[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough
of Baden 4-21-2004 by Ord. No. 880. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Code and Sanitation Enforcement Officer — See Ch. 5.
Building construction — See Ch. 55.
Unsafe buildings — See Ch. 59.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 90.
Flood damage prevention — See Ch. 95.
Housing standards — See Ch. 113.
Plumbing — See Ch. 137.
Sewers — See Ch. 152.
Stormwater management — See Ch. 162.
Zoning — See Ch. 193.
This municipality 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 this municipality.
Administration and enforcement of the Code within
this municipality shall be undertaken in any of the following ways,
as determined by the governing body of this municipality from time
to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the municipality
to serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the municipality;
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code
officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the municipality;
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
municipality;
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.
[Amended 10-24-2012 by Ord. No. 917]
A.
A Regional Board of Appeals is established by the Beaver County Regional
Council of Governments in accordance with the Pennsylvania Construction
Code Act, as amended from time to time.
B.
The Regional Board of Appeals will be applicable to the Borough of
Baden in matters relating to the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act,
as amended from time to time, providing a process for challenging
decisions made by the Building Code Official as employed by or retained
by the Borough of Baden.
C.
The Borough of Baden, through its membership in the Beaver County
Regional Council of Governments and through its appointed, voting
delegate, will have a vote on the selection of qualified members on
the Regional Board of Appeals.
D.
The Borough of Baden agrees to enter into an intergovernmental cooperation
agreement with the Beaver County Regional Council of Governments in
order to effectuate the provisions of this section.
A.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which were adopted by this municipality 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 this municipality not governed by the code shall remain in full
force and effect.
Fees assessable by the municipality for the
administration and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this chapter
and the code shall be established by the governing body by resolution
from time to time.
