[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Waynesboro 6-16-2004
by Ord. No. 1021. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This Borough of Waynesboro hereby elects to administer and enforce the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, 35 P.S.
§§ 7210.101-7210-1103, as amended from time to time, and its
regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401-405,
as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by
reference as the Municipal Building Code of the Borough of Waynesboro.
Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Borough of Waynesboro
shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined by the governing
body of the Borough from time to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the Borough to serve
as the Borough Code Official to act on behalf of the Borough of Waynesboro;
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code officials
or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Borough;
C.
By agreement with one or more other municipalities for
the joint administration and enforcement of this Act through an intermunicipal
agreement;
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality
for the administration and enforcement of this Act on behalf of this Borough;
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 governing
body of the 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.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which were adopted by the 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.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which are in effect as of the 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.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of
the Borough of Waynesboro not governed by the Code shall remain in full force
and effect.
Fees assessable by the Borough for the administration and enforcement
undertaken pursuant to this chapter and the Code shall be established by the
Borough Council by resolution from time to time.
This chapter shall be effective July 1, 2004.
