[Amended 1-20-1994 by Ord.
No. 869; 11-21-1996 by Ord.
No. 913]
That certain documents, three copies of which are on file in the office
of the Code Enforcement Officer and the Borough of Media, being marked and
designated as the Plumbing Code, including Appendix Chapters, the 1995 International
Plumbing Code published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators
International and the International Conference of Building Officials, be and
is hereby adopted as the code of the Borough of Media for regulating the design,
construction, quality of materials, erections, installation, alteration, repair,
location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of plumbing
systems in the Borough of Media, providing for the issuance of permits and
collection, conditions and terms of such International Plumbing Code, 1995
Edition, published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International,
Inc., International Conference of Building Officials and the Southern Building
Code Congress International, Inc., on file in the office of the Borough of
Media are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set
out in this chapter.
Ordinance Numbers 492, 496, 510, 521, 536, 548, 549, 553, 601, 673 and
825 of the Borough of Media are hereby repealed, and all other ordinances
or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith.
[Amended 11-21-1996 by Ord.
No. 913]
The following sections are hereby revised:
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Section 101.1 Insert: Borough of Media.
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Section 106.5.2 Insert: Unified Fee Schedule found in Ordinance Number 855 and Media Code § 223-3 remains in effect.
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The unified fee schedule is as follows and may be changed by resolution
of the Borough Council:
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Fee for Plumbing Permits
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Type
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Fee
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Annual registration
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$50.00
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New work and alterations
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Up to 5 fixtures
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$25.00
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Each additional fixture
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$5.00
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Renewal or replacement of fixture
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$5.00, plus $0.50 per fixture
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Sewer connection inspection
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$15.00
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Section 106.5.3 Insert: 75% in two places. (Refunds).
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Section 108.4 Insert: Any person, partnership or corporation who shall
violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair plumbing work in violation
of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official,
or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, upon
being found liable therefore in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by
a municipality, pay a judgment of not more than $500, plus all court costs,
including reasonable attorney fees incurred by a municipality as a result
thereof.
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Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation,
unless the district justice determining that there has been a violation further
determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or
corporation violating the chapter to have believed that there was not such
a violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such
violation until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a
violation by the district justice and thereafter each day that a violation
continues shall constitute a separate violation. All judgments, costs and
reasonable attorney fees collected for the violation of this chapter shall
be paid over to the municipality.
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Section 108.5 Insert: not less than [$500] nor more than
[$1,000]." (Stop work orders).
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Section 306.6.1 Insert: 36 inches and six inches, successively,
in two places.
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Chapter 14, Referenced Standards. Insert: 1996 BOCA National
Building Code and 1996 International Mechanical Code.
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The Zoning Law herein referred to shall be the Media Zoning Ordinance
No. 823 in effect, and as amended or changed as of the date of any application
for any permit hereunder and payment made therefor. Such parts of or sections
of said ordinance, which also regulate in the scope of this chapter, are repealed
hereby or, if adopted hereafter, are hereby made inapplicable; if an ambiguity
or conflict arises between the terms of this chapter and such Zoning Ordinance,
the terms, provisions and regulations of this chapter shall repeal and take
precedence, unless said Zoning Ordinance specifically makes a conflicting
section of it controlling over this chapter.
The Building Officer shall report all permits issued to the Council
at its regular meetings. The Building Officer and Inspector shall have no
power to issue permits for a new building or structure without the approval
of Council. All applications for any permit shall be filed with the Borough's
Secretary, who shall, after noting receipt of the same, forward them to the
Building Officer or Inspector, as the case may be, for processing in accordance
with the provisions hereof. No permit shall be valid unless signed by the
borough's Secretary and the Building Officer and appropriate Inspector. A
permit shall set forth certain stages of construction when the Building Officer
and appropriate Inspector shall inspect and approve the work done to that
stage. Until the Building Officer or Inspector gives that approval, any work
beyond that stage shall be in violation of this chapter. The respective Inspector
shall file reports as directed by the Building Officers.
The Building Officer, Building Inspector or Plumbing Inspector shall
not hire or engage the services of any other person without the approval of
Borough Council.
§ 223-11. Effect. That nothing in this chapter or in the Building Code hereby adopted shall be constructed 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 as cited in §
223-2 of this chapter, nor shall any just or legal rights or remedy of any character be lost or impaired by this chapter.