[Adopted 2-4-2002 by Ord. No. 1440 (Title 3, Ch. 13, of
the 1977 Code)]
There is hereby adopted by the Township of Upper Moreland, copies
of which are on file in the office of the Township Manager, 117 Park
Avenue, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, that certain code for regulating,
among other things, the conditions and maintenance of all property,
buildings and structures by providing the standards for supplied utilities
in the Township, known as the "International Fuel Gas Code, 2000 Edition,"
as published by the International Code Council, and the whole thereof,
save and except such portions as are hereafter deleted, modified,
or amended.
A.
101.1 TITLE shall be amended by the insertion of the
words "Township of Upper Moreland" for the name of the jurisdiction.
B.
103 DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTION shall be amended to have
the term "Department of Inspection" replaced wherever it appears by
the term "Department of Code Enforcement."
C.
Subsection 106.5.2 Fee schedule shall be amended to
read as follows:
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106.5.2 Fee schedule. The fees for permits for all required under this code shall be as set forth in the fee schedule established in Chapter 140, Fees, Rates and Permits, of the Township Code of Upper Moreland Township.
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D.
Subsection 106.5.3 Fee refunds shall be amended to read
as follows:
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106.5.3 Fee Refunds. The code official shall be
authorized to refund fees upon the written request of the applicant,
made not later than 30 days after the issuance of the permit, as follows:
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1.
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The full amount of any fee paid hereunder which was erroneously
collected for work not requiring a permit or plan review.
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2.
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The full amount, less a handling charge of 25% of the amount
of the permit fee, but not less than $10, when no work is done under
a permit which the applicant wishes to have withdrawn after issuance.
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E.
108 VIOLATIONS, Subsection 108.3 Prosecution of
violation shall be amended to read as follows:
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108.3 Prosecution of violation. Any person who
shall violate any provision of this code, or who shall fail to comply
with any of the requirements hereof, or who shall fail to correct
in the time provided by this code the defects specified in any notice,
shall be guilty of a summary offense, which shall be deemed to be
a strict liability offense and shall, upon summary conviction before
a magisterial district judge, pay a penalty of not less than $100
or more than $1,000 and, in default of payment of such fine, be imprisoned
for not less than one day or more than 30 days. Each day that a violation
continues or that a person shall fail to comply with any provision,
after notification by the Department of Code Enforcement, shall constitute
a separate violation, subject to a separate offense punishable by
a like fine or penalty.
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Subsection 108.4 shall be deleted.
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F.
109.0 MEANS OF APPEAL shall be amended as follows:
(1)
Subsection 109.2 Membership of the Board shall be amended
to read as follows:
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109.2 Membership of the Board: The board of appeals
shall consist of such persons as the Board of Commissioners of the
Township shall designate to hear the appeal.
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(2)
Subsections 109.2.1 through 111.2.5 are hereby deleted.
(3)
Subsection 109.6 Board decision shall be amended to
read as follows:
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109.6 Board decision: The Board of Appeals shall
render its decision by a majority vote of a quorum of the Board.
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(4)
Subsection 109.7 Court review shall be amended to read
as follows:
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109.7 Court review. Any person aggrieved by the
decision of the Board of Appeals shall have the right to appeal such
decision in compliance with the provisions of the Local Agency Law,
2 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
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