[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Raccoon 5-12-1981 by Ord. No. 3-81. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 73.
Numbering of buildings — See Ch. 78.
That the Minimum Design Standards for Rehabilitation for Residential
Properties, as set forth in the Program Participants and Department of Housing
and Urban Development Handbook No. 4940.4, is hereby adopted by reference
as the required minimum design standards for federally sponsored rehabilitation
of existing residential properties within the Township of Raccoon. A copy
of said Design Standards is on file at the office of the Township Secretary,
1234 Pennsylvania Route 18, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania 15001, and may be examined
during business days, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time.
That the minimum design standards set forth in HUD Handbook No. 4940.4
aforesaid, and therein identified as "Required Provisions" shall be deemed
mandatory requirements. Those minimum design standards set forth in said HUD
Handbook No. 4940.4 and therein identified as "Guides" shall be deemed optional
on the part of the program participants.
A.
No work of rehabilitation shall be undertaken within
or upon a residential structure until a permit therefor has been issued by
the Township Secretary. Such permit, when issued, shall be styled "Residential
Rehabilitation Permit." No fee shall be charged for such permits; such permits
may not be transferred or assigned.
B.
No rehabilitation permit shall be issued except upon
prior application made or joined in by the Beaver County Redevelopment Authority.
All such applications shall contain the name of the owner of the premises
for which work of rehabilitation is proposed, the address (or location), the
tax parcel number of the premises, the intended work of rehabilitation, and
the estimated capital value of the proposed work of rehabilitation. The application
shall be accompanied by such other information as may be deemed necessary
by the Secretary to determine compliance with the terms of ordinances regulating
land use with the Township of Raccoon. The application and all required or
requested accompanying matter shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be
sworn to by the applicant. One complete set shall be returned to the applicant
upon approval of rejection of the requested permit; one copy shall be retained
in the permanent files of the Township; and the remaining copy shall be transmitted
to the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Beaver for enforcement and
compliance purposes.
C.
No work of rehabilitation shall be undertaken unless
the permit issued by the Secretary shall be first prominently posted on the
permitted premises. The failure or neglect of the applicant to prominently
post the permit and maintain the same throughout the duration of the permitted
work shall be a violation of this chapter. Duplicate permits shall be issued
by the Secretary without additional charge. Loss, substantial destruction
or defacement of any posted permit must be promptly reported to the Secretary
within 24 hours after such event or casualty; Saturday, Sunday, and legal
holidays excepted.
D.
All permits shall expire upon completion of the work
therein authorized to be done or within one year from the issuance thereof,
whichever event shall first occur. A permit shall expire if the work therein
authorized to be done is not commenced within 180 days from the date such
permit shall be issued.
Any person, partnership, or corporation violating any provision of this chapter or who shall make any false statement in any application for the permit required hereunder, or who shall do any work of rehabilitation in substantial deviation from the mandatory requirements of the minimum design standards herewith adopted or the permit approving same shall be subject to civil enforcement procedures as set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II.
