[Adopted 4-19-2004 by Ord. No. 772]
The Township of Tinicum hereby elects to administer
and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act,
Act 45 of 1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101 to 7210.1103, as
amended from time to time, and its regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in
34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405, as amended from time to time, is
hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the municipal
building code of the Township of Tinicum.
Administration and enforcement of the code within
the Township of Tinicum shall be undertaken in any of the following
ways, as determined by the governing body of this Township from time
to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the Township
of Tinicum to serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf
of the Township;
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code
officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the Township;
C.
By agreement with one or more other municipalities
for the joint administration and enforcement of this Act through an
intermunicipal agreement;
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality
for the administration and enforcement of this Act on behalf of this
Township;
E.
By entering into an agreement with the Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry for plan review, inspections and
enforcement of structures other than one-family or two-family dwelling
units and utility and miscellaneous use structures.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution
of the governing body of the Township of Tinicum in conformity with
the requirements of the relevant provisions of the code, as amended
from time to time, and for the purposes set forth therein. If at any
time enforcement and administration is undertaken jointly with one
or more other municipalities, said Board of Appeals shall be established
by joint action of the participating municipalities.
A.
All building code ordinances or portion of ordinances
which were adopted by the Township of Tinicum on or before July 1,
1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the code, shall
continue in full force and effect until such time as such provisions
fail to equal or exceed the minimum requirements of the code, as amended
from time to time.
B.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which are in effect as of the effective date of this article and whose
requirements are less than the minimum requirements of the code are
hereby amended to conform with the comparable provisions of the code.
C.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies
of the Township of Tinicum not governed by the code shall remain in
full force and effect.
Fees assessable by the Township of Tinicum for
the administration and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this article
and the code shall be established by the governing body by resolution
from time to time.
