[Adopted 4-27-2004 by Ord. No. 4-2004]
The Borough of Verona hereby elects to administer and enforce
the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of
1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101 through 7210.1103, as amended
from time to time, and its regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters
401 to 405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated
herein by reference as the Borough of Verona Building Code.
Administration and enforcement of the code within the Borough
of Verona shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined
by the governing body of this Borough 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 this act through an intermunicipal
agreement;
D.
By entering into a contract with another borough for the administration
and enforcement of this act on behalf of this Borough; or
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 resolution of the
Council of this Borough 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 this Borough 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 this Borough
not governed by the code shall remain in full force and effect.
[Added 4-12-2005 by Ord. No. 4-2005[1]]
The Borough of Verona hereby readopts the service line installation
standards currently in use as outlined in the Oakmont Water Authority's
Rules and Regulations governing water service and the Developers Handbook
for waterline and extensions.
[1]
Editor's Note: This section was adopted to reenact standards
with regard to sewer and water laterals that may have been inadvertently
repealed by the Borough's adoption of the UCC.
Fees assessable by the Borough for the administration and enforcement
undertaken pursuant to this article and the code shall be established
by the governing body by resolution from time to time.
