[Adopted 5-19-1981 by Ord. No. 81-10;
amended in its entirety 5-21-1991 by Ord. No. 872]
The BOCA Basic Plumbing Code, Seventh Edition
1987, or such newer edition of the said Code then in existence, recommended
by Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc.,
is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the Borough of Lewisburg
and hereafter designated as such, for the purpose of establishing
rules and regulations for the installation, alteration, and repair
of plumbing fixtures, equipment and systems, and other similar and
related work within the Borough.
Each and all of the regulations, provisions,
conditions, and terms of the said BOCA Basic Plumbing Code, Seventh
Edition 1987, or such newer edition of the said Code then in existence,
recommended by Building Officials and Code Administrators International,
Inc., as established in a standard form, are hereby incorporated herein
by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this article.
Any person violating any of the regulations,
provisions, conditions, or terms of the said BOCA Basic Plumbing Code,
or failing to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof,
and also any owner of a building or structure, or portion thereof,
or of the premises where anything in violation of the said Code shall
be placed or shall exist, and any architect, engineer, builder, contractor,
plumber, agent, person, or corporation employed in connection therewith
and assisting in the commission of such violation or violations, shall,
upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a District
Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus
costs of prosecution, and/or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed
90 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall
constitute a separate offense.
Three copies of the said BOCA Basic Plumbing
Code, Seventh Edition 1987, or such newer edition of the said Code
then in existence, are on file in the offices of the Borough Secretary
and/or the Building Official of the Borough of Lewisburg, and are
available for public inspection in said offices.
