[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Churchill 3-12-1991 by Ord. No. 630; amended in its entirety 3-14-2000 by Ord. No. 672. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building permits — See Ch. 146.
Unsafe buildings — See Ch. 154.
Excavating and grading — See Ch. 180.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 192.
Floodplain management — See Ch. 196.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 236.
Sewers — See Ch. 246.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 260.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 268.
Zoning — See Ch. 304.
Fee Schedule — See Ch. A315.
For the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of the Borough of Churchill, the provisions of the 1999 Edition of the BOCA National Building Code/1999, prepared by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., is hereby adopted as the Building Code of the Borough of Churchill aforesaid, except as hereinafter modified, altered, limited and restricted; said 1999 Edition of the BOCA National Building Code, by reference thereto, is made part hereof, with the same force and effect as if such provisions were fully and at length recited herein. It is the intent of this Borough to continue to update this edition by resolution adopting said future revisions. The Borough of Churchill also hereby adopts the 1998 CABO Code as the same is more fully set forth. It is the intent of this Borough to continue to update this code by resolution by adopting any future CABO revisions.
[Added 4-8-2003 by Ord. No. 684]
A. 
Additional codes adopted.
(1) 
The Uniform Construction Code, 1999 Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., National Building Code, Fourteenth Edition, and the American National Standards for Passenger Tramways, Aerial Tramways, Aerial Lifts, Surface Lifts and Tows, ASME/ANSI B77.1, shall be adopted as the Construction Code of the Borough of Churchill, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, established in 35 P.S. § 7210.301, without the International Plumbing Code, for the control of all structures including swimming pools and spas, except utility and miscellaneous use structures with a building area less than 500 feet that are accessory to detached one-family dwellings or any agricultural building.
(2) 
Enforcement. The Borough of Churchill shall enforce the Uniform Construction Code.
B. 
Plumbing Code.
(1) 
In lieu of the International Plumbing Code, the Borough of Churchill adopts the Allegheny County Health Department Plumbing Code as its standard plumbing code as permitted by 35 P.S. § 7210.503(a).
(2) 
Enforcement. The Borough of Churchill shall enforce the Allegheny County Department Plumbing Code through its contractual relationship with the Allegheny County Health Department Plumbing Section, a duly certified plumbing inspection third-party agency meeting all of the statutory requirements set forth in the Uniform Construction Code Act, 35 P.S. § 7210.701 et seq.
Wherever in said building codes reference is made to "statutes of the state," the same shall be deemed to refer to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and wherever reference is made to "municipality," the same shall be deemed to refer to the Borough of Churchill.
The Secretary is hereby ordered to attach to the Ordinance Book of this Borough a copy of said 1999 Edition of the BOCA National Building Code with the same force as if the provisions thereof were fully and at length set forth therein.
Insofar as any of the provisions of said 1999 Edition of the BOCA National Building Code are inconsistent with any of the provisions of Chapter 304, Zoning, as amended, the provisions of said Chapter 304, Zoning, and its amendments, shall prevail and govern. The provisions in said 1999 Edition of the BOCA National Building Code relating to structures or uses which are prohibited or relating to area requirements which must be met by the terms of said Chapter 304, Zoning, and its amendments, of the Borough of Churchill, shall be deemed inoperative, and such structures or uses shall continue to be prohibited and such requirements shall continue in full force and effect.
The Council of the Borough of Churchill shall have the right to authorize such exceptions to and variances from the provisions of said 1999 Edition of the BOCA National Building Code as hereby adopted as will not be contrary to public interest, where owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of said code shall result in unnecessary hardship, so that the spirit of said code shall be observed and substantial justice done.
From and after the passage of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, use, occupy or maintain any building or structure in violation of any provision of the 1999 Edition of the BOCA National Building Code as hereinbefore adopted or to cause, permit or suffer any such violation to be committed. Any such person, firm or corporation violating any of said provisions shall, upon conviction therefor before the District Justice, be punished for each provision violated by a fine not exceeding $1,000, together with costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned for not more than 30 days in the county jail. It shall be the responsibility of the offender to abate the violation as expeditiously as possible, and each day that such violation is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense.
A copy of the 1999 Edition of the BOCA National Building Code as enacted and ordained in this chapter is on file and available for public inspection in the Municipal Building of the Borough of Churchill, at 2300 William Penn Highway, Churchill, Pennsylvania.