F-105.1 Enforcement Office. The
Code Enforcement Officer, the Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief
of the Tarentum Fire Department are hereby established as the municipal
fire inspectors. It shall be their duty and responsibility to enforce
the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code as herein adopted and in
accordance set forth. Whenever the fire official shall find any violation
or hazardous or dangerous condition, he shall serve notice to the
responsible owner, operator or occupant of the building or premises,
in accordance with the provisions of this article and the BOCA National
Fire Prevention Code adopted herein.
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The inspector shall issue recommendations to
any owner or occupier of property after an inspector and shall give
a reasonable time to the owner or occupier to comply with the recommendations.
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When the time limit has expired the premises
shall be reinspected by the same or another inspector. If the recommendations
have been disregarded, a citation shall be issued by the Code Enforcement
Office to the owner or occupier of the premises. The citation shall
state the sections of the codes which are being violated and specify
a time period within which the violation shall be corrected.
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When the time limitation has expired within
which the violations are to be corrected, whether from the original
citation or from the Board of Appeals, the Code Enforcement Officer
shall reinspect the property to see if violations have been evaded.
If the violations have not been abated, the Code Enforcement Officer
shall file appropriate action with the District Justice for the violations
of this article.
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4.
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Any inspector, upon the complaint of any person
or whenever he/they deem it necessary, shall inspect any building
or premises within his jurisdiction, under the provisions of this
article.
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F-107.8 Payment of Fees. A permit
shall not be issued until the designated fees, as established from
time to time by resolution of the Borough Council, have been paid.
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F-112.3 Penalty for violations. Any person or member of a partnership or corporation who shall violate
the provisions of this code or who shall fail to comply with any of
the requirements thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
pay a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment of not more
than 30 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a
violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
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Any owner or occupier of said premises having
received a citation may appeal to the Board of Appeals and have a
hearing within 30 days of date of issuance of citation. The hearing
shall be informal and all evidence which the Code Enforcement Officer
or the owner of occupier wishes to place before the Board shall be
accepted for whatever value the Board places on that evidence. The
owner or occupier of said premises shall be permitted to be represented
by Counsel at the hearing, and Counsel shall be permitted to cross
examine the Code Enforcement Officers. The Board of Appeals, within
10 days after the close of the hearing, shall issue an order affirming
or overruling the citation, either in whole or in part. If the Board
affirms the citation, a time limitation shall be attached to the ruling
permitting the owner or occupier to abate the violations. If the Board
of Appeals overrules all or part of the citation, the violations shall
be stricken from the citation.
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