The Plumbing Code of Willistown Township previously adopted, being the BOCA Basic/National Plumbing Code/1984, is hereby amended to adopt the changes made by the promulgating agency thereof, the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., in the 1993 Edition of the BOCA National Plumbing Code, so that, from and after the effective date of this chapter, the Plumbing Code of Willistown Township shall be the BOCA National Plumbing Code/1993, together with the supplements and amendments as hereinafter set forth in §
72-6 of this chapter.
The BOCA National Plumbing Code/1993 is hereby
further supplemented and amended as follows:
A. Section P-101.1 is supplemented by inserting "Willistown
Township" as the name of the jurisdiction.
B. Section P-113.2 concerning fee schedules is deleted
in its entirety and in place thereof it is hereby substituted with
the following:
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P-113.2 Fee schedule: The fees for all plumbing
work shall be paid in accordance with a schedule of fees to be prescribed
by the Board of Supervisors by resolution of said Board.
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C. Section P-116.4 concerning violation penalties is
deleted in its entirety and in place thereof it is hereby substituted
with the following:
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P-116.4 Violation penalties: 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, install, alter
or repair plumbing work in violation of the approved construction
documents or directive of the Code Official or of a permit or certificate
issued under the provisions of this code, in addition to any other
remedy available under law or equity, shall, upon conviction thereof,
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 for each offense,
together with the costs of prosecution, which fine may be collected
by suit or summary proceeding brought in the name of the Township
before any District Justice. Every day that a violation of this code
continues shall constitute a separate offense. All fines and penalties
collected for the violation of this code shall be paid over to the
Township treasury. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction
or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine
or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and
committed to the Township lockup for a period not exceeding five days
or to the county jail or workhouse for period not exceeding 30 days.
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D. Section P-117.2 concerning unlawful continuance is
deleted in its entirety and in place thereof it is hereby substituted
with the following:
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P-117.2 Unlawful continuance: Any person who
shall continue any work in or about the structure having been served
with a stop-work order, except such work as that person is directed
to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, in addition
to any other remedy available under law or equity, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine and imprisonment as provided in Section
P-116.4 above. Every day that a violation of this section continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
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E. Section P-202.0 is supplemented by adding at the end
thereof the following: "Whenever 'jurisdiction' or 'Township' is referred
to herein, such term shall be deemed to mean the Township of Willistown,
Chester County, Pennsylvania; whenever the term 'appointing authority'
or 'chief appointing authority' is used herein, it shall be deemed
to mean the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Willistown."
F. Section P-304.3 is supplemented by inserting therein
the distance in feet of 150 feet.
G. Section P-309.4 is supplemented by inserting therein
the depth of three feet or 36 inches as the minimum depth considered
to be below recorded frost penetration.
H. Section P-309.5 is supplemented by inserting therein
the number in inches in the two locations of 36 inches for building
sewers.