The Borough hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions
of the Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101
to 7210.1103, as amended from time to time, and its regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code, as amended from time to time,
is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference as the "Borough
Construction Code."
Administration and enforcement of the Borough Construction Code
shall be undertaken in any of the following ways, as determined by
Borough Council from time to time by resolution:
A. By the designation of an employee of the Borough to serve as the
municipal code official to act on behalf of the Borough.
B. By the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party
agencies to act on behalf of the Borough.
C. By agreement with one or more other municipalities for the joint
administration and enforcement of the Code Act through an intermunicipal
agreement.
D. By entering into a contract with another municipality for the administration
and enforcement of the Code Act on behalf of the Borough.
E. 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.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by the Borough Council
in conformity with the requirements of the relevant provisions of
the Code Act, as amended from time to time, and for the purposes set
forth therein. In the event that enforcement and administration of
the Code Act is undertaken jointly with one or more other municipalities,
a board of appeals shall be established by joint action of the participating
municipalities.
All Borough ordinances or portions of Borough ordinances which
were adopted by the Borough on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal
or exceed the requirements of the Code Act shall continue in full
force and effect until such time as such provisions fail to equal
or exceed the minimum requirements of the Code Act, as amended from
time to time. Specifically, the following Borough ordinances enhancements
shall be retained in the Borough Construction Code unless excluded
by or contrary to the requirements or provisions of the Code Act:
A. In no event and under no circumstances shall the use of aluminum
wire be permitted in branch circuit wiring in any building heretofore
or hereinafter erected in the Borough.
B. The Chief of the volunteer fire company located in the Borough is
hereby designated as Assistant Fire Marshal. The term shall coincide
with his term of office as Chief. The duties shall be to assist the
Fire Marshal.
C. License; examination.
(1) Every master plumber, before doing any plumbing work either by himself
or his employees, and every journeyman plumber, before doing any plumbing
work, shall obtain from Borough Council a license as hereinafter provided.
The license shall be signed by the Secretary of Borough Council. Master
and journeyman plumbers who are brought into the jurisdiction of the
Borough on a temporary basis may be granted a temporary license for
four months, after which an examination will be held, provided that
their applications for examination are placed on file in the office
of Jenkintown Borough and Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Testing
Center before starting work.
(2) Both a master and a journeyman plumber must pass the examinations
of the Regional Board of the Montgomery County Regional Cooperation
Council.
D. Subject to the limitations imposed by the Code Act, the Regional
Examination Board of the Montgomery Regional Cooperation Council shall
have the power to make all necessary rules and regulations covering
the filing of applications, the form of applications and the examination
of applicants. It shall be its duty to examine all applicants for
master plumber's license as to their knowledge of plumbing, house
drainage, ventilation and sanitation, which examination shall be practical
as well as theoretical, and to examine all applicants for a journeyman
plumber's license as to their practical knowledge and ability
of plumbing, house drainage and sanitation. If the applicant shows
himself to be competent, the Regional Examination Board aforesaid
shall also certify to Borough Council and shall recommend to Borough
Council that the applicant be given a license as a master plumber
or journeyman plumber, as the case may be, upon the payment of fees
hereinafter provided and the fulfillment of the conditions hereinafter
imposed.
E. Applications.
(1) Applications for master plumbers' licenses may be filed by individuals,
copartnerships or corporations; applications by copartnerships may
include a request for examination of all the partners or only one
partner or for the constituted representative of the firm having charge
and supervision of the plumbing work of such firm; applications from
corporations must be made by the constituted representative of the
corporation having charge and supervision of the plumbing work of
such corporation. Every person, firm, corporation or representative
thereof, in making application, shall give the full name or names
of the persons, firm or officers of the corporation which he or it
represents. Every master plumber applying for a first or initial license
must be a citizen of the United States, and he or the firm or corporation
must have an established place of business. At the time of his application
he must be not less than 25 years of age, having served five years
as an apprentice plumber or its equivalent, and must furnish satisfactory
evidence that he is a practical plumber, educated to the business
and able to serve the public in a businesslike manner, and must have
at least two years' qualification as a journeyman plumber or
its equivalent.
(2) For the purpose of determining whether an applicant for journeyman
plumber has served his five years as an apprentice plumber, has acquired
the practical knowledge and has obtained the theory of plumbing, each
apprentice must register with Borough Council and pay such amount
as may be specified by Borough Council from time to time by resolution.
(3) Every applicant for a journeyman plumber's license must furnish
satisfactory evidence that he has a practical knowledge of plumbing,
house drainage and sanitation, having served five years as an apprentice
plumber, and is skilled in the work of installation hereof.
F. Responsibilities of master and journeyman plumbers.
(1) Master plumbers will be held responsible for the violation of any
of the provisions of this chapter or any other rule or regulation
adopted by Borough Council pertaining to plumbing work by journeyman
plumbers or others while in their employ.
(2) No master plumber shall allow his name to be used by any other person
or party for the purpose of either obtaining permits or doing any
work under his license.
(3) Master and journeyman plumbers must have their licenses in their
possession at all times while doing any plumbing work, which license
shall be subject to inspection by the Plumbing Inspector, any local
police officer at any time or by the owner of the property on which
said work is taking place. No journeyman plumber shall allow his name
or license to be used by any other person or party. No master plumber
shall direct a journeyman plumber in his employ to perform plumbing
work contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
G. Definitions:
APPRENTICE PLUMBER
Any person, other than a journeyman or master plumber who,
as his principal occupation, is engaged in learning and assisting
in the installation of plumbing and drainage.
JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER
Any person, other than a master plumber, who, as his principal
occupation, is engaged in the practical installations of plumbing
and who can give sufficient evidence of his practical knowledge of
plumbing, house drainage and sanitation.
MASTER PLUMBER
Any person or persons or corporation skilled in the planning,
superintending and the practical installation of plumbing and familiar
with the law, rules and regulations governing the same and who is
conducting a plumbing business.
H. The owner of a dwelling or building within the Borough shall be allowed
to do his own plumbing work in his own dwelling, provided that he
files a plan, secures a permit and complies with the Borough Construction
Code, but not in his business establishment, apartments or other places
built by him and owned by him for speculation. The dwelling owner
may not make connections into public or private water and sewer mains.
This applies to existing and new work.
I. Fernco-type compression gasket joints may be used underground, with
the following conditions:
(1) The specific application and location of the Fernco-type fitting
shall be approved by the Borough Code Official or Plumbing Inspector
prior to the installation of said fitting.
(2) The Fernco-type fittings shall not be used under concrete slabs.
(3) The piping and joint shall be placed in a trench where soils shall
be compacted to 95%.
(4) The Fernco-type joint shall be encased in concrete, with the concrete
extending four inches below the joint, four inches above the joint,
four inches on each side of the joint and 12 inches along each pipe
length adjacent to the joint. The concrete required for this specific
condition shall have a structural integrity of 3,000 pounds per square
inch.
Permitted forms, as amended from time to time, are hereby adopted
and incorporated in the Borough Construction Code.
All Borough Code chapters or portions of Borough chapters which
are in effect as of the effective date of this part and whose requirements
are less than the minimum requirements of the Code Act are hereby
amended to conform with the comparable provisions of the new Borough
Construction Code.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of the Borough
not governed by the Code Act shall remain in full force and effect.
Specifically, the exclusions to permit exemptions are as follows:
A. UCC Section 403.42(c)(1)(v) shall be deleted as to "and driveways"
only.
B. UCC Section 403.62(c)(1)(i) shall be deleted completely.
C. UCC Section 403.62(c)(1)(iv) shall be deleted as to "and driveways"
only.
D. UCC Section 403.62(c)(1)(xiii) shall be deleted completely.
E. UCC Section 403.62(c)(2)(v) shall be deleted completely.
F. UCC Section 403.62(c)(5)(ix) shall be deleted completely.
G. UCC Section 403.62(c)(5)(x) shall be deleted as to "and dishwashers"
only.
H. UCC Section 403.62(c)(6)(iii) shall be deleted as to ". . . and replacement
. . ." only.
I. UCC Section 403.62(c)(6)(vi) shall be deleted completely.
Fees assessable by the Borough for the administration and enforcement
undertaken pursuant to this part and the Code Act shall be established
by Borough Council by resolution from time to time.