[Ord. 530, 7/20/1982; as amended by Ord. 572, 10/10/1990; and by Ord. 618, 9/11/1996, § 4]
The Township of Darby hereby adopts, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing the safe installation and maintenance of all mechanical equipment, the mechanical code known as the "BOCA Basic Mechanical Code, 1996 Edition," save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of which three copies have been and now are filed in the office of Township Secretary, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. From the date on which this Part shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the corporate limits of the Township of Darby.
[Ord. 530, 7/20/1982; as amended by Ord. 572, 10/10/1990]
The mechanical code hereby adopted is amended as follows:
1. 
"Township of Darby" shall be inserted wherever the words "Name of Municipality" appear in brackets therein.
2. 
Wherever the term "legal officer" or "legal representative" is used in this code, it shall be held to mean the Township Solicitor.
3. 
Section M-114.2 is amended to include the following:
M-114.2 Fee Schedule for Periodic Inspections.
[To be added by municipality]
4. 
Section M-114.3 is amended to include the following:
M-114.3 Fee Schedule.
A. 
The fees for new construction shall be as follows:
(1) 
Residential: $12 per $1,000 of cost or fraction thereof.
(2) 
Commercial: $20 per $1,000 of cost or fraction thereof for the first $50,000.
B. 
The fees for alterations, additions and repairs shall be as follows:
(1) 
Residential: $12 per $1,000 of cost or fraction thereof.
(2) 
Commercial, industrial, public utility, amusement, recreational, motel, hotel, multifamily, radio tower, food service or other structures:
(a) 
Twenty dollars per $1,000 of cost or fraction thereof for the first $20,000.
(b) 
Ten dollars per $1,000 of cost or fraction thereof for $20,000 and above.
5. 
Section M-117.4 is hereby amended to read as follows:
M-117.4 Penalty for Violations.
1. 
Any person who shall violate any provision of this code shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000, and in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day a violation of this code continues shall constitute a separate offense.
2. 
The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
6. 
Section M-118.2 shall be deleted.
[Ord. 530, 7/20/1982; as amended by Ord. 572, 10/10/1990]
In all matters that are regulated by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or by regulations of departments or agencies of the commonwealth promulgated by authority of law, such laws or regulations, as the case may be, shall control where the requirements thereof are the same as or more limiting than the provisions of this Part. The code shall control in all cases where the state requirements are not as strict as those contained in this Part.
[Ord. 530, 7/20/1982; as amended by Ord. 572, 10/10/1990]
The invalidity of any section or part of this Part shall not affect the remaining sections.
[Ord. 530, 7/20/1982; as amended by Ord. 572, 10/10/1990]
The provisions of this Part, so far as they are the same as those of parts and/or codes in force immediately prior to the enactment of this Part, are intended as a continuation of such part and codes and not as new enactments. The provisions of this Part shall not affect any act done or liability incurred, nor shall they affect any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted to enforce any right or penalty or to punish any offense under authority of any of the repealed ordinances.