Township of Upper Providence, PA
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2023-08-10
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The Code
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Part Two: Administrative Code
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Title Six: Administration
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Chapter 246 Bureau of Fire Prevention
- Adopting Ordinance
- Ch AO Adopting Ordinance
- Comparative Section Table
- Ch CST Comparative Section Table
- Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Part Two: Administrative Code
- Title Two: General Provisions
- Ch 202 Codified Ordinances
- Ch 204 Official Standards
- Ch 206 Lines and Boundaries
- Ch 208 Contracts, Purchasing and Finance
- Ch 210 Meetings of Public Bodies
- Title Four: Legislation
- Ch 220 Council
- Ch 222 Ordinances and Resolutions
- Title Six: Administration
- Ch 230 Township Manager
- Ch 232 Township Solicitor
- Ch 234 Township Secretary
- Ch 236 Township Auditors
- Ch 238 Township Tax Collector
- Ch 240 Township Engineer
- Ch 241 Township Planner
- Ch 242 Police Department
- Ch 244 Volunteer Fire Company
- Ch 246 Bureau of Fire Prevention
- § 246.01 Establishment; general responsibility.
- § 246.02 Composition.
- § 246.03 Appointments of Fire Marshal.
- § 246.04 Appointments of Assistant Fire Marshals.
- § 246.05 Annual report to Council.
- § 246.06 Compensation.
- Ch 248 Highway Department
- Ch 250 Sewer Department
- Ch 252 Recreation Department
- Ch 254 Code Administration Department
- Ch 256 Public Works Department
- Title Eight: Authorities, Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 260 Authorities, Boards, Commissions and Committees Generally
- Ch 262 Authorities
- Ch 264 Planning Commission
- Ch 266 Zoning Hearing Board
- Ch 268 Recreation Board
- Ch 270 Environmental Commission
- Ch 272 Code of Ethics Commission
- Ch 274 Cable Television Advisory Committee
- Title Ten: Employment Provisions
- Ch 280 Employees Generally
- Ch 282 Uniformed Employee Personnel Administration
- Ch 284 Nonuniformed Employee Personnel Administration
- Ch 286 Police Pension Plan
- Ch 288 Nonuniformed Employees' Pension Plan
- Title Twelve: Judiciary
- Ch 298 District Justice and Court of Common Pleas
- Part Four: Traffic Code
- Title Two: Vehicles and Public Ways
- Ch 420 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- Ch 424 Operation of Vehicles
- Ch 428 Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- Title Four: Parking
- Ch 440 Parking Generally
- Ch 444 Off-Street Parking
- Ch 448 Snow Emergency Parking
- Ch 452 Residential Parking Program
- Part Six: General Offenses Code
- Ch 610 Air Pollution Control
- Ch 614 Animals
- Ch 660 Peace Disturbances
- Ch 680 Safety, Sanitation and Health
- Ch 690 Vegetation
- Ch 694 Weapons and Explosives
- Part Eight: Business Regulation and Taxation Code
- Title Two: Business Regulation
- Ch 820 Cable Television
- Ch 870 Transient Merchants
- Title Four: Taxation
- Ch 880 (Reserved)
- Ch 884 Realty Transfer Tax
- Ch 886 Local Services Tax
- Part Ten: Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code
- Title Two: Street and Sidewalk Areas
- Ch 1020 Construction and Repair of Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 1022 Street Excavations and Obstructions
- Ch 1023 Township Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 1024 Small Wireless Facilities
- Title Four: Sewers and Stormwater Management
- Ch 1040 Sewer District No. 1
- Ch 1042 Sewer District No. 2
- Ch 1044 Connections and Capping
- Ch 1046 Sewage Facilities Plan
- Ch 1048 Stormwater Management Facilities
- Ch 1050 Ridley Creek Stormwater Management
- Ch 1052 Community On-Lot (Colds) and Stream Discharge (Csdds) Sewage Disposal System Management Program
- Ch 1054 Stormwater Management
- Ch 1056 Sewage Retaining Tank Procedures
- Title Six: Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- Ch 1060 Licensing of Solid Waste Collectors
- Ch 1061 Regulation of Solid Waste Containers
- Ch 1062 Solid Waste Collection
- Ch 1064 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 1066 Recycling
- Title Eight: Other Public Services
- Ch 1080 Media-Upper Providence Free Library
- Ch 1082 Parks and Playgrounds
- Part Twelve: Planning and Zoning Code
- Title Two: Planning
- Ch 1210 Planning Commission
- Ch 1212 Comprehensive Plan
- Ch 1214 Stormwater Management; Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Title Four: Subdivision and Land Development Regulations
- Ch 1220 General Provisions and Definitions
- Ch 1222 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- Ch 1226 Procedure
- Ch 1228 Plan Requirements
- Ch 1230 Development Design Standards
- Ch 1232 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 1234 Construction and Acceptance of Public Improvements
- Apx A-H Appendixes to Title Four
- Title Six: Zoning
- Ch 1250 General Provisions and Administration
- Ch 1252 General Definitions
- Ch 1254 Establishment of Districts
- Ch 1256 Use Regulations and Standards
- Ch 1258 Area, Bulk, and Dimensional Standards
- Ch 1260 Buffer Requirements
- Ch 1262 Off-Street Parking and Loading
- Ch 1264 Nuisance Standards
- Ch 1266 Steep Slope Conservation Overlay District
- Ch 1268 Ridley Creek Watershed Overlay District
- Ch 1270 Floodplain Management
- Ch 1272 Planned Residential Overlay District
- Ch 1276 Signs
- Ch 1278 Nonconformities
- Ch 1280 Conditional Uses
- Ch 1282 Zoning Hearing Board
- Ch 1284 Repealer and Effective Date
- Part Fourteen: Building and Housing Code
- Title Two: Building Standards
- Ch 1420 Boca National Building Code
- Ch 1422 (Reserved)
- Ch 1424 International Plumbing Code
- Ch 1426 International Mechanical Code
- Ch 1428 (Reserved)
- Ch 1430 Uniform Construction Code
- Title Four: Miscellaneous Building Regulations
- Ch 1440 Alarm Systems
- Ch 1444 Certificates of Use and Occupancy
- Ch 1448 Numbering of Buildings
- Ch 1454 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 1456 (Reserved)
- Ch 1458 Water Conservation Standards for Plumbing Installations
- Title Six: Housing Standards
- Ch 1460 International Property Maintenance Code
- Ch 1462 Apartment Registration
- Ch 1464 Vacant and Abandoned Property
- Ch 1466 Hotels, Motels and Inns
- Part Sixteen: Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 1610 Boca National Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 1620 Miscellaneous Regulations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[1974 Code Sec. 38-2]
The Fire Prevention Code (Part Sixteen of these Codified Ordinances)
shall be enforced by the Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Township,
which is hereby established and which shall be operated under the
supervision of the Fire Marshal.
[1974 Code Sec. 38-2]
The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall consist of the Fire Marshal,
who shall be in charge of the Bureau and who shall serve as the chief
enforcement officer, and, in addition, not more than two Assistant
Fire Marshals.
[1974 Code Sec. 37-2]
The Council shall appoint a Fire Marshal for the Township. The
first appointee to the office of Fire Marshal shall serve until the
first Monday in January, 1970. All succeeding appointees to the office
of Fire Marshal shall be appointed for and shall serve for a term
of one year until the first Monday in January of each succeeding year.
[1974 Code Sec. 38-2]
Council shall appoint not more than two Assistant Fire Marshals.
The first appointee or appointees to the office of Assistant Fire
Marshal shall serve until the first Monday in January, 1970. All succeeding
appointees to the office of Assistant Fire Marshal shall be appointed
for and shall serve for a term of one year until the first Monday
in January of each succeeding year.
[1974 Code Sec. 38-2]
A report of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be made annually
and transmitted to the Council and shall contain all proceedings under
the Fire Prevention Code, with such statistics as the Bureau may wish
to include therein. The Fire Marshal shall also recommend any amendments
to the Code, which, in his or her judgment, shall be desirable.
[1974 Code Sec. 38-2]
The Fire Marshal and the Assistant Fire Marshal shall serve
without compensation except such as may be fixed by the Council.
