[Ord. 4-2004, 7/8/2004, § 1]
This Part shall be known as the "Canton Township Building Code
Ordinance."
[Ord. 4-2004, 7/8/2004, § 2]
1. Canton Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act 45 of 1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101
— 7210.1103, as amended from time to time and its regulations.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code]
2. The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters
401-405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated
herein by reference as the Canton Township Building Code.
[Ord. 4-2004, 7/8/2004, § 3]
1. Administration and enforcement of the Code within Canton Township
shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined by
the Board of Supervisors of Canton Township from time to time by resolution:
A. By the designation of an employee of Canton Township to serve as
the Code Enforcement Officer on behalf of Canton Township.
B. By the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party
agencies to act on behalf of Canton Township.
C. By agreement with one or more other municipalities for the joint
administration and enforcement of this Part through intermunicipal
agreement.
D. By entering into a contract with another municipality for the administration
and enforcement of this Part on behalf of Canton Township.
E. By entering into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of
Labor and Industry for plan review, inspections and enforcement of
structures other than one-family or two-family dwelling units and
utility and miscellaneous use structures.
[Ord. 4-2004, 7/8/2004, § 4]
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution of the
Board of Supervisors of Canton Township in conformity with the requirements
of the relevant provisions of the Code, as amended from time to time,
and for the purposes set forth therein. If at any time enforcement
and administration is undertaken jointly with one or more other municipalities,
said Board of Appeals shall be established by joint action of the
participating municipalities.
[Ord. 4-2004, 7/8/2004, § 5]
1. All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were
adopted by Canton Township on or before July, 1999, and which equal
or exceed the requirements of the Code shall continue in full force
and effect until such time as such provisions fail to equal or exceed
the minimum requirements of the Code, as amended from time to time.
2. All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which are
in effect as of the effective date of this Part and whose requirements
are less then the minimum requirements of the Code are hereby amended
to conform with the comparable provisions of the Code.
3. All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of Canton Township
not governed by the Code shall remain in full force and effect.
[Ord. 4-2004, 7/8/2004, § 6]
Fee assessable by Canton Township for the administration and
enforcement undertaken pursuant to this Part and the Code shall be
established by the Board of Supervisors by resolution from time to
time.
[Ord. 4-2004, 7/8/2004, § 7; amended at time of
adoption of Code]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.