[Ord. No. 2019-3, 6/12/2019[1]]
The International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 Edition, published in January 2015 by the International Code Council, is hereby adopted in its entirety. It is adopted and made a part of Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the Township of Kingston (Code Enforcement).
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Part
5, Property Maintenance Code, adopted by Ord. No. 2005-1, 2/9/2005.
[Ord. No. 2019-3, 6/12/2019]
The International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 Edition, is
specifically incorporated herein and adopted by reference in this
Part 5 as to the provisions and terms more particularly set forth
in that certain document, three copies of which are on file in the
Administration Office of Kingston Township, being marked and designated
as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 Edition, as published
in January 2015 by the International Code Council, and is hereby adopted
as the Property Maintenance Code of Kingston Township for regulating
and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings
and structures; 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 International Property Maintenance Code
on file in the office of Kingston Township are hereby referred to,
adopted and made a part hereof by specific Incorporation, as if fully
set out in this Part, with the additions, insertions, deletions and
changes, if any, as more particularly stated herein.
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1.
The following sections of the International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 Edition, are added as a part of this Part 5, as follows:
A.
Section 101.1. Insert "Township of Kingston."
B.
Section 103.5. Insert "Township of Kingston Fee Schedule."
C.
Section 304.14. Insert "June 1 — September 30."
D.
Section 602.3. Insert "September 1 — May 31."
E.
Section 602.4. Insert "September 1 — May 31."
F.
Section 304.3, Premises Identification. The following "Premises Identification"
provisions are added to and made a part of Section 304.3 of the International
Property Maintenance Code, as adopted heretofore by the Township of
Kingston, and the same shall follow the last sentence of the present
Section 304.3 thereof, as follows:
(1)
All address numbers for buildings located a distance greater than
60 feet from the road right-of-way shall be installed on a post.
(2)
The post shall not be located more than 10 feet from the driveway
servicing the building and more than 10 feet from the road right-of-way.
The post may be located on either side of the driveway. The number
shall be a minimum of four inches high. Height of the number sign
shall not be less than three feet nor more than four feet above the
ground. The numbers shall be installed on both sides of the post and
shall be perpendicular to the road, and shall not be concealed from
view from the road by trees, shrubs, bushes or like vegetation or
any other obstruction of whatever nature.
(3)
Reflective numbers must be affixed to all posts, so that the same
can be seen clearly from the road right-of-way during the hours of
darkness.
(4)
The owner of the land on which a number sign is located shall be
responsible for the installation and maintenance of the sign as specified
herein.
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The following amendments of Section 106 (violations) of the 2015
Edition of the International Property Maintenance Code are hereby
adopted and enacted as an integral part of this Part:
A.
Section 106.3 Prosecution of Violation. Any person failing
to comply with a notice of violation or order served in accordance
with Section 107 shall be subject to a criminal action brought by
the Township of Kingston before a District Justice under the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure for the enforcement
of a summary offense. Further, if the notice of violation or order
is not complied with, the Township of Kingston shall institute appropriate
proceedings at law or in equity to restrain, correct or abate such
violation, or to require the renewal or termination of the unlawful
occupancy or condition of the building or structure in violation of
the provisions of the Code, or of the Order or direction made pursuant
thereto. Any action taken by the Township of Kingston having jurisdiction
over such structure, building or premises shall be charged against
the real estate upon which the structure is located and shall be a
lien upon such real estate.
B.
Section 106.4 Violation penalties. Any person or entity
who shall violate a provision of this code or fall to comply therewith
or with any of the requirements thereof shall be prosecuted for the
commission of a summary offense in the manner more particularly provided
in Section 106.3 hereof. The District Justice may levy criminal fines
not to exceed $1,000 per violation upon the conviction of the person
or entity of the summary offense so charged. Each day that a violation
continues, after due notice has been served, shall be deemed a separate
offense.
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The section of the International Property Maintenance Code,
2015 Edition, designated as "Appendix A: Boarding Standard," and all
of its sections, are adopted entirely herein.
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The provisions of the Township of Kingston Code of Ordinances,
so far as they are the same as those ordinances and regulations in
force immediately prior to the adoption of this Part, are intended
as a continuation of such ordinances and regulations and not as a
new enactment. The provisions of this Part shall not affect any suit
or prosecution pending or to be instituted to enforce any of the prior
ordinances and regulations except as otherwise provided by law.
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It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Kingston that the chapters, parts, sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this Part are severable. If any
section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Part is declared
unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid by the judgment or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, that invalidity shall
not affect any of the remaining chapters, parts, sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses or phrases of this codification.
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This Part shall become effective in accordance with law.
