[Adopted 2-19-2001 by Ord. No. 2-2001]
The Township Manager, or such officials as the Township Board of Commissioners
may designate, (designated official) is hereby appointed as the designated
official who is authorized to carry out all responsibilities and duties stated
herein.
No insurance company, association or exchange (hereinafter, the insuring
agent) doing business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall pay a claim
of a named insured for the fire damage to a structure located within the Township
of South Fayette where the amount recoverable for the fire loss to the structure
under all policies exceeds $7,500, unless the insuring agent is furnished
by the designated official with a township certificate pursuant to the Fire
Insurance Escrow Law, as amended, and unless there is compliance with the Fire Insurance
Escrow Law, as amended, and the provisions of this chapter.
The Township of South Fayette may, by resolution, adopt procedures and
regulations to implement the Fire Insurance Escrow Law as amended, and this
article and may, by resolution, fix reasonable fees to be charged for municipal
activities or services provided pursuant to the Fire Insurance Escrow Law,
as amended, and this article, including, but not limited to, issuance of certificates
and bills, performance of inspections and opening separate fund accounts.
Said fees shall be the responsibility of the named insured.
This article section shall be construed to accomplish its purpose to
deter the commission of arson and related crimes, to discourage the abandonment
of property and to prevent urban blight and deterioration.
Upon adoption of this article, a copy of said article, the information
as required by 40 P.S. § 638(i), Fire Insurance Escrow Law, as amended,
shall be forwarded by South Fayette Township to the Pennsylvania Department
of Community Affairs.