[Adopted 6-7-2004 by Ord. No. 6-04-B]
This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999,
as amended from time to time, and its regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 7210.101 et seq.
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 Municipal Building Code of this municipality.
Administration and enforcement of the code within this municipality
shall be undertaken through the Susquehanna County Council of Governments
Codes Enforcement Committee. The municipality hereby designates the
Susquehanna County Council of Governments Codes Enforcement Committee
to act on behalf of the municipality for administration and enforcement
of this Act. In the event that the municipality ever withdraws from
the Susquehanna County Council of Governments Codes Enforcement Committee,
the municipality shall be solely responsible for enforcement of the
Act through the use of code enforcement officers and/or third-party
agencies.
A Board of Appeals shall be established through the Susquehanna
County Council of Governments Codes Enforcement Committee, which shall
be 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.
A.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were
adopted by this municipality 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 municipality
not governed by the code shall remain in full force and effect.
Fees assessable by the municipality for the administration and
enforcement undertaken pursuant to this article or the Act shall be
established and collected by the Susquehanna County Council of Governments
Codes Enforcement Committee for its use as allowed by law.
This article shall be effective July 1, 2004.
