[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of White 4-25-1963 by Ord. No. 35. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any enlargement of any building, or any work of repair, rearrangement,
removal or replacement of any interior or exterior wall, roof, floor
or support, or of any part thereof, of any building; provided, however,
that the following shall not be deemed to be an alteration and may
be done and made without first obtaining a permit therefor, as hereinafter
provided: the painting of any building or part thereof; the alteration
of any building, including labor and material, aggregating $1,000
or less in value annually; and the normal, regular repairs to any
building, including labor and materials, aggregating $1,000 or less
in value annually.
Any natural person or persons, association, partnership,
firm or corporation.
[Amended 4-27-1983 by Ord. 882[1]]
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
cause or permit any building to be erected, altered or raised upon
any ground owned or rented by with or without first having obtained
a permit therefor. Such permit shall be issued by the Township Supervisors,
or their designated agent, upon the filing of an application with
them, submission of plans and specifications in the case of erection
or alteration of any building, payment of a fee, in an amount as established
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, and furnishing
of evidence of intended compliance with the requirements of the law
and of all other ordinances of the Township affecting building construction
and use therein, such evidence to be given by such specific information
as may be prescribed by the application form, the aforesaid permit
to be conspicuously posted on the premises.
Upon completing of the work or erection, alteration
or raising of any building under a permit granted as hereinabove provided,
the holder of such permit shall report such completion to the Township
Supervisors or to their designated agent. The Township Supervisors
may, after completion or at any time during the course of the work
for which the permit shall have been granted, cause and inspection
of such building to be made. If there is evidence that any requirement
of the law or of any applicable ordinance has not been complied with,
a prosecution may be commenced under such law or ordinance, or necessary
steps may be taken to secure compliance otherwise. The fact of completion
of such work shall be note upon the original application of the permit,
which shall be kept on file.
If any work authorized by any permit issued
under this chapter shall not have been commenced within six months
after the issuance of the permit, the Township Supervisors shall require
the permit holder to relinquish such unused permit which shall thereupon
become invalid. Under such conditions, neither the permit fee, nor
any part thereof, shall be returned to such permit holder, and, if
at any future time such permit holder shall make application for another
permit for the same work, he shall follow the same procedure and pay
the same fee as if no previous permit had been issued.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof in an action
brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided
for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules
of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more
than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and
costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that
a violation of this chapter continues or each section of this chapter
which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate
offense.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to relieve any person who makes alterations from complying with such
regulations relating to alterations as may from time to time be made
by the Chief Assessor of Indiana County.
