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Note: Prior ordinance history includes portions of Ordinance
No. 93-33.
[Ord. No. O-12-18 § 1]
The International Property Maintenance Code 2012 Edition, as
may be amended and supplemented in the future and replaced with future
Editions, shall serve as the minimum standard of Property Maintenance
Code for the Township of Rockaway.
[Ord. No. O-12-18 § 1]
The International Property Maintenance Code 2012 Edition, as may be amended and supplemented in the future and replaced with future Editions, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms therein are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions, and changes, if any, as set forth in Subsection 14-1.3.
[Ord. No. O-12-18 § 1]
The International Property Maintenance Code is hereby amended
and supplemented as follows:
Section 101.1: "Insert Township of Rockaway."
Section 112.4: "Insert not less than $500 and not more than
$1,000."
Section 103.5: "Insert not more than $1,000."
Section 302.4: "Insert 18 inches."
Section 304.14: "Insert April 1 to November 1."
Section 602.3: "Insert October 1 to April 1."
Section 602.4: "Insert October 1 to April 1."
[Ord. No. O-12-18 § 1]
A complete copy of this chapter has been filed in the Office
of the Township Clerk and shall remain there for use and examination
by the public. The copy shall be certified by the Township Clerk and
shall remain on file with the Township Clerk for review and examination
by the public during regular business hours.
[Ord. No. O-12-18 § 1]
The provisions of this Code shall be enforced by the Construction
Code Official and the Zoning Officer of the Township of Rockaway.
[Ord. No. O-12-18 § 1]
In every case where any modification, deletion, amendment or
change in the International Property Maintenance Code is made hereinafter,
any such modification, deletion, amendment or change shall automatically
be adopted and made a part hereof.
[1971 Code § 58-1]
Any open, abandoned, unsafe mine hold; open, abandoned, unsafe
mine shaft; open, abandoned, unsafe mine excavation situated within
the limits of the Township, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
The Engineering and/or the Construction Department shall be responsible
for the identification and proper sealing of such hazards. The Health
Department shall be involved where ground water or surface water quality
may be impacted.
[1971 Code § 58-2]
As used in this section:
Such an open, abandoned, unsafe mine hole, mine shaft or
mine excavation which is:
Unguarded or inadequately guarded against injury
or loss of life to a person or persons, whether children or adults;
Which, even if inadequately guarded against injury
or loss of life to a person or persons, whether children or adults,
is located on real estate abutting on any street or highway, and which
has caused or is likely to cause damage to a street or highway or
to constitute a hazard to person or persons using said street or highway;
Which, even if adequately guarded against injury
or loss of life to a person or persons, whether children or adults,
is located in the vicinity of a dwelling or dwellings, building or
buildings, and which has caused or is likely to cause damage to the
dwelling(s), building(s), or to constitute a hazard to person(s) using
the dwelling(s) or building(s).
[1971 Code § 58-3]
Any public nuisance shall be abated by the owner or owners of
the land upon which public nuisance exists, after notice in writing
shall have been given to the owner(s) as hereinafter set forth.
[1971 Code § 58-4]
The notice referred to in Subsection 14-1.3 shall require the owner(s) to abate the public nuisance and to proceed forthwith after the service of such notice toward the abatement of the public nuisance, which notice shall further provide that in the event the owner(s) shall fail to abate the nuisance, the Township may cause the nuisance to be abated and the reasonable cost charged against the owner(s) of the land on which the nuisance exists, and that the cost will be a lien on such lands and will be assessed and collected in the same manner as local municipal taxes are collected.
[1971 Code § 58-5]
In the event of the failure of the owner(s) of the land upon
which such public nuisance exists to abate the nuisance, the nuisance
shall be abated by the Township, and then the cost of such abatement
shall be a lien on such lands and shall be assessed thereon and collected
in the same manner as local municipal taxes are collected.
[Ord. No. 06-15 § 3; Ord. No. 06-46 § 4]
The owner of any on-site installation of a drainage and surface
water management system to control or regulate stormwater runoff shall
properly maintain such installation or system to ensure its correct
functioning.
[Ord. No. 06-15 § 3; Ord. No. 06-46 § 5]
All sump pumps or other means of removing water from buildings,
or other collecting devices shall be tied into or connected to an
approved stormwater drain system or watercourse, unless otherwise
approved by the Administrative Authority. The waters shall not be
permitted to flow upon the properties of neighbors, on the surfaces
of rights-of-way, sidewalks or road or street rights-of-way.
[Ord. No. 06-15 § 3; Ord. No. 06-46 § 6]
All pumps and devices shall be so located that finished floors,
trenches or pipes shall be graded or sloped to the pump or device.
The pit or receptacle shall be constructed to accept and collect waters
to permit the normal operation of the pumping device. The pump design
shall be such that the pump shall not run continuously during operational
periods.
[Ord. No. 06-15 § 3]
A.
All piping shall be that approved by the Plumbing Subcode
Official. The piping shall be installed in such manner as to prevent
freezing, draining all waters in the pipe back into the collecting
receptacle. The pipe shall be placed in a trench of such grade material
and covered with material that would not break, split or crush the
pipe when backfilled.
B.
No piping from a sump pump or other draining device
shall be connected to any piping waste line intended or used for domestic
or sanitary waste. No waters from this type pump shall be permitted
into a sanitary line or individual sewage disposal system.
C.
The installation of this type pump and piping shall
be installed by a licensed plumber or other person authorized by the
Plumbing Subcode Official.
[Ord. No. 06-15 § 3]
In such cases requiring emergency pumping involving a portable
pump, either fuel or electric, the requirements of the within ordinance
shall not be applicable.
[Ord. No. 06-15 § 3]
The electrical connection for this pumping device shall be such
as to provide a safe disconnect (safety switch) at all times without
endangering the life or health of a person desiring or required to
maintain or check the pump.
[Ord. No. 06-15 § 3]
The fee for a permit to install a sump pump is $35. Sump pumps
and sump pump permits shall be issued by the Construction Department.
Inspection of the installation shall be by the Construction Department
and shall not be operated until approval by the designated agent of
the Division.
[Ord. No. 06-46 § 7]
Any person convicted of violating this section shall, upon conviction,
be liable as set forth by the Uniform Construction Code Official and
each day the offense exists shall be considered a separate violation.
In addition, each day of violation for each separate parcel of land,
as shown on the Tax Map of this Township, shall be deemed to constitute
a separate offense.
