There is hereby adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Swatara for the purpose of establishing rules and
regulations to secure the proper installation of systems for furnishing
potable water, for sanitary sewage disposal and storm drainage; and
to insure public safety, health, and welfare as affected by the installation
and maintenance of plumbing, and providing for permits and penalties,
that certain plumbing code known as the BOCA National Plumbing Code,
recommended by the Building Officials and Code Administrators, International,
Inc., being particularly the Seventh Edition, 1987, of which not less
than three copies have been and are now filed in the office of the
Secretary of the Township of Swatara, Township Municipal Building,
599 Eisenhower Boulevard, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the Plumbing
Code of Swatara Township, and each and all of the regulations, provisions,
penalties, conditions, and terms of the BOCA National Plumbing Code,
Seventh Edition, 1987, are hereby referred to, adopted, and made part
thereof, with additions, insertions, deletions, and changes, if any,
hereinafter set forth, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated
as fully as if set forth at length herein, and from the date on which
this article shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling
in the installation and maintenance of plumbing systems within the
corporate limits of the Township of Swatara.
Nothing in this article or in the plumbing code
hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding
now pending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred,
nor any cause or causes of action accrued or existing, under any act
or ordinance repealed hereby; nor shall any right or remedy of any
character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.
The invalidity of any section or provision of
this article or of the plumbing code hereby adopted shall not invalidate
other sections or provisions thereof.
In interpreting and applying the provisions
of this code, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for
the promotion of the health, safety and general welfare. It is not
intended to annul other rules, regulations or ordinances provided
that where two or more ordinances conflict, the provisions of the
ordinance or code imposing the greatest restriction shall control.
The following sections of the BOCA National
Plumbing Code, Seventh Edition, 1987, are hereby revised as follows:
A. Section P-100.0, General, § P-100.1, Title,
is amended by inserting the following paragraph:
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P.100.4. For the purposes of this code, the Code Official shall be the Code Enforcement Officer established in the Code of Ordinances of the Township of Swatara, Chapter 128, Article I. The Code Enforcement Officer shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of this code as set forth in the Code of Ordinances of the Township of Swatara, Chapter 128, Article I, Administration.
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B. Sections P-101.0 through P-122.0 are hereby deleted
in their entirety.
C. Section P-104.0, Existing Use, § P-104.1,
is amended to read as follows:
D. Section P-114.0, Fees, § P-114.2, is amended
to read as follows:
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§ P-114.2 Fee Schedule: The permit fees for all plumbing work shall be fixed from time to
time by the Board of Commissioners.
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E. Section P-117.0, Violations, § P-117.4,
is amended to read as follows:
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P-117.4 Penalties: Any person who
shall violate any provision of this code or who fails to comply with
any of the requirements thereof, or who shall install, extend, alter,
repair or maintain plumbing systems in or adjacent to a building or
structure, in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted
and approved thereunder, shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $30 nor more than $1,000 and costs
of prosecution, or in default of payment of such fine and costs, to
undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Also the owner of
a building or structure or portion thereof, or of or shall exist,
and an architect, engineer, builder, contractor, agent, person or
corporation employed in connection therewith and who may have assisted
in the commission of such violation shall each be guilty of a separate
offense, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine not less than $30 nor more than $1,000 and costs of prosecution,
or, in default of payment of such fine and costs, undergo imprisonment
for not more than 30 days. Whenever any such person shall have been
notified by the Plumbing Official of such violation, by prosecution
or in any other manner, each day thereafter that such violation shall
continue shall a separate violation hereof and may be punishable as
such hereunder.
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F. Section P-303.0, Connection to Public Water and Sewer
System, § P-303.1, is hereby amended to read as follows:
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P-303.1 General: The water distribution
and drainage system of any building in which plumbing fixtures are
installed shall be connected to a public water main and sewer respectively,
if available. Where a public water main is not available, an individual
water supply shall be provided. Where a public sewer is not available,
a private sewage disposal system shall be provided conforming to the
Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act 537, as amended, approved
January 24, 1966, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, Title 25, Pennsylvania
Code.
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G. Section P-303.0, Connection to Public Water and Sewer
System, § P-303.2, is hereby deleted in its entirety.
H. Section P-308.0, Protection of Pipes, § P-308.3,
is hereby amended to read as follows:
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P-308.3 Freezing: Water service
piping shall be installed below recorded frost penetration but not
less than three feet zero inches below grade. In climates with freezing
temperatures, plumbing piping in exterior building walls or areas
subjected to freezing temperatures shall be adequately protected against
freezing by insulation or heat or both.
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I. Section P-308.0, Protection of Pipes, § P-308.4,
is hereby deleted in its entirety.