Township of Pine, PA Article IV International Fire Code

[Adopted 7-27-2009 by Ord. No. 350; amended in its entirety 11-21-2011 by Ord. No. 363]

§ 52-27 Adoption of international fire code.

A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Township Manager of the Township of Pine, and being marked and designated as the "2009 International Fire Code" (and as it may thereafter be subsequently amended or revised from time to time and including later-issued editions thereof), as published by the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted for the control of buildings, structures, and premises as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said 2009 International Fire Code (as it may be amended or revised from time to time and including later-issued editions thereof) are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this article with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 52-29 hereof.

§ 52-28 Repealer.

All other ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Township of Pine in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

§ 52-29 Modification of standards.

The 2009 International Fire Code is hereby amended and changed in the following specific respects:

A. In Section 109.3 (Violation penalties), insert "criminal offense," "no more than $500," and "30" days, respectively.

B. Section 307 (Open Burning and Recreational Fires) is deleted in its entirety, due to the existence of preexisting alternate regulations contained in Article III of Chapter 52 of the Code of the Township of Pine.

C. Section 506 (Key Boxes) is deleted in its entirety, due to the existence of preexisting alternate regulations contained in Article II of Chapter 52 of the Code of the Township of Pine.

§ 52-30 Effect on other regulations.

A. All fire prevention and/or building code ordinances, or portions of ordinances, which were previously adopted by the Township of Pine and which equal or exceed the requirements of the portion of the aforementioned 2009 International Fire Code (as it may be hereafter amended or revised from time to time and including later-issued editions thereof), shall continue in full force and effect until such time as such previously adopted provisions fall to equal or exceed the minimum requirements of the 2009 International Fire Code, as it may be hereafter amended or revised from time to time (and including later-issued editions thereof).

B. All fire prevention and/or building code ordinances, or portions of ordinances, previously adopted by the Township of Pine which are in effect as of the effective date of this article and whose requirements are less than the minimum requirements of the portion of the aforementioned 2009 International Fire Code (as it may be hereafter amended or revised from time to time), are hereby amended to conform to the comparable provisions of the 2009 International Fire Code (as it may be hereafter amended or revised from time to time and including later-issued editions thereof).

C. All existing, relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of the Township of Pine which are not governed by those portions of the aforementioned 2009 International Fire Code herein adopted (as it may be hereafter amended or revised from time to time and including later-issued editions thereof) shall remain in full force and effect. Such existing ordinances, regulations and policies shall include, but not be limited to, the applicable existing provisions, or portions thereof, presently contained in Chapter 52 (Fire Prevention), Chapter 44 (Building Construction), and Chapter 46 (Construction Codes, Uniform) of the Code of the Township of Pine.