[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Oil
City 8-27-2001 by Ord. No. 2667 (Ch. 117 of the 1986 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Construction codes — See Ch. 110.
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Oil City, being marked and designated as the "International Mechanical Code," 2009 Edition, including Appendix A, as published by the International Code Council Inc., be and hereby is adopted as the International Mechanical Code of the City of Oil City, County of Venango, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said International Mechanical Code are with this referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes as prescribed in § 200-3 of this chapter.
Ordinance No. 2620 of the City of Oil City, entitled the "Mechanical
Code of the City of Oil City,"[1] and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with this chapter are hereby repealed.
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Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 2620, adopted 1-12-1998,
appeared as former Ch. 117, Mechanical Code, of the Code.
The following sections are hereby revised as follows:
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Chapter 1 Administration and Enforcement.
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101.0 Title. These regulations shall be known as
the "Mechanical Code of the City of Oil City," hereinafter referred
to as "this code."
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106.5 Fees. A permit shall not be issued until
the fees prescribed in Section 106.5.2 have been paid, nor shall an
amendment to a permit be released until the additional fee, if any,
due to an increase of the mechanical system, has been paid.
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106.5.1 Work prior to permit. In the event work
is commenced on any project prior to the issuance of a mechanical
permit, the fees for the acquisition of a permit shall be doubled.
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106.5.2 Fee schedule. The fees for mechanical work
shall be as indicated in the following schedule.
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Fee Schedule: $10 for $0 to $1,000; $25 for $1,001
to $5,000; $30 for $5,001 to $6,000; $35 for $6,001 to $7,000; $40
for $7,001 to $8,000; $45 for $8,001 to $9,000; $50 for $9,001 to
$10,000; $55 for $10,001 to $11,000; $60 for $11,001 to $12,000; $65
for $12,001 to $13,000; $70 for $13,001 to $14,000; $75 for $14,001
to $15,000; $80 for $15,001 to $16,000; $85 for $16,001 to $17,000;
$90 for $17,001 to $18,000; $95 for $18,001 to $19,000; $100 for $19,001
to $20,000; and over $20,000, $100 plus $6 for each additional $1,000
or part thereof. When the project includes work normally covered by
a plumbing, electrical, mechanical or energy permit, the fees for
those permits shall not be separately charged, but rather the value
of such work shall be included in the total project costs.
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Plan Examination: In addition to the fees listed
above, the following fees shall be charged when applicable. The fee
for each plan examination shall be computed at 40% of the mechanical
permit fee. In no instance shall the fee be less than $25.
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108.4 Violation penalties. Any person, firm or
corporation who shall violate any provision of this code shall, upon
conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a Magisterial District
Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine not less than $300 or more than
$1,000, together with the cost of prosecution and any fee or fees,
or be imprisoned for a period not to exceed 30 days, or both. Each
day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall
be deemed a separate offense.
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Codes insert:
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IBC - 2009 International Building Code
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IFC - 2009 International Fire Code
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IFGC - 2009 International Fuel Gas Code
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IPC - 2009 International Plumbing Code
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108.5 Stop-work orders. This section shall be revised
to read in its entirety as follows:
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Upon notice from the Code Official that mechanical work is being
done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or
unsafe manner, such work shall immediately cease. Such notice shall
be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property or to
the owner's agent or to the person doing the work. The notice
shall state the conditions under which work is authorized to resume.
Where an emergency exists, the Code Official shall not be required
to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who
shall continue any work on the system after having been served with
a stop-work order, except such work as that person is directed to
perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable
to a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000.
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109.1 Application for appeal. A person shall have
the right to appeal a decision of the Code Official to the Board of
Appeals. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that
the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted thereunder
have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do
not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction
is proposed. The application shall be filed on a form obtained from
the Code Official within 20 days after the notice was sent.
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