A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the offices of the Code Enforcement Department of Fallowfield Township, being marked and designated as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 edition, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of Fallowfield Township in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures, by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities, and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for human occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, and the demolition of such existing structures as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Property Maintenance Code on file in the office of the Code Enforcement Department are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions and deletions, and changes, if any, as prescribed in §
278-2 of this chapter.
Ordinance No. 156 of Fallowfield Township, adopting and implementing
the 1996 Edition of the BOCA National Property Maintenance Code, is
hereby repealed, rescinded, and is declared void in its entirety.
In addition, any and all other prior ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict with the terms and conditions of this chapter are hereby
repealed to the extent of such irreconcilable conflict. It is the
stated intention of the Board of Supervisors of Fallowfield Township
that this chapter implement the 2015 edition of the International
Property Maintenance Code as the only applicable property maintenance
code regulations for Fallowfield Township, and that all prior adoptions
of the Property Maintenance Code regulations be repealed by the terms
and conditions of this chapter.
Nothing in this chapter or in the Property Maintenance Code
hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding
pending in any court, or any rights acquired or liability incurred,
or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing under any act
or ordinance repealed by this chapter; nor shall any just or legal
right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by
the implementation and adoption of this chapter.