[Adopted 8-9-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-05]
A certain document, three copies of which are on file at the Walnutport Borough Municipal Building, located at 417 Lincoln Avenue, Walnutport, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, being marked and designated as the International Fire Code, 2009 edition, and as subsequently amended, including any and all appendix chapters and subsequent appendix chapters as published by the International Code Council, and is hereby adopted as the Fire Code of the Borough of Walnutport, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, regulating and safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosive hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises 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 Fire Code on file at the Walnutport Borough Municipal Building are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set forth in length with additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 165-53 of this article.
The following sections of the International Fire Code are hereby
revised:
A.
Section 101.1. Insert: Borough of Walnutport.
C.
Section 109.3. Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provisions
of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation
of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code
official, or of a permit or certificate issued under provisions of
this code shall be guilty of a violation of this article punishable
by a fine for violation of the International Fire Code of not more
than $1,000 together with costs of prosecution or by imprisonment
for not more than 30 days or both such fine and imprisonment. It is
further provided that each day's violation shall constitute a
separate offense. The imposition of a penalty for any violation shall
not excuse the violation nor shall the violation be permitted to continue.
All such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations
or defects within the time period prescribed by the Borough Fire Chief
and/or his designee. The application of the above penalty shall not
be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
D.
Section 111.4. Insert $1,000 in both locations.
Nothing in this article or in the Fire Code hereby adopted shall
be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court,
in 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 article.
