[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Prospect Park 5-11-2021 by Ord. No. 1358, approved 5-11-2021.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 96, Housing and Property Maintenance, adopted 6-14-1994 by Ord. No. 1157, approved 6-14-1994, as amended.
That a certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Prospect Park, being marked and designated as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2018 Edition, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the Borough of Prospect Park, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, and the demolition of such existing structures as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Property Maintenance Code on file in the office of the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Prospect Park are hereby referred to, adopted and made part hereof, as if fully set out in this legislation, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 96-2 of this chapter.
The following sections are hereby revised:
A. 
Section 101.1. Insert: Borough of Prospect Park.
B. 
Section 103.5. Insert: Such fee schedule as adopted or hereafter adopted by resolution by the Borough Council of the Borough of Prospect Park.
C. 
Section 112.4. Insert: not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 per day (fines).
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Section 302.4. Insert: six inches (maximum height of grass, weeds or plant growth).
E. 
Section 304.14. Insert: May 1 to October 31 (insect screens).
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Section 602.3. Insert: October 1 to April 30 (heat supply).
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Section 602.4. Insert: October 1 to April 30 (heat in occupable work spaces).
That the existing provisions of Chapter 96 of the Prospect Park Borough Code, Housing and Property Maintenance, and all other ordinances or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The Borough Council of the Borough of Prospect Park hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional.
That 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 as cited in Section 3 of this law; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired, or affected by this chapter.
That this chapter and the rules, regulations, provisions, requirements, orders and matters established and adopted hereby shall take effect and be in full force and effect 10 days from and after the date of its final passage and adoption.