The Borough Council of the Borough of Manheim hereby enters
into an agreement with Mount Joy Borough, Rapho Township and Penn
Township to establish a joint appeals board as provided by the Uniform
Construction Code.
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation
Act, Act 177 of 1996, P.L. 1158, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et
seq., and this authority hereby granted shall continue from year to
year for the lifetime of each cooperative project undertaken by authority
of this chapter.
The purpose and objective of this chapter and the agreement
entered into in connection therewith is to provide for sharing in
the establishment of a five-member joint appeals board to resolve
any appeal issues that may arise in the execution of the Uniform Construction
Code by the four municipalities that are party to this agreement.
All actions and activities of the Appeals Board will be governed
by the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code. It will be the
responsibility of the Building Code Official for each municipality
to convene the Board when appropriate. All advertising fees and other
costs and procedures shall be established at the first meeting of
the Board.