[Ord. 713, 11/14/2012, § 1]
A certain document, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Morton, being marked and designated as the International Fire Code, 2012 edition, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Fire Code of the Borough of Morton, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises 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 Fire Code on file in the office of the Borough Secretary of the Borough of Morton are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this Part, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 5-502 of this Part.
[Ord. 713, 11/14/2012, § 2; as amended by Ord. 731, 2/11/2015]
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The following sections are hereby revised:
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§ 101.1. Title. These regulations shall be known as the Fire Code of the Borough of Morton, hereinafter referred to as "this code."
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§ 109.4. Penalty. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the Morton Borough Fire Marshal, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, 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 together with reasonable attorney fees 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 or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
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§ 111.4. Penalty. 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 perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, 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 less than $300 nor more than $1,000 plus costs together with reasonable attorney fees 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 or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
D. 
§ 308.1.4. Open-flame cooking devices. "Exception 1. One- and two-family dwellings" is hereby stricken such that it shall be prohibited to operate charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices on combustible balconies or within 10 feet (3,048 mm) of combustible construction at one- and two-family dwellings in the Borough of Morton.
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-746, 4/12/2017]
[Ord. 713, 11/14/2012, § 3]
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The geographic limits referred to in certain sections of the 2012 International Fire Code are hereby established as follows:
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§ 5704.2.9.6.1. Locations where above-ground tanks are prohibited. Storage of Class I and Class II liquids in above-ground tanks outside of buildings is prohibited within the limits established by law as the limits within the Borough of Morton.
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§ 5706.2.4.4. Locations where above-ground tanks are prohibited. Storage of Class I and II liquids in above-ground tanks is prohibited within the limits established by law as the limits within the Borough of Morton.
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§ 5806.2. Limitations. Storage of flammable cryogenic fluids in stationary containers outside of buildings is prohibited within the limits established by law as the limits within the Borough of Morton.
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§ 6104.2. Maximum capacity within established limits. Within the limits established by law restricting the storage of liquefied petroleum gas for the protection of heavily populated or congested areas, the aggregate capacity of any one installation shall not exceed a water capacity of 2,000 gallons (7570 L).
[Ord. 713, 11/14/2012, § 6]
Nothing in this Part or in the Fire Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending 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 hereby; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this Part.