[Adopted 7-6-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-242]
[Amended 11-13-2018 by Ord. No. 394; 4-19-2022 by Ord. No. 412]
Limerick Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code, Act 45 of 1999,
as amended. The codes applicable to work for which a construction
permit is sought on or after April 19, 2022, are the 2018 International
Codes issued by the International Code Council (ICC), and the provisions
amended by the UCC Review and Advisory Council (RAC).
The Uniform Construction Code, referred to above,
is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the Building
Code of Limerick Township (the "Code").
The administration and enforcement of the Building
Code of Limerick Township shall be undertaken in any of the following
ways as determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of
Supervisors:
A. By the designation of an employee of Limerick Township
to serve as the Limerick Township Code Official to act on behalf of
the Township.
B. By the retention of one or more Construction Code
Officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Township.
C. By agreement with one or more other municipalities
for the joint administration and enforcement of the Building Code
through an intermunicipal agreement.
D. By entering into a contract with another municipality
for the administration and enforcement of the Code on behalf of the
Township.
E. 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 Board of Supervisors of Limerick Township in conformity with
the requirements of the Code, as amended from time to time, and for
the purpose set forth therein. If at any time, enforcement and administration
is undertaken jointly with one or more other municipalities, the Board
of Appeals shall be established by joint action of the participating
municipalities.
All Building Code ordinances or portions of
ordinances which were adopted by Limerick Township 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.
All prior 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.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies
of Limerick Township not governed by the Code shall remain in full
force and effect.
All fees assessable by Limerick Township for
the administration and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this chapter
and the Code shall be established from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors.
[Adopted 4-26-2007 by Ord. No. 273]
Limerick Township hereby elects to include utility
and miscellaneous use structures, as defined in Act 92 of 2004, and thereby requires applicable permits and inspections
for the construction and modification of such structures from 1,000
square feet to 120 square feet under the Uniform Construction Code,
contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time
to time, and as was previously adopted as the Building Code of Limerick
Township.
This article shall be effective 35 days after
the date of passage of this article.