[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
East Whiteland 5-12-2004 by Ord. No. 157-2004.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 65.
Electrical standards — See Ch. 83.
Energy conservation — See Ch. 84.
Existing building regulations — See Ch. 85.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 90.
Fuel gas standards — See Ch. 96.
One- and two-family dwelling standards — See Ch. 123.
Plumbing — See Ch. 139.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 141.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 175.
Urban wildland interface standards — See Ch. 183.
Zoning — See Ch. 200.
There is hereby adopted by the Board of Supervisors of East Whiteland
Township for the purpose of enacting and establishing safety standards and
regulations for the safe installation and maintenance of certain mechanical
equipment situate within the Township, the International Mechanical Code,
2003 Edition, as now and as hereafter supplemented, reissued, amended and
revised as published by the International Code Council, Inc., and its successor
code. Not fewer than three copies of the International Mechanical Code, 2003
Edition, have been and now are filed in the office of the Secretary of East
Whiteland Township, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully
as if set out at length herein.
The following amendments, additions, deletions, and changes are hereby
made to the International Mechanical Code, 2003 Edition:
A.
Section 101.1 shall be amended by the deletion of the
words "[NAME OF JURISDICTION]" and the replacement thereof with "East Whiteland
Township."
B.
Section 103 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:
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SECTION 103
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DEPARTMENT OF CODES AND LIFE SAFETY
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C.
Section 103.1 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:
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103.1 The Department of Codes and Life Safety shall be
responsible for administering and enforcing this code. The Director of the
Department of Codes and Life Safety shall be appointed by the Township Manager
and shall be certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to serve as the
Township's Building Official. For purposes of this code, the Director
of the Department of Codes and Life Safety shall be referred to as the "Code
Official."
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D.
Section 103.2 shall be deleted in its entirety and reserved.
E.
Section 106.5.3 shall be deleted in its entirety.
F.
Section 108.4 shall be amended to state as follows:
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108.4 Violation penalties. Any person who violates or permits
the violation of any provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any
of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair mechanical
work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the
Code Official, or of a permit shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary
proceeding brought before a District Justice, be guilty of a summary offense
and shall be subject to the payment of a fine of not less than $100 and not
more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution. Upon default of payment thereof,
the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment in the county prison for a
period of not more than 30 days. Each section or provision of this code that
is violated shall constitute a separate offense, and each day or portion thereof
in which a violation of this code is found to exist shall constitute a separate
offense, each of which violation shall be punishable by a separate fine imposed
by the District Justice of not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution,
and, upon default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
in the county prison for a term not more than 30 days.
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G.
Section 108.5 is deleted and replaced with the following:
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108.5 Stop-work orders. The fine for violation of a stop-work
order shall be not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, imposed and collected
by the procedure specified in Section 108.4 of this code.
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H.
Section 109, Means of Appeal, shall be deleted and replaced
with the following:
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SECTION 109
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MEANS OF APPEAL
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109.1 General. The Township, along with Easttown Township,
Willistown Township and Malvern Borough (the "participating municipalities")
intends to form an intergovernmental Board of Appeals, which Board shall hear
and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the respective
municipalities' building official relative to the application and interpretation
of the municipalities' building code. The members of the intergovernmental
Board of Appeals shall be appointed by the participating municipalities and
shall be governed by rules and regulations adopted by the participating municipalities.
The intergovernmental Board of Appeals shall adopt rules of procedure for
conducting its business.
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