[Ord. 2004-06, 6/16/2004, § 1]
1.
Franklin Township, in order to administer and enforce the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, 35 P.S.
§ 7210.101 et seq., and pursuant to § 501 of the
Act, hereby adopts the Uniform Construction Code contained in 34 Pa.
Code, Chapters 401 through 405, as amended from time to time, which
is incorporated herein by reference as the Building Code of Franklin
Township.
2.
Administration and enforcement of the code within Franklin Township
shall be undertaken by the retention of one or more Building Code
Officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of Franklin Township.
3.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution of the Franklin
Township Board of Supervisors in conformity with the requirements
of the relevant provisions of the code, as amended from time to time,
and for the purposes set forth therein. If at any time enforcement
and administration is undertaken jointly with one or more other municipalities,
said Boards of Appeals shall be established by joint action of the
participating municipalities.
4.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were
adopted by Franklin Township on or before July 1, 1999, and which
equal or exceed the requirements of the code shall continue in full
force and effect until such time as such provisions fail to equal
or exceed the minimum requirement of the code, as amended from time
to time. All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of Franklin
Township not governed by the code shall remain in full force and effect.
Climatic, geographic, and inside/outside environmental standards for
the local area as required by the respective codes shall be established
by Franklin Township by resolution from time to time.
5.
Fees assessable by Franklin Township for the administration and enforcement
undertaken pursuant to this chapter and the code shall be established
by Franklin Township by resolution from time to time.
[Ord. 2004-06, 6/16/2004, § 2; as amended by Ord.
2009-05, 8/19/2009]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part or who fails to carry out an order made pursuant to this
Part or who violates any condition attached to a permit, approval
or certificate, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay 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 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
after due notice has been served or each section of this Part which
shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 2004-06, 6/16/2004, § 5]
The provisions of this Part, so far as they are the same as
those of ordinances and regulations in force immediately prior to
the enactment of this Part, are intended as a continuation of such
ordinances and regulations 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 of prosecution pending or to be instituted
to enforce any repealed ordinances or regulations.
