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Township of Caln, PA
Chester County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Caln 5-27-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-11. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 59.
Electrical standards — See Ch. 77.
Energy conservation — See Ch. 79.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 83.
Mechanical standards — See Ch. 98.
Plumbing — See Ch. 114.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 120.
Residential standards — See Ch. 122.
Zoning — See Ch. 155.
The Board of Commissioners of Cain Township hereby adopts the International Existing Building Code, 2003 Edition, as now and as hereafter supplemented, reissued, amended and revised, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., with Appendices A and B. Not fewer than three copies of the international Existing Building Code, 2003 Edition have been and now are filed in the Office of the Department of Code Enforcement, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein.
The following amendments, additions, deletions, and changes are hereby made to the International Existing Building Code, 2003 Edition:
A. 
Section 101.1 shall be amended by the deletion of the words, "[NAME OF JURISDICTION]” and the replacement thereof with "Caln Township."
B. 
Section 103 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: "103 Department of Code Enforcement."
C. 
Section 103.1 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
"103.1 Code Official: The Department of Code Enforcement shall be responsible for administering and enforcing this code. The executive official in charge of the Department of Code Enforcement shall be known as the Code Official."
D. 
Section 108.2 shall be amended to state as follows:
“108.2 Fee schedule. The Board of Commissioners shall, by resolution, adopt a schedule of fees which shall be kept on file by the Township Secretary and shall be reviewed and revised as necessary by the Board of Commissioners."
E. 
Section 113.4 shall be amended to read as follows:
"113.4. Violation penalties. Any person who violates or permits the violation of any provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any order issued pursuant to any section thereof shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be subject to the payment of a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution. Upon default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment in the county prison for a period of not more than 30 days. Each section or provision of this chapter that is violated shall constitute a separate offense, and each day or portion thereof in which a violation of this chapter is found to exist shall constitute a separate offense; each of which violations shall be punishable by a separate fine imposed by the District Justice of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000 plus the costs of prosecution and, upon default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment in the county prison for a term not more than 30 days."
F. 
Section 1201.2 shall be amended by deleting the words, "[DATE TO BE INSERTED BY JURISDICTION"] and replacing it with "September 30, 1976."