[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Masontown 10-25-1971 by Ord. No. 248, approved 10-28-1971. Section 71-1 amended and
§ 71-4 added at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
A certain document, a copy of which is on file in the office
of the Secretary of the Borough of Masontown, being marked and designated
as the "BOCA Basic/National Fire Prevention Code/1986, Sixth Edition,"
as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International,
Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Fire Prevention Code of the
Borough of Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, for the control
of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of
the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of the
BOCA Basic/National Fire Prevention Code/1986, Sixth Edition, are
hereby referred to, adopted and made a part thereof as if fully set
out in this chapter with the additions, insertions, deletions and
changes, if any, prescribed in this chapter.[2]
The fee for each permit under this chapter shall be $5.[1]
Nothing in this chapter or in the Fire Prevention Code hereby
adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending
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hereby repealed, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any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.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before
the District Justice of said borough, be punishable by a fine of not
more than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default of payment
of such fine and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail for a term
of not more than 30 days; provided, however, that if the District
Justice determines that the defendant is without the financial means
to pay the fines and costs immediately or in a single remittance,
such defendant shall be permitted to pay the fines or costs in installments
and over such periods of time as the District Justice deems to be
just.
