[Adopted 8-8-2006 by Ord. No. 1455 (Ch. 5, Part 2, of the
2006 Code of Ordinances)]
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Greenville, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being marked and designated as the International Building Code, including Appendix Chapters A through J, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the "Building Code of the Borough of Greenville," for the control of building and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said building code 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 § 222-8 of this article.
The following sections are hereby revised:
A.
Section 101.1 is amended to read:
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"§ 101.1. Title. These regulations shall
be known as the 'Building Code of the Borough of Greenville,' hereinafter
referred to as 'this code.'"
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B.
Section 112.3 is amended to read:
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"§ 112.3. Qualifications. The Board of
Appeals shall consist of owners of property in the Borough of Greenville,
whether or not residing within the Borough of Greenville, whose tax
payments are current, or non-property owners who are registered voters
living within the Borough who are qualified by experience and training
to pass on matters pertaining to building construction and are not
employees of the jurisdiction."
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C.
Section 113.4 is amended to read:
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§ 113.4. Violation Penalties. Any person
who violates any provision of this Code or fails to comply with any
of the requirements thereof or who erects, constructs, alters or repairs
a building or structure in violation of the approved construction
documents or directive of the Building Official, or of a permit or
certificate issued under the provisions of this Code, upon conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to a fine of not more than $1,000 plus
costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term
of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day on which a violation
of this Code shall continue, or each Section of this Code which shall
be violated, shall constitute a separate offense."
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D.
Section 114.3 is amended to read:
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"§ 114.3. Unlawful Continuance. Any person
who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop-work
order, except such work as that person is directed to remove a violation
or unsafe condition, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to
a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day of which a violation of this article shall continue
after service of the aforesaid notice shall constitute a separate
offense."
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E.
Section 1612.3 is amended to read:
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"§ 1612.3. Establishment of Flood Hazard Areas. To establish flood hazard areas, the [governing body] shall adopt
a Flood Hazard Map and supporting data. The Flood Hazard Map shall
include, at a minimum, areas of special flood hazards as identified
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in an engineering report
entitled the 'Flood Insurance Study for the Borough of Greenville'
dated: __________."
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F.
Section 3409.2 first sentence only, is amended to read:
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"§ 3409.2. Applicability. Structures
existing prior to [date of first adoption of BOCA Building Code]."
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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,
or other ordinances of the Borough of Greenville, as the case may
be, shall control where the requirements thereof are the same as or
in excess of the provisions of this article. The code shall control
in all cases where the state requirements, or the requirements of
other ordinances of this Borough, are not as strict as those contained
in this article.
The provisions of this article, so far as they are the same
as those of ordinances and/or codes enforced immediately prior to
the enactment of this article, are intended as a continuation of such
ordinances and codes and not as new enactments. The provisions of
this article 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 the
authority of any of the repealed ordinances.
