[Adopted 11-13-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
This article shall be known as "the Uwchlan
Township Basic Mechanical Code."
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Zoning Officer of the Township of Uwchlan, being marked and designated as "The BOCA National Mechanical Code, Eighth Edition, 1993," as published by The Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., is hereby adopted as the Mechanical Code of the Township of Uwchlan in the State of Pennsylvania for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said BOCA National Mechanical Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 106-19 of this article.
Ordinance No. 90-16 of the Township of Uwchlan,
entitled "Uwchlan Township Mechanical Code," and all other ordinances
or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
The following sections are hereby revised as
follows:
Insertions:
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Section M-101.1. Title: These regulations shall
be known as the Mechanical Code of the Township of Uwchlan, hereinafter
referred to as "this code."
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Section M-113.2. Periodic inspections: The fees
for all periodic inspections shall be as set from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors.[1]
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Section M-113.3. Fee Schedule: The fees for
all mechanical work shall be as set from time to time by resolution
of the Board of Supervisors.[2]
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Section M-116.4. Violation penalties: Any person
who violates or permits the violation of any provision of this code
or fails to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall
erect install, alter or repair mechanical equipment or systems 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, be subject to a criminal fine in an amount not to
exceed $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, for each such violation. In default of payment thereof,
the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days. Each twenty-four-hour period during which failure to comply
continues after due notice has been served shall constitute a separate
offense. Enforcement of this ordinance shall be by action brought
before a Magisterial District Judge in the same manner provided for
the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of
Criminal Procedure. The Township's Solicitor may assume charge of
the prosecution without the consent of the District Attorney.
[Amended 3-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-05[3]] |
§ M-117.2. Unlawful continuance: Any
person who continues 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 pay a criminal
fine in an amount not to exceed $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, for each such violation. In
default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each twenty-four-hour period during
which failure to comply continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Enforcement of this ordinance shall be by action brought before a
Magisterial District Judge in the same manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.
The Township's Solicitor may assume charge of the prosecution without
the consent of the District Attorney.
[Amended 3-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-05[4]] |
Ordinance No. 90-16, dated November 12, 1990,
of Uwchlan Township is hereby repealed.
Nothing in this article or in the Mechanical Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in § 106-18 of this article, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.