[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Lower Paxton 8-17-1999 by Ord.
No. 99-08, as amended through Ord.
No. 17-10, adopted 7-18-2017.
Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
That a certain document, one copy of which is on file in the office of Lower Paxton Township, being marked as the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of Lower Paxton Township, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Property Maintenance Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 148-2 of this chapter.
The following sections are hereby revised:
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Section 101.1 Insert: "Lower Paxton Township."
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Section 103.5 Insert: "The schedule of fees shall
be adopted and revised from time to time by resolution of the Board
of Supervisors of Lower Paxton Township."
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Section 106.4 Shall read as follows: "Any person
who shall violate a provision of this code, or fail to comply therewith,
or with any of the requirements thereof, shall be subject to action
brought before a district justice in the same manner provided for
the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure. Criminal fines not to exceed $1,000 per violation
and/or imprisonment to the extent allowed by law for the punishment
of summary offenses may be imposed for violations under this section.
Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served
shall be deemed a separate offense."
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Section 112.4 Shall read as follows: "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 subject to action brought
before a district justice in the same manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Criminal fines not to exceed $1,000 per violation and/or imprisonment
to the extent allowed by law for the punishment of summary offenses
may be imposed for violations under this section. Each day that a
violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed
a separate offense.
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Section 302.4 Insert: "10 inches."
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Section 304.14 Insert: "May 1 to November 1."
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Section 602.3 Insert: "October 1 to April 30."
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Section 602.4 Insert: "October 1 to April 30."
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Section 111: In accordance with Section 111 of
the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code, the Zoning Hearing
Board of Lower Paxton Township is authorized to hear appeals of decisions
of codes officials, or to hear appeals of notices or orders issued
by codes officials under the 2009 International Property Maintenance
Code. The application fee for such appeals shall be the same fee charged
by the Township for applications for zoning variance that are heard
before the Zoning Hearing Board.
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Section 302.8.1, Vehicle parking, shall read as
follows: "No vehicle, regardless of condition, shall be parked or
stored in the front yard of any premise in an area zoned R-1, R-2
or RC, as defined by the Lower Paxton Township Zoning Ordinance. Said
prohibition shall not apply to parking on a driveway that exists in
the front yard, which has been established in accordance with the
terms of said Zoning Ordinance."
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Section 302.4, Weeds, shall read as follows: "All
premises and exterior property shall be maintained free from weeds
or plant growth in excess of 10 inches. All noxious weeds shall be
prohibited. Weeds shall be defined as all grasses, annual plants and
vegetation, other than trees or shrubs provided; however, this term
shall not include cultivated flowers and gardens.
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"For purposes of Section 302.4, all premises and exterior property
shall be limited to the minimum lot area as required by the Lower
Paxton Township Zoning Ordinance and to a setback of 10 feet outside
the minimum lot area. Any part of the premises and exterior property
in excess of the minimum lot area and the ten-foot setback area shall
be exempt from the requirements of Section 302.4.
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"Upon failure of the owner or agent having charge of a property
to cut and destroy weeds after service of a notice of violation, they
shall be subject to prosecution in accordance with Section 106.3 and
as prescribed by the authority having jurisdiction. Upon failure to
comply with the notice of violation, any duly authorized employee
of the jurisdiction or contractor hired by the jurisdiction shall
be authorized to enter upon the property in violation and cut and
destroy the weeds growing thereon, and the costs of such removal shall
be paid by the owner or agent responsible for the property."
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Section 302.4, paragraph 1, shall read as follows:
"All premises and exterior property shall be maintained free from
weeds or plant growth in excess of 10 inches. All noxious weeds shall
be prohibited. Weeds shall be defined as all grasses annual plants
and vegetation, other than trees or shrubs provided; however, this
term shall not include cultivated flowers and gardens. Noxious weeds
shall be defined as those weeds listed as noxious by the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture, as well as bamboo, poison ivy, poison oak,
and poison sumac."
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