Code Hearing Board and for procedures relative to applications,
fees, permits, inspections, appeals, penalties and other matters.
[Ord. 1995-6, 4/20/1995, § 2]
1.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part or of the
National Electrical Code hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith
or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder,
or who shall do or cause to be done electrical work in violation of
any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted or approved
thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from
which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such
an order as affirmed or modified by the Code Enforcement Officer within
the time affixed therein, shall severally for each and every such
violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of violating this
Part, and upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to a fine of not more
than $1,000 and, in default of payment, to imprisonment for not more
than 30 days.
2.
The imposition of one such penalty for any violation shall not excuse
the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall
be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within
a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each day that
prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
3.
The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent
the enforced removal of prohibited conditions, by any action at law
or in equity instituted by the Building Official or Borough Solicitor
on behalf of the Borough of Hummelstown.
[Ord. 1995-6, 4/20/1995, § 2]
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,
as the case may be, shall control where the requirements thereof are
the same as or more limiting than the provisions of this Part. The
code shall control in all cases where the state requirements are not
as strict as those contained in this Part.
[Ord. 1995-6, 4/20/1995, § 2]
The provisions of this Part, in 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 under authority
of any of the repealed ordinances.
