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1.
North Strabane Township has elected to administer and enforce the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999,
35 P.S. §§ 7210.101-7210.1103, as amended from time
to time, and its regulations.
2.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters
401-405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated
herein by reference as the municipal building code of this North Strabane
Township.
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1.
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:
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A Board of Appeals is established by resolution of the governing
body of this municipality 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 or by intermunicipal agreement
with one or more other municipalities, said Board of Appeals may be
established by joint action of the participating municipalities or
by the individual municipality.
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1.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were
adopted by this municipality on or before July 1, 1999, having been
approved and listed by the Department of Labor and Industry, 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, as follows:
A.
North Strabane Township Code: Chapter 7, Part 5, Subpart A, Suppression Systems, § 502, Findings and Purpose, is incorporated and states:
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"The Board of Supervisors finds that there is a greater likelihood
of serious bodily injury, loss of life and loss of property in multiple-family
residential buildings having two or more dwelling units which are
not equipped with residential water sprinkler fire-suppression systems.
The Board of Supervisors further finds that it is in the best interests
and general welfare of the citizens of the Township to require all
newly constructed multiple-family residential buildings having two
or more dwelling units which are located within the Township to be
equipped with a residential water sprinkler fire-suppression system.
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B.
Uniform Construction Code § 403.1, Scope, (b), Exclusions,
(3), is amended to read "[S]tructures having a building area of less
than 500 square feet."
C.
North Strabane Township Code: Chapter 5, Part 2, Uniform Construction Code, § 204(3),[1] is incorporated and states:
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"On each additional story of the dwelling, including basements
but not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings
or dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door
between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper
level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level, provided that the
lower level is less than one full story below the upper level."
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[1]
Editor's Note: Refers to former Part 2 of this chapter.
2.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which are
in effect as of the effective date of this Part and whose requirements
are less than the minimum requirements of the code are hereby amended
to conform with the comparable provisions of the code.
3.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of this municipality
not governed by the code shall remain in full force and effect.
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Fees assessable by the municipality for the administration and
enforcement undertaken pursuant to this Part and the code shall be
established by the governing body by resolution from time to time.
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This Part shall be effective five days after the date of passage
of this Part.
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If any section, subsection, sentence, or clause of this Part
is held, for any reason, to be invalid, such decision or decisions
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Part.
