[Adopted 6-9-2004 by Ord. No. 04-04 (Ch. 5, Part 1, of the
1994 Code)]
Spring Garden Township hereby elects 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.
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 Spring Garden
Township. Included in the provisions adopted hereby are the following
appendixes:
Administration and enforcement of the code within Spring Garden
Township shall be undertaken in any of the following ways, as determined
by the Board of Commissioners of Spring Garden Township from time
to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee(s) of Spring Garden Township to
serve as the municipal code official(s) to act on behalf of Spring
Garden Township;
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party
agencies to act on behalf of Spring Garden Township;
C.
By agreement with one or more other municipalities for the joint
administration and enforcement of this act through an intermunicipal
agreement;
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality for the administration
and enforcement of this act on behalf of Spring Garden Township; and
E.
By entering into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of
Labor and Industry for plan review, inspections and enforcement of
structures other that one-family or two-family dwelling units and
utility and miscellaneous use structures.
A board of appeals shall be established by resolution of the
Board of Commissioners of Spring Garden Township 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 with one
or more other municipalities, said board of appeals shall be established
by joint action of the participating municipalities.
A.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were
adopted by Spring Garden Township on or before July 1, 1999, and which
equal or exceed the requirements of the code, 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.
B.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which are
in effect as of the effective date of this article and whose requirements
are less than the minimum requirements of the code are hereby amended
to conform with the comparable provisions of the code.
C.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of the Township
not governed by the code shall remain in full force and effect.
Fees assessable by Spring Garden Township for the administration
and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this article and the code shall
be established by the Board of Commissioners by resolution and may
be amended by resolution from time to time.
