[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Caln 5-27-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-18; amended in its entirety 7-12-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-07. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Electrical standards — See Ch. 77.
Energy conservation — See Ch. 79.
Fuel Gas Code — See Ch. 86.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 120.
Residential standards — See Ch. 122.
Zoning — See Ch. 155.
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Editor's Note: Former Ch. 83, Fire Prevention,
adopted 7-8-1975 by Ord. No. 1975-7, was repealed 9-12-2002 by Ord.
No. 2002-15.
There is hereby adopted by the Board of Commissioners of Caln
Township the International Fire Code, 2018 Edition, published by the
International Code Council, Inc. Not fewer than three copies of the
International Fire Code, 2018 Edition, are filed in the office of
the Secretary of Caln Township, 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 Fire Code, 2018 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 Building and Life Safety."
C.
Section
103.1 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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"103.1. Code Official. The Department of Building
and Life Safety shall administer and enforce the provisions of this
Code. The executive official in charge of the Department of Building
and Life Safety shall be known as the Fire Code Official."
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D.
Section
103.2 shall be deleted in its entirety and reserved.
E.
Section
110.4 shall be amended to state as follows:
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"110.4. Violations and 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 Code that is violated shall constitute a separate offense,
and each day or portion thereof in which a violation of this Code
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."
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F.
Section
307.2.1 shall be amended to read as follows:
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"307.2.1. Open burning shall be prohibited. The
burning of such items as grass, leaves, branches, yard waste, paper,
cardboard, tires, trash, debris and recyclable materials shall be
prohibited. The Fire Marshal may issue a permit for open burning for
wildlife management practices, if approved by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection, and for bonfires and recreational fires."
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G.
Section
5504.3.1.1 shall be amended by adding the following sentence: "There
are no geographic limits in the Township where the storage of flammable
cryogenic fluids in stationary containers is prohibited."
H.
Section
5704.2.9.6.1 shall be amended by adding the following sentence: "There
are no geographic limits in the Township where the storage of Class
I and Class II liquids in aboveground tanks outside of buildings is
prohibited."
I.
Section
5706.2.4.4 shall be amended by adding the following sentence: "There
are no geographic limits in the Township where the storage of Class
I and Class II liquids in aboveground tanks is prohibited."
J.
Section
6104.2 shall be amended by adding the following sentence: "There are
no geographic limits in the Township where the storage of liquefied
petroleum gas is restricted for the protection of heavily populated
or congested areas."
K.
The
following appendices shall be adopted:
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Appendix B - Fire Flow Requirements for Buildings
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Appendix C - Fire Hydrant Locations and Distribution
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Appendix D - Fire Apparatus Access Roads
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Appendix E - Hazard Categories
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Appendix F - Hazard Ranking
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