[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Adams 11-8-1993 by Ord. No. 62. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Code enforcement — See Ch. 7.
Building construction — See Ch. 74.
Abandoned and junked vehicles — See Ch. 178.
A certain document, copies of which are on file in the office of the Secretary of the Township of Adams, being marked and designated as the "BOCA National Property Maintenance Code, Fourth Edition, 1993," as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the Township of Adams, in the Commonwealth 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 Property Maintenance Code are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 137-2 of this chapter.
The BOCA National Property Maintenance Code is amended and revised in the following respects:
A. 
In Section PM-101.1 (page 1, second line), insert "Adams Township."
B. 
In Section PM-106.2 (page 3, third line), insert "not less than $100 and not more than $1,000."
C. 
In Section PM-106.2 (page 3, fourth line), insert "30."
D. 
In Section PM-304.12 (page 11, first line), insert "May 1 to November 1."
E. 
In Section PM-602.2.1 (page 17, fifth line), insert "September 1 to June 1."
F. 
In Section PM-602.3 (page 17, third line), insert "September 1 to June 1."
Nothing in this chapter or in the Property Maintenance 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or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance, hereby repealed; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.
The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this chapter and cause the same to be published as required by law; and this chapter shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval as required by law.