[Ord. 07.6.04, 7/6/2004, § 1]
Hepburn Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999,
as amended from time to time, and its regulations.
[Ord. 07.6.04, 7/6/2004, § 2]
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 Hepburn Township.
[Ord. 07.6.04, 7/6/2004, § 3]
1.
Administration and enforcement of the Code within Hepburn 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 Hepburn Township to serve as
the construction 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 Hepburn Township.
C.
By agreement with one or more entity or municipalities or individual
for the joint administration and enforcement of this Act through an
agreement.
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality for the administration
and enforcement of this Part on behalf of Hepburn Township.
E.
By entering into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of
Labor and Industry for the plan review, inspections, and enforcement
of structures other than one-family or two-family dwelling units and
utility and miscellaneous use structures.
[Ord. 07.6.04, 7/6/2004, § 4]
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution of the
Board of Supervisors of Hepburn 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. 07.6.04, 7/6/2004, § 5]
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which
were adopted by Hepburn Township 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.
[Ord. 07.6.04, 7/6/2004, § 6]
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which
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 with the comparable provisions of the code.
[Ord. 07.6.04, 7/6/2004, § 7]
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of Hepburn
Township not governed by the code shall remain in full force and effect.
[Ord. 07.6.04, 7/6/2004, § 8; as amended by Ord.
No. 06.12.18.01, 6/12/2018]
1.
The International
Property Maintenance Code, 2018 edition, is adopted by Hepburn Township
for a regulation and enforcement of property maintenance within the
Township, except for the following section of that Code, which is
not adopted: Section 111 (Means of Appeal).
[Ord. 07.6.04, 7/6/2004, § 9]
Fees assessable by Hepburn Township for the administration and
enforcement undertaken pursuant to this Part and the code shall be
established by the Board of Supervisors by resolution, and from time
to time may be changed.
