[Adopted 5-25-2004 by Ord. No. 313]
West Whiteland Township 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.
[Amended 8-26-2015 by Ord. No. 425]
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pennsylvania 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 West Whiteland Township (hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the "code").
[Amended 8-26-2015 by Ord. No. 425]
The Township's Code Administration Department shall administer and enforce the Uniform Construction Code. The Director of the Code Administration Department, or other designee appointed by the Township Manager, shall be the Building Code Official. As necessary, third-party agencies also may be retained for plan examination or inspections on behalf of West Whiteland Township.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by ordinance or resolution of the Board of Supervisors 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.
All relevant ordinances, regulations, and policies of West Whiteland Township not governed by the Code shall remain in full force and effect.
[Amended 8-26-2015 by Ord. No. 425]
Fees assessable by the Township for the administration and enforcement of the Uniform Construction Code undertaken pursuant to this chapter shall be established by the Board of Supervisors by ordinance or resolution from time to time.
The Uniform Construction Code is hereby changed, supplemented, and revised as follows. To the extent any of the following changes exceed the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code, the changes were adopted by West Whiteland Township by ordinances duly enacted on or before July 1, 1999.
A. 
Delete Section 403.42(b), and substitute therefor the following section:
403.42(b) When approved by the Code Official emergency repairs or replacement of equipment may be made without first applying for a permit if a permit application is submitted to the Building Code Official within one business day of the repair or replacement.
B. 
Section 403.42(c)(1)(vi) is changed to read as follows:
(vi) Painting, papering, and tiling. [Delete: carpeting, cabinets, countertops and similar finishing work.]
C. 
Delete Section 403.42(c)(1)(vii).
D. 
Delete Section 403.42(c)(1)(xii).
E. 
Delete Section 403.42(c)(1)(xiii).
F. 
Delete Section 403.42 (c)(3)(i).
G. 
Delete Section 403.42(c)(4)(i).
H. 
Section 403.43(g) is changed to read as follows in the last sentence: "no more than five years" shall be deleted and "no more than two years" shall be inserted.
I. 
Delete Section 403.62(b), and substitute therefor the following section:
403.62(b) When approved by the Code Official emergency repairs or replacement of equipment may be made without first applying for a permit if a permit application is submitted to the Building Code Official within one business day of the repair or replacement.
J. 
Section 403.62(c)(1)(v): Delete the word "cabinets" from the sentence, to read: "(v) exterior or interior painting, tiling, carpeting, flooring, countertops and similar finishing work."
K. 
Delete Section 403.62(c)(1)(xvii).
L. 
Add a new Section 403.82(4) to read as follows:
Section 403.82(4): Any person who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building or structure in violation of an approved plan or directive of the Code Official, or of a permit or use and occupancy permit issued under the provisions of this code, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a summary offense, punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and attorney's fees, and upon default of the payment of the fine, costs and attorney's fees, imprisonment not exceeding 30 days. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Subsection M, which immediately followed and added a new Section 403.121(h), was repealed 8-26-2015 by Ord. No. 425.