[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Heidelberg 4-20-2004 by Ord. No. 555, approved 4-20-2004. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Heidelberg Borough hereby elects to administer
and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act,
Act 45 of 1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101 through 7210.1103,
as amended from time to time, and its regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in
34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 through 405, as amended from time to time,
is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the municipal
building code of Heidelberg Borough.
Administration and enforcement of the Code within
Heidelberg Borough shall be undertaken in any of the following ways,
as determined by the governing body of Heidelberg Borough from time
to time by resolution:
A.Â
By the designation of an employee of Heidelberg Borough
to serve as the Municipal Code Official to act on behalf of Heidelberg
Borough.
B.Â
By the retention of one or more construction code
officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of Heidelberg Borough.
C.Â
By agreement with one or more other municipalities
for the joint administration and enforcement of the Act through an
intermunicipal agreement.
D.Â
By entering into a contract with another municipality
for the administration and enforcement of the Act on behalf of Heidelberg
Borough.
E.Â
By entering into an agreement with the Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry for plan review, inspections and
enforcement of structures other than one-family or two-family dwelling
units and utility and miscellaneous use structures.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution
of the governing body of Heidelberg Borough in conformity with the
requirements of the relevant provisions of the Code, as amended from
time to time, and for the purposes set forth therein. If at any time
enforcement and administration is undertaken jointly with one or more
other municipalities, said Board of Appeals shall be established by
joint action of the participating municipalities.
A.Â
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which were adopted by Heidelberg Borough on or before July 1, 1999,
and which equal or exceed the requirements of the Code, shall continue
in full force and effect until such time as such provisions fail to
equal or exceed the minimum requirements of the Code, as amended from
time to time.
B.Â
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which are in effect as of the effective date of this chapter and whose
requirements are less than the minimum requirements of the Code are
hereby amended to conform with the comparable provisions of the Code.
C.Â
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies
of Heidelberg Borough not governed by the Code shall remain in full
force and effect.
Fees assessable by Heidelberg Borough for the
administration and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this chapter
and the Code shall be established by the governing body by resolution
from time to time.
Nothing contained in this ordinance shall change
or modify the agreement between the Borough of Heidelberg and the
Allegheny County Health Department that requires and allows the Allegheny
County Health Department the duties and responsibilities of issuing
plumbing permits and conducting plumbing inspections under the Public
Drinking Water & Waste Management Program in a manner consistent
with Act 45.