[Ord. 2004-02, 7/1/2004, § 1]
This Part shall be known as the "Manheim Township Building Code."
[Ord. 2004-02, 7/1/2004, § 2]
The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, (Act of November 10, 1999,
P.L. 491, No. 45, 35 P.S. § 7210.101- § 7210.1103,
as amended), and its regulations, in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401-405,
(collectively referred to as the "Code").
[Ord. 2004-02, 7/1/2004, § 3]
The Code is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as
the building code of the Township.
[Ord. 2004-02, 7/1/2004, § 4]
Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Township
shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined by
the Board of Supervisors of the Township from time to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the Township to serve as the
building code official to act on behalf of the Township;
B.
By the 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 Part through an intermunicipal
agreement;
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality for the administration
and enforcement of this Part on behalf of the 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.
[Ord. 2004-02, 7/1/2004, § 5]
A Board of Appeals is hereby established by the Board of Supervisors
of 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. If at any time enforcement and administration
is undertaken jointly with one or more other municipalities, the Board
of Appeals shall be established by joint action of the participating
municipalities.
[Ord. 2004-02, 7/1/2004, § 6]
1.
The Manheim Township Building Permit Ordinance, (Ordinance 46, Chapter 4, Part 1), together with any amendments thereto, is hereby repealed for all buildings for which permits are issued after the effective date of this Part. It shall remain in full force and effect for any permits for which complete applications were filed before the effective date of this Part.
2.
All other building code or building permit ordinances or portions
of ordinances that are in effect as of the effective date of this
Part and whose requirements are less than the minimum requirements
of the Code are hereby amended to conform to the comparable provisions
of the Code.
3.
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 Township ordinances, or state or federal statutes
or regulations, which are not superseded by the Code, including, but
not limited to, zoning, subdivision, driveway, sewage, highway, occupancy
or NPDES permits, as applicable, shall continue to be required.
[Ord. 2004-02, 7/1/2004, § 7]
Fees assessable by the Township for all administration and enforcement
undertaken pursuant to this Part and the Code shall be established
by the Board of Supervisors by resolution from time to time. All fees
for permits and inspections required by the UCC and this Part and
all other Township ordinances shall be paid before any permits are
issued, and any additional fees which shall become due shall be paid
before the issuance of a use and occupancy certificate.
[Ord. 2004-02, 7/1/2004, § 8]
No building permit shall be issued pursuant to the Township's
building code for any new building or structure that will utilize
an on-site sanitary sewer system until a permit for such system has
been issued by the Township's Sewage Enforcement Officer. If
the new building or structure will connect to a public or community
sanitary sewer system, then the applicant must first provide to the
Township's building code official evidence satisfactory to the
Township from the owner of such system of the applicant's irrevocable
right to connect to the system in sufficient capacity for the proposed
use.
[Ord. 2004-02, 7/1/2004, § 9]
Final inspections and occupancy certificates as required under
or issued in conjunction with the UCC shall be conducted and issued
with, and at the same time as, final inspections and use and occupancy
certificates required by the Township's zoning ordinance. No
inspection shall be conducted or permit issued under either this Part
or the zoning ordinance separately from the other. It shall be the
responsibility of the applicant to request such inspections or permits
from both the Township's Building Code Official and Zoning Enforcement
Officer, who shall be responsible between them for coordinating the
inspections and the issuance of the required permits within the time
set by the UCC and the Township's zoning ordinance.
[Ord. 2004-02, 7/1/2004, § 10]
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 Part 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 Part or the Code, shall be considered
a separate violation.
[Ord. 1999-03, -/-/1999, § 1]
The purpose of this Part is to require the numbering of all
houses or other buildings within the Township to facilitate, promote
and accelerate transportation, communication, and the supply of municipal
services, including fire, police and ambulance services and to otherwise
promote the public safety and general welfare of the residents of
Manheim Township. This Part shall be known and may be cited as the
"Manheim Township Building Numbering Ordinance."
[Ord. 1999-03, -/-/1999, § 2]
The Board of Supervisors of Manheim Township hereby adopts a
plan and system for the numbering of house and principal buildings
and tracts of land in Manheim Township, together with a building numbering
listing. The building number listing shall be updated by the Township
Manager as new building numbers are assigned. A copy of the building
number listing is attached hereto, incorporated herein by reference,
and marked Exhibit 1.
[Ord. 1999-03, -/-/1999, § 3]
Certain roads in the Township are being named or renamed. An
annotated map of the Township, indicating street and road names (a
copy of which is attached hereto) is hereby approved and adopted.
Hereafter, road and/or street names may be added or amended as necessary
(including subdivisions and future developments) by resolution of
the Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 1999-03, -/-/1999, § 4]
BUILDINGS — All principal structures, such as,
but not limited, to single and multiple family dwellings, offices,
places of business, public service facilities, commercial, industrial
and charitable establishments, churches, schools, governmental and
other institutions, but shall not include accessory buildings on the
same lot that are occupied by the same person or entity as the principal
building on such lot.
A location that is visible to the traveling public from the
road or street on which a building is located.
Any individual or individuals, partnership, association,
firm, company, corporation or other legal entity, including the partners,
officers and directors thereof.
The primary purpose or function to which a parcel or tract
of land is put.
Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania, its Board of
Supervisors, and designated agents, representative and/or employees.
[Ord. 1999-03, -/-/1999, § 5]
Within 90 days of the passage and approval of this Part, it
shall be the duty of each and every owner of each and every building
in the Township to cause the same to be numbered in accordance with
this Part and the system and plan hereby adopted and approved. The
Township shall assign numbers to all buildings in the Township in
accordance with said system and plan.
[Ord. 1999-03, -/-/1999, § 6]
1.
Upon the assignment by the Township of a number to a given building,
it shall be the duty and obligation of the person(s) who own and/or
occupy same to display such number in a conspicuous location. If the
building to be numbered is located more than 75 feet from the paved
cartway of the public road on which it fronts or to which it has access,
the owner and/or occupant shall place the number in either of the
following locations:
A.
On either side of the driveway or entrance, the numbers to be metal
or other durable, light reflecting material and at least four inches
in height. The color of the numbers shall be in contrast with the
immediate background and shall be so placed as to be in full view
from both directions of travel on the street upon which the driveway
or entrance is located. When numbers are posted at the entrance of
a property, said numbering must be placed a minimum of three feet
above the surface of the ground and shall be situated five to 10 feet
off of the paved cartway.
B.
If a single mailbox serving the principal building is located by
the driveway or entrance on the same side of the street, then three-inch
numbers placed on both sides of the box or post will serve as numbering
with the numbers to be metal or other durable, light reflecting material
and the color of the numbers to be in contrast with the immediate
background. If the mailbox is located on the opposite side of the
street, a separate number display shall be located at the driveway
or entrance unless there is no adjacent principal structures to be
numbered, with said numbering to be situated five to 10 feet off of
the paved cartway.
2.
If the building to be numbered is located less than
75 feet from the paved cartway of the public road on which it fronts
or to which it has access, the numbers may be placed on the principal
structure in a conspicuous location. The numbers shall be metal or
other durable, light reflecting material and at least four inches
in height with the color of the numbers to be in contrast with the
immediate background.
3.
If assigned numbers are placed on the building located on a property
or on either side of the driveway or entrance servicing same, such
numbers shall also be affixed to the mailbox serving the parcel or
tract of land.
4.
In the event an owner or occupant of a property has an objection
to locating a numbers as required above, he/she may apply to the Township,
through its Zoning/Code Enforcement Officer, for a waiver of the above
requirements; provided, however, that in order to secure such a waiver,
the applicant must provide the Township with a reasonable alternative
to the requirements set forth herein.
5.
In instances in which three or more buildings requiring numbers are
accessed by a private road, the owners of said properties must comply
with the following procedures:
A.
The owners of such properties must agree upon a road name (short
names are preferable) and submit the agreed upon name to the Manheim
Township Board of Supervisors for a determination as to whether or
not there is a conflict with an existing road name in Manheim Township
or in the Manheim Township area. If the Supervisors determine that
the road name is in conflict with another already used road name,
the owners shall be directed to agree upon another name. If the Township
Supervisors have not received from the property owners an agreed upon
name acceptable to the Supervisors within 30 following the enactment
of this Part, the Township Supervisors shall decide upon a road name
and shall advise the property owners of such as soon as practicable.
B.
Upon the naming of a road by the property owners or the Township,
a steel post and a road name sign will be supplied and installed by
Manheim Township at its expense.
C.
The owner or occupant of each building which is accessed by said
private road shall place street number signs on or in front of each
such building in a manner consistent with the requirement set forth
in § 206 of this Part.
6.
All old numbers shall be removed from any house, building or other
structure upon the assignment by the Township of a new number.
7.
The Code Enforcement Officer is hereby authorized to require the
numbering or renumbering of any house, building, or other structure
in accordance with this Part.
[Ord. 1999-03, -/-/1999, § 7]
All buildings erected after the adoption of this Part shall
be assigned a number by the Township in accordance with the building
numbering system as adopted, at the time of the issuance of a building
permit. No certificate of use or occupancy shall be issued until such
number has been posted and displayed in accordance with the requirements
hereof.
[Ord. 1999-03, -/-/1999, § 8]
No person shall alter, deface, cover, obstruct or remove any
number placed on any property in accordance with this Part; provided,
however, that an owner/occupant may repair or replace a number or
take such other action to bring same into compliance herewith. Any
number which is defaced or otherwise destroyed or removed shall be
replaced within 30 days following such destruction or removal.
[Ord. 1999-03, -/-/1999, § 9]
1.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall be
subject to specific penalties as hereinafter set forth. Should a person
responsible for complying with the terms hereof fail to do so, the
Township shall provide said person with written notice of violation
sent by certified mail to the last known address of the owner and/or
occupant of the building. Should said person fail to pick up the certified
mail notice, the Township shall send said notice by regular mail and
shall post the premises with a notice of violation.
2.
Any person who shall violate the provisions hereof upon the expiration
of 30 days after the receipt of the notice set forth above (for purposes
of this Part, "notice" shall mean receipt of the notice of violation
by certified mail, regular mail or posting of the property as set
forth above), shall upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a summary
offense and shall be subject to a criminal fine not to exceed $1,000
per violation.
3.
Each day in which the provisions of this Part are violated shall
constitute a separate violation and may be prosecuted as such by the
Township.
