[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of East Goshen 5-4-2004 by Ord. No. 129-F-04. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
The Board of Supervisors of East Goshen Township
hereby adopts the International Existing Building Code, 2003 Edition,
as now and as hereafter supplemented, reissued, amended and revised,
as published by the International Code Council, Inc., with Appendixes
A and B. Not fewer than three copies of the International Existing
Building Code, 2003 Edition, have been and now are filed in the office
of the Secretary of East Goshen Township, and the same is hereby adopted
and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein.
The following amendments, additions, insertions
and changes are hereby made to the International Existing Building
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 Goshen Township."
B.
Section 103 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following: "103. EAST GOSHEN TOWNSHIP CODE DEPARTMENT."
C.
Section 103.1 shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
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103.1 Creation of enforcement agency. The East Goshen Township Code Department (the "Code Department”)
shall be responsible for administering and enforcing this Code. The
Zoning Officer is in charge of the Code Department and for purposes
of this Code shall be known as the Code Official.
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D.
Section 108.2 shall be amended to state as follows:
[Amended 7-21-2009 by Ord. No. 129-G-09]
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108.2 Fee schedule. The Board of
Supervisors shall, by resolution, adopt a schedule of fees and a collection
procedure which shall be kept on file by the Township Secretary and
shall be reviewed and revised as necessary by the Board of Supervisors.
All fees shall be paid upon billing by the Township but in no case
later than 30 days from the date of billing. When the 30th day from
the date of billing falls on either a weekend or a holiday on which
the Township building is closed, payments that are received before
the close of business the next business day immediately following
the 30th day shall be deemed to be paid on time and no interest shall
be applied. If the fee is not paid within 30 days of the date of billing,
the Township shall charge and be entitled to collect interest equal
to 3/4 of 1% of the unpaid balance per month, or fraction thereof,
until paid.
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E.
Section 112, Board of Appeals, shall be deleted and
replaced with the following:
[Amended 8-7-2012 by Ord. No. 129-E-2012; 8-11-2015 by Ord. No. 129-H-2015]
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112. BOARD OF APPEALS.
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112.1 General. The Township designates
the WCACOG Board of Appeals as the Board of Appeals for East Goshen
Township who shall hear appeals from decisions of the East Goshen
Township Building Code Official which are filed pursuant to the Act
and the Township's Building Codes.
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F.
Section 113.4 shall be amended to read as follows:
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113.4 Violation 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 a building or structure in violation of an approved
plan or directive of the Building Official or of a permit or use and
occupancy permit issued under the provisions of this Code, shall be
guilty of a summary offense, punishable by a fine of not more than
$1,000 per day, plus costs and attorney's fees, and, upon default
of the payment of the fine and costs, imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate
offense.
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G.
Section 1201.2 shall be amended by deleting the words,
"[DATE TO BE INSERTED BY JURISDICTION"] and replacing it with "March
15, 1956."
