[Adopted 8-28-2017 by Ord. No.
855-17]
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Code Enforcement and Zoning Officer, being marked and designated as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 edition, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the Borough of Zelienople, Butler County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, and the demolition of such existing structures as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Property Maintenance Code on file in the office of the Code Enforcement and Zoning Officer are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 115-43 of this article.
The following sections are hereby revised:
A.
Section 101.1 is hereby amended to read:
Title. These regulations shall be known as the
International Property Maintenance Code of Zelienople Borough (hereinafter
referred to as "this code").
B.
Section 103.5 is hereby amended to read:
Fees. The fees for activities and services performed
by the Department in carrying out its responsibilities under this
code shall be set by separate fee ordinance, and may be amended from
time to time.
C.
Section 112.4 is hereby amended to read:
Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue
any work 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 be liable to a fine of not less than $100 nor
more than $300 per offense. Each day a violation occurs constitutes
a separate offense.
D.
Section 302.4 is hereby amended to read:
Weeds. Premises and exterior property shall be
maintained free from weeds and plant growth in excess of six inches.
E.
Section 304.14 is hereby amended to read:
Insect screens. During the period from May 1 to
November 1, every door, window and other outside opening required
for ventilation of habitable rooms, food preparation, food service
areas or any areas where products to be included or utilized in food
for human consumption or stored shall be supplied with approved tightly
fitting screens of minimum 16 mesh per inch (16 mesh per 25 mm), and
every screen door used for insect control shall have a self-closing
device.
F.
Section 602.3 is hereby amended to read:
Heat supply. Every owner and operator of any building
who rents, leases or lets one or more dwelling units or sleeping units
on terms, either expressed or implied, to furnish heat to the occupants
thereof shall supply heat to maintain a minimum temperature of 68°
F. (20° C.) in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms.
G.
Section 602.4 is hereby amended to read:
Occupiable work spaces. Indoor occupiable work
spaces shall be supplied with heat to maintain a temperature of not
less than 65° F. (18° C.) during the period the spaces are
occupied.
All other ordinances or parts of laws in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
article is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this article.
The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this article,
and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Nothing in this article or in the Property Maintenance Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in § 115-44 of this article; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.
