The Fire Prevention Code of Willistown Township previously adopted, being the BOCA Basic/National Fire Prevention 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 Fire Prevention Code, so that, from and after the effective date of this chapter, the Fire Prevention Code of Willistown Township shall be the BOCA National Fire Prevention Code/1993, together with the supplements and amendments as hereinafter set forth in §
72-11 of this chapter.
The BOCA National Fire Prevention Code/1993
is hereby further supplemented and amended as follows:
A. Section F-101.1 is supplemented by inserting "Willistown
Township" as the name of the jurisdiction.
B. Section F-112.3 concerning violation penalties is
deleted in its entirety and in place thereof it is hereby substituted
with the following:
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F-112.3 Penalty for violations: Any person who
shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with
any order issued pursuant to any section thereof, 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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C. Section F-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."