[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Bear Creek
Township 6-7-2004 by Ord. No. 1-2004. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Township of Bear Creek 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 through 405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and
incorporated herein by reference as the municipal building code of
the Township of Bear Creek.
Administration and enforcement of the Code within the Township
of Bear Creek shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as
determined by governing body of the Township of Bear Creek from time
to time by resolution:
A.
By designation of an employee of the Township of Bear Creek to serve
as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the Township of
Bear Creek.
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party
agencies to act on behalf of the Township of Bear Creek;
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 municipality for the administration
and enforcement of this Act on behalf of the Township of Bear Creek;
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 structures.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution of the
governing body of the Township of Bear Creek in conformity with the
requirements of the relevant provisions of the code, as amended from
time to time, and for the purpose 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 participating municipalities.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which
were adopted by this Township of Bear Creek on or before July 8, 2004,
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.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which
are in effect as of the effective date of this chapter and whose requirements
are less than minimum requirements of the code are hereby amended
to conform to the comparable provisions of the code.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of the Township
of Bear Creek not governed by the code shall remain in full force
and effect.
Fees assessable by the Township of Bear Creek for the administration
and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this chapter and the code shall
be established by the governing body by resolution from time to time.
This chapter shall become effective June 14, 2004.
