[Ord. 1995-7, 4/20/1995, § 2]
The Borough of Hummelstown adopts, for the purpose of establishing
rules and regulations for the fabrication, erection, construction,
reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, addition to, repair, location
and use of detached one and two family dwellings, their appurtenances
and accessory structures, the one and two family dwelling code known
as the "CABO One and Two Family Dwelling Code, 1992 Edition," of which
three copies have been and are now filed in the office of the Borough
Manager, and the same are adopted and incorporated as if fully set
out at length herein. From the date by which this Part shall take
effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the fabrication,
erection, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, addition
to, repair, location and use of detached one and two family dwellings,
their appurtenances and accessory structures within the corporate
limits of the Borough of Hummelstown.
[Ord. 1995-7, 4/20/1995, § 2]
All the provisions of the Code Enforcement Ordinance of the
Borough are hereby adopted with this Part. The administration and
enforcement of this Part and of the CABO One and Two Family Dwelling
Code, herein adopted, shall be carried out by the Office of Code Enforcement
of the Borough in accordance with the procedures established by the
Code Enforcement Ordinance of the Borough and the CABO One and Two
Family Dwelling Code adopted herein. Said Code Enforcement Ordinance
provides for certain powers and duties of a Code Enforcement Officer,
for the creation of a Code Hearing Board and for procedures relative
to application, fees, permits, inspections, appeals, penalties and
other matters.
[Ord. 1995-7, 4/20/1995, § 2]
1.
The following sections and subsections of the CABO One and Two Family
Dwelling Code herein adopted are hereby deleted in their entirety:
[Ord. 1995-7, 4/20/1995, § 2]
1.
The dwelling code hereby adopted is amended as follows:
A.
Section R-201.2, Table No. R-201.2 of Chapter 2, is hereby amended by inserting the following in the columnar table, designation of columns being from left to right in the printed text:
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Column 1:
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20-40
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Column 2:
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20
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Column 3:
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20
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Column 4:
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1
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Column 5:
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No
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Column 6:
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Yes, 32 Inches
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Column 7:
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Yes, Region II
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Column 8:
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Yes, Slight to Moderate
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B.
Section R-903.9 of Chapter 9 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:
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"The thermal distance, measured from the fireplace lintel to
any combustible framing member above, as shown in Figure No. R-903.1,
shall be a minimum of 36 inches of solid masonry or other approved
noncombustible material.
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C.
Section P-2503 to P-2510, both inclusive, of Chapter 25 of the text are hereby deleted. The following material shall be substituted therefor:
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Section P-2503 - Private or Individual Sewage Disposal Systems.
All private or individual sewage disposal systems shall conform to
the rules, regulations, standards and procedures of the "PA Sewage
Facilities Act No. 537 as amended from time to time."
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D.
Part VI, Electrical, is hereby amended to read as follows:
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The electrical requirements shall conform to NFiPA 70A-1993,
as published by the National Fire Protection Association.
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E.
Section R-106, last paragraph shall provide:
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Any person who shall violate any provision of this code shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
$1,000 and costs of prosecution, or in default of payment, to imprisonment
for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day a violation of this code
continues shall constitute a separate offense.
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[Ord. 1995-7, 4/20/1995, § 2]
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,
as the case may be, shall control where the requirements thereof are
the same as or more limiting than the provisions of this Part. The
code shall control in all cases where the state requirements are not
as strict as those contained in this Part.
[Ord. 1995-7, 4/20/1995, § 2]
The provisions of this Part, so far as they are the same as
those ordinances and/or codes in force immediately prior to the enactment
of this Part, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and
codes and not as new enactments. The provisions of this Part 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.
