Springettsbury Township hereby elects to administer
and enforce the provisions of the Code,[1] as amended from time to time.
[1]
Editor's Note: The “Code” refers
to the requirements of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and
regulations to the Act promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department
of Labor and Industry.
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 municipal building
code of Springettsbury Township.
Administration and enforcement of the Code within
Springettsbury Township shall be undertaken in any of the following
ways as determined by the Board of Supervisors from time to time by
resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the Township
to serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the Township.
B.
By retention of one or more construction code officials
or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Township.
C.
By agreement with one or more other municipalities
for the joint administration and enforcement of this Act through an
intermunicipal agreement.
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality
for the administration and enforcement of this Act on behalf of this
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.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by the
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. The Board of Appeals may be established by joint action
of the Township and other participating municipalities, as provided
by law.
A.
The Springettsbury Township International Building
Code, 2000 Edition (Chapter 5, Part 1 of the Springettsbury Township
Code of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2001-05), International Fire Code,
2000 Edition (Chapter 5, Part 3 of the Springettsbury Township Code
of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2001-07), International Mechanical Code,
2000 Edition (Chapter 5, Part 4 of the Springettsbury Township Code
of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2001-08), International Plumbing Code,
2000 Edition (Chapter 5, Part 5 of the Springettsbury Township Code
of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2001-09), International Residential Code,
2000 Edition (Chapter 5, Part 7 of the Springettsbury Township Code
of Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2001-06), and ICC Electrical Code, 2000
Edition (Chapter 5, Part 8 of the Springettsbury Township Code of
Ordinances, Ordinance No. 2001-11), together with any amendments,
are hereby repealed for all buildings for which permits are issued
after the effective date of this article. The ordinances shall remain
in full force and effect for any permits for which complete applications
were filed before the effective date of this article.
B.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
that were adopted by the Township after July 1, 1999, are hereby repealed.
C.
All building code ordinances or portions or ordinances
which are in effect as of the effective date of this article and whose
requirements are less than the minimum requirements of the Code are
hereby amended to conform to the comparable provisions of the Code.
D.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies
of the Township not governed by the Code shall remain in full force
and effect, and any permits required by the Township ordinances or
state or federal regulations or statutes, which are not superseded
by the Code, including but not limited to zoning, driveway, sewage,
highway, or NPDES permits, as applicable, shall continue to be required.
E.
It is the intent of this article that, by adopting
the Code, the Township adopts all building or other codes which have
been adopted and mandated by the Code, including but not limited to
the International Fuel Gas Code, and, as the Code is amended to include
or adopt new or updated versions of any building or other codes, such
codes automatically shall be updated as part of this article.
Fees assessable by the Township for the administration
and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this article and the Code shall
be established by the Board of Supervisors by resolution from time
to time.
Any owner or person, as those terms are defined
in the Code, who or which violates or permits the violation of any
provision of this article or of the Code shall commit a summary criminal
offense, and upon conviction by a District Justice, shall be subject
to a fine of up to $1,000 plus costs, and imprisonment to the extent
allowed by law for summary offenses for each violation. Each day of
a violation, and each separate violation of this article or the Code,
shall be considered a separate violation.
This article shall be effective July 1, 2004.
