[Ord. 932, 5/3/2010, § 102]
It is the intent and purpose of this Part to adopt a modern
property maintenance code, which will prescribe effective standards
and minimum requirements for buildings and premises in the municipality.
This code is designed to cover every facet of housing and property
maintenance in order to insure those persons in or visiting the municipality
are provided with a safe and sanitary environment.
[Ord. 952, 5/3/2010, § 102; as amended by Ord.
1032, 6/5/2017]
It is hereby adopted by the municipality for the purposes set forth in § 5-301 that certain code known as the Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance Code, 2017 Edition, as promulgated by the Centre Region Council of Governments, except such provisions which may be in conflict with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the regulations issued by an agency of the commonwealth by virtue of such laws and which provide a more stringent standard and which are required to be observed by the municipality or the provisions of other ordinances of this jurisdiction which are in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, regardless of the strictness of the provisions. The provisions of the Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance Code, 2017 Edition, as amended, are set forth in the copy presently on file in the office of the Municipal Manager, and are hereby adopted as fully as if set forth in length herein, and, from the date on which this chapter shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the municipality, except as modified by this chapter and any subsequent amendments thereto.
[Added by Ord. 948, 2/22/2011, § 2; as amended
by Ord. 1032, 6/5/2017]
The following articles and sections of the Centre Region Building
Safety and Property Maintenance Code, 2017 Edition, as adopted, are
amended, deleted, or altered as follows:
1.
Table 404.5.2 is deleted.
2.
The title of Table 404.5.1 is now: Table 404.5.1 Minimum Habitable
Space (square feet [square meters]); applies to all properties receiving
a rental housing permit for the first time after January 1, 1998.
3.
Alter Section 302.11.2, Study ordered, to read: At any time when
the code official, or other municipal official observes a tree that
appears to be a structurally unsound tree, a diseased tree, a dead
tree, a dying tree, has significant amount of decay present, or a
dangerous tree, the code official has the authority to order a special
inspection or study be completed by a third-party professional certified
arborist contracted by the owner at the owner's expense.
4.
Alter Section 302.11.4, Tree removal, to read: If a tree is determined
to be a dangerous tree by a certified arborist, the code official
has the authority to require the modification of the tree as to abate
the hazard and maintain the tree in a nondangerous condition. If the
hazard cannot be abated, the code official has the authority to require
the removal of the tree. The modification or removal shall be ordered
in writing in accordance with the requirements of Section 302.11.4.
5.
Section 805, Rental Housing Permit Suspension for Zoning Violations,
is modified as follows: All notations to "Borough" or "State College
Borough" shall be changed to "College Township," "Borough Manager"
to "College Township Manager" and "Borough Council" to "College Township
Council."
7.
Section 806, Rental Housing Permit Suspension for Nuisance and Criminal
Violations, is modified as follows: All notations to "Borough" or
"State College Borough" shall be changed to "Ferguson Township," "Borough
Manager" to "Ferguson Township Manager," and "Borough Council" to
"Ferguson Township Council."
8.
Alter Section 806.11.1, Refuse, to read: Refers to garbage, refuse, and municipal solid waste regulations enforced by the Ferguson Township Ordinance Enforcement and Zoning Officers pursuant to Chapter 20, Solid Waste, of the Ferguson Township Code.
9.
Alter Section 806.11.2, Property maintenance (interior and exterior),
to read: Refers to regulations for the maintenance of residential
property as generally enforced by the Center Region Code Administration,
pursuant to this code with the exception of Chapter 9 (Fire Code).
12.
Alter Section 806.11.5, Vegetation, to read: Refers to enforcement of grass and weeds pursuant to Chapter 10, Health and Safety, of the Ferguson Township Code.
13.
Alter Section 806.11.9, Dogs, to read: Refers to enforcement of dog offenses pursuant to Chapter 2, Animals, of the Ferguson Township Code.
14.
Alter Section 806.11.10, Fire Code, to read: Refers to regulations
for the prevention of fires at rental properties as adopted in Chapter
9 (Fire Code) of this code.
15.
Section 807 is deleted.
[Added by Ord. 1032, 6/5/2017]
Any health officer of a participating municipality which has
adopted the Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance
Code, 2017 Edition, as amended, may enforce the provisions of this
Code.
[Added by Ord. 1032, 6/5/2017]
The provisions of this Part shall be in full force and effect
on July 1, 2017.
