[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of College 2-6-2003
by Ord. No. O-03-05. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to adopt a modern electrical
code which will prescribe effective standards for the installation, repair
and maintenance of all electrical service and distribution wiring and all
electrical equipment in the Township of College and to provide informed and
professional administration and inspection of the provisions so adopted.
The provisions of Ordinance No. O-97-10 enacted the 18th day of December, 1997, codified as Chapter 100, Electrical Standards, of the Code of Ordinances of the Township of College and providing for the adoption of the National Electrical Code, 1996, as amended, are hereby repealed.
There is hereby adopted by the Township of College for the purposes set forth in § 100-1 that certain code known as the "National Electrical Code, 2002 Edition," and the "International Electrical Code, 2000 Edition, Administrative Provisions," as promulgated by the International Code Council, except such provisions which may be in conflict with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the regulations issued by an agency of the commonwealth by virtue of such laws and which provide a more stringent standard and which are required to be observed by the Township of College or the provisions of other ordinances of this jurisdiction which are in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, regardless of the strictness of the provisions. The provisions of the National Electrical Code, 2002 Edition, and International Electrical Code, 2000 Edition, Administrative Provisions, as supplemented, are set forth in those three copies which are presently on file in the office of the Township Manager, and are hereby adopted as fully as if set forth in length herein, and from the date on which this chapter shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the Township of College, except as modified by this chapter and any subsequent amendments thereto.
The following articles and sections of the National Electrical Code,
2002 Edition, and the International Electrical Code, 2000 Edition, Administrative
Provisions, as adopted, are amended, deleted or altered as follows:
A.
Section 101.1, entitled "Title," is amended to read as
follows:
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101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the "Electrical
Code of College Township," hereinafter referred to as "this code."
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B.
Section 102.4, entitled "Validity," is amended to read
as follows:
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102.4 Validity. Should any word, sentence, paragraph, or
section of this chapter, or the code adopted herein, be declared invalid for
any reason whatsoever, it is the intent of the Council of the Township of
College that it would have enacted all other portions of this chapter, or
the code adopted hereby, independent of the word, sentence, paragraph or section
declared invalid.
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C.
Section 202, entitled "General Definitions," definition
of Code Officials, is amended to read as follows:
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CODE OFFICIAL. The Director of the Centre Region Code Administration
or duly authorized representative.
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D.
Section 404.2, entitled "Schedule of permit fees," is
amended to read as follows:
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404.2 Schedule of permit fees. The permit fee shall be
.0055 dollars per dollar value of total project costs based upon the greater
of either the declared contract price as provided by the applicant or the
reasonable market value as determined by the Code Official using the type
of construction factor as published by the International Code Council, as
amended. In no instance shall the fee be less than $25. When the applicant
on the permit or his/her agent requesting a required inspection reveals the
work has not been completed, an additional fee of $45 shall be charged, and
no further inspection will be performed until such fee is paid. The fee schedule
may be amended from time to time by resolution of the municipality.
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E.
Section 404.3, entitled "Work commencing before permit
issuance," is deleted.
F.
Section 404.5, entitled "Refunds," shall be amended to
read as follows:
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404.5 Refunds. The Building Official shall authorize the
refunding of fees as follows:
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1.
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The full amount of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously paid
or collected.
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2.
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Not more than 75% of the permit fee in excess of minimum base of $25
when no work has been done under a permit issued in accordance with this code.
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3.
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Not more than 50% of the plan review fee paid when an application for
a permit for which a plan review fee has been paid is withdrawn or canceled
before any plan review effort has been expended.
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G.
Section 1003.1, entitled "Penalties," shall be amended
to read as follows:
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1003.1 Penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision
of this code or shall fail to comply with any requirements thereof or who
shall erect, install, alter or repair work regulated by this code 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 shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than a minimum
of $100, nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or
both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after
due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.
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H.
Section 1004.3, entitled "Unlawful continuance," is amended
to read as follows:
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1004.3 Unlawful continuance. Any person who shall continue
any work in or about the building or structure after having been served with
a stop-work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform
to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable for a fine of $300,
and the results of such work shall be ordered removed by the Code Official.
Each day that the work continues or each day that the results of such work
remain shall be considered a separate violation and subject to the fine indicated
above.
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I.
Section 1102.2, entitled "Qualifications," is amended
to read as follows:
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1102.2 Qualifications. The Board of Appeals shall consist
of five members and two alternates. The core shall be increased by two additional
members according to their designated code appointment for appeals regarding
plumbing, mechanical, electrical, property maintenance and handicapped accessibility.
Members of the Board shall serve without compensation and for the period of
a maximum of three consecutive terms (a term consisting of three years).
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