[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Mount Jewett 7-6-2004 by Ord. No.
219. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Borough Council of the Borough of Mt. Jewett hereby elects
to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction
Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101 through
7210.1103, as amended from time to time, and regulations promulgated
thereunder. The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code
Chapters 401 through 405, as amended from time to time, is hereby
adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the Municipal Building
Code for the Borough of Mt. Jewett. (Hereinafter referred to as the
"code.")
A.
Administration and enforcement of the code within the Borough of
Mt. Jewett shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined
by the Borough Council from time to time by resolution:
(1)
By the designation of an employee of the Borough of Mt. Jewett to
serve as a municipal code official to act on behalf of the Borough
of Mt. Jewett;
(2)
By the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party
agencies to act on behalf of the Borough of Mt. Jewett;
(3)
By agreement with one or more other municipalities for the joint
administration and enforcement of the code through an intermunicipal
agreement;
(4)
By entering into a contract with another municipality for the administration
and enforcement of the code on behalf of the Borough of Mt. Jewett;
(5)
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.
B.
Fees assessable by the Borough of Mt. Jewett for the administration
and enforcement undertaken pursuant to the code shall be established
by the Borough Council by resolution from time to time.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution of the
Borough Council 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, the Board
of Appeals shall be established by joint action of the participating
municipalities.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which
were adopted by the Borough of Mt. Jewett on or before July 1, 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. All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which are in effect as of the effective date of this chapter, the
requirements of which are less than the minimum requirements of the
code, are hereby amended to conform with the comparable provisions
of the code. All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of
the Borough of Mt. Jewett not governed by the code shall remain in
full force and effect. If any section, subsection, sentence or clause
of this chapter is held, for any reason, to be invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter.
This chapter shall become effective on July 8, 2004 at 12:01
p.m.
