The City hereby adopts the Uniform Construction
Code (hereinafter referred to as "code"), as designated and defined
by the Act, as amended and supplemented, and the regulations promulgated
by the Department of Labor and Industry thereunder (hereinafter referred
to as "regulations"), as amended and supplemented from time to time,
as provided in the Act and regulations, as the City of Latrobe Building
Code. The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters
401 through 405, as amended from time to time, consists of the following:
A. The provisions of Chapters 2 through 29 and 31 through
35 of the International Building Code 2003 (First Printing). This
includes all errata issued by the International Code Council.
B. The ICC Electrical Code - Administrative Provisions
2003 (First Printing). This includes all errata issued by the International
Code Council.
C. The International Mechanical Code 2003 (First Printing).
This includes all errata issued by the International Code Council.
D. The International Fuel Gas Code 2003, (First Printing).
This includes all errata issued by the International Code Council.
E. The International Plumbing Code 2003 (First Printing).
This includes all errata issued by the International Code Council.
F. The International Residential Code 2003 (First Printing).
This includes all errata issued by the International Code Council.
G. The International Fire Code 2003 (First Printing).
This includes all errata issued by the International Code Council.
H. The International Energy Conservation Code 2003 (First
Printing). This includes all errata issued by the International Code
Council.
I. Sections AE501 through AE503 and AE601 through AE605
of Appendix E of the International Residential Code 2003 (First Printing).
This includes all errata issued by the International Code Council.
J. The International Existing Building Code for Buildings
and Facilities 2003 (First Printing). This includes all errata issued
by the International Code Council.
K. The International Urban-Wildlife Interface Code 2003
(First Printing). This includes all errata issued by the International
Code Council.
All ordinances, resolutions, regulations and
policies of the City not affected, modified or repealed by this chapter,
the code, Act or regulations, shall remain in full force and effect.
The City hereby imposes and assesses fees and
costs for the administration and enforcement of said code, Act, regulations,
and this chapter, which fees and costs shall be established by the
City by ordinance from time to time.
This chapter shall be effective upon date of
post-enactment publication.
The provisions of this chapter are severable,
and if any clause, sentence, subsection, section, article, chapter
or part thereof shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment or decision
shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall
be confined in its operation and application to the clause, sentence,
subsection, section, article or part thereof rendered. It is hereby
declared to be the intent of the Council of the City of Latrobe that
this chapter would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional
clause, sentence, subsection, section, article, chapter or part thereof
had not been included therein.
In the event that the aforementioned Act and/or
any rule or regulation adopted by, under or pursuant to the Act shall
be repealed, amended, deleted or modified, then and in that event,
the modification or amendment shall apply to the provisions of this
chapter. If the aforesaid Act is repealed in whole or in part, or
if a rule or regulation promulgated thereunder is repealed or deleted,
then and in that event, the matter addressed by the repealed or deleted
provision of Act, rule or regulation shall, by default, be governed
from the effective date of repeal or deletion by any prior code of
the City of Latrobe, rule or regulation issued thereunder, to the
extent applicable.