[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Edgeworth 6-16-2004 by Ord. No. 494. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The Borough hereby elects to administer and
enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act,
Act 45 of 1999, as amended from time to time, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 7210.101
et seq.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in
34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 through 405, as amended from time to time,
is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the building
code of the Borough.
Administration and enforcement of the code within
the Borough shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined
by the Borough Council from time to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the Borough to
serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the Borough;
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 the
Borough; and
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 Council 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 effective 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 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 Council by resolution from time to time.
This chapter shall be effective July 1, 2004.
