[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Richland at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Administrative Board of Appeals — See Ch. 6.
Open burning — See Ch. 105.
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors of Richland Township, being marked and designated as the "BOCA National Fire Prevention Code, Eleventh Edition, 1999," as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Fire Prevention Code of Richland Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said BOCA National Fire Prevention Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 134-2 of this chapter.
The BOCA National Fire Prevention Code is amended and changed in the following respects:
A. 
Section F-101.1 is revised as follows:
F-101.1 Title: These regulations shall be known as the Fire Prevention Code of the Township of Richland, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, hereinafter referred to as such or as "this code."
B. 
Section F-112.3 is revised as follows:
F-112.3 Penalties: Any person who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair equipment or systems in violation of an approved plan or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a summary offense punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, and upon default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed shall be subject to a sentence of 30 days in the Cambria County Jail. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
C. 
Sections F-113.1 through F-113.7 shall be deleted in their entirety and amended to read as follows:
"The owner of a building or structure, office or agency of the township, or any other person aggrieved from a decision of the Codes Official, may appeal to the Richland Township Administrative Board of Appeals pursuant to the provisions of Richland Township Ordinance Number 133, as amended."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 6, Administrative Board of Appeals.
D. 
Sections F-403.1 through F-403.8 are hereby deleted in their entirety and Ordinance Number 241 regulating outdoor burning, adopted March 6, 1995, is hereby incorporated by reference.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 105, Open Burning.
The limits referred to in Section F-3003.2 of the BOCA National Fire Prevention Code in which the storage of explosives, ammunition and blasting agents is prohibited are hereby established as follows: No explosives, ammunition and/or blasting agents shall be stored on a site overnight. Only such amounts as shall be used on a work shift shall be maintained at a site.
Nothing in this chapter or in the Fire Prevention Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed by this chapter; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.