The Borough hereby elects to administer and enforce
the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of
1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101-7210.1103, as amended from
time to time, and its regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa.
Code, Chapters 401-405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted
and incorporated herein by reference as the municipal building code
of the Borough.
Administration and enforcement of the Code within
the Borough shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined
by Borough Council from time to time by resolution:
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.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution
of Borough Council 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, said
Board of Appeals shall be established by joint action of the participating
municipalities.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which were adopted by the Borough on or before July 1, 1999, and which
equal or exceed the requirements of the Code shall continue in full
force and effect until such time as such provisions fail to equal
or exceed the minimum requirements of the Code, as amended from time
to time.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which are in effect as of the effective date of this article and whose
requirements are less than the minimum requirements of the Code are
hereby amended to conform with the comparable provisions of the Code.
Fees assessable by the Borough for the administration
and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this article and the Code shall
be established by Borough Council by resolution from time to time.
If any section, subsection, sentence or clause of
this article is held, for any reason, to be invalid, such decision
or decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions
of this article.