[Ord. 603, 8/14/1979, § 1]
The minimum design standards for rehabilitation for residential
properties, as set forth in HUD Handbook No. 4940.4 prepared by Program
Participants and HUD staff in September of 1973, are hereby adopted
by reference as the required minimum design standards for federally
sponsored rehabilitation of existing residential properties within
the Borough. Those standards shall not be required for any other building
or rebuilding or rehabilitation except those federally sponsored.
A copy of those minimum design standards is filed in the office of
the Manager in the Municipal Building and may be examined during business
days, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.
[Ord. 603, 8/14/1979, § 2; as amended by Ord. 621,
12/14/1983]
The minimum design standards set forth in HUD Handbook No. 4940.4, referred to in §
4-201 and identified in that handbook as "required provisions," shall be deemed mandatory as to all work of rehabilitation undertaken pursuant to a federally sponsored program. Design standards set forth in that Handbook No. 4940.4 and identified in it as "guides" shall be deemed optional on the part of program participants.
[Ord. 603, 8/14/1979, § 3]
1. No work of rehabilitation shall be undertaken within or upon a residential
structure until a permit has been issued by the Zoning Officer. The
permit shall be styled "residential rehabilitation permit". Those
permits may not be transferred or assigned.
2. No rehabilitation permit shall issue except upon prior application being made or joined in upon by the Beaver County Redevelopment Authority. All such applications shall show the name of the owner of the premises, their location, the tax parcel number of the premises, the rehabilitation work which is intended, and the estimated capital value of the proposed work. The application shall be accompanied by such other information as is deemed necessary by the Zoning Officer to determine compliance with the terms of the Zoning Ordinance [see Chapter
27, Zoning]. The application and all required or requested accompanying matter shall be submitted in triplicate and shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant. One complete set shall be returned to the applicant on approval or rejection of the requested permit; one copy shall be retained in the files of the Zoning Officer; the remaining copy shall be transmitted to the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Beaver for enforcement and compliance purposes.
3. No work of rehabilitation shall be undertaken unless the permit issued
by the Zoning Officer shall first be posted prominently upon the permitted
premises. The failure or neglect of the applicant to prominently post
the permit and maintain the same throughout the duration of the permitted
work shall be a violation of this Part 2. Duplicate permits may be
issued by the Zoning Officer. Loss or substantial destruction of defacement
of any posted permit must be promptly reported within 24 hours after
that event or the discovery of it, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays
excepted.
4. All permits shall expire upon the completion of the work authorized
by them or within one year from the issuance of the permit, whichever
event shall first occur. A permit shall expire if the work authorized
in it is not commenced within 180 days from the date the permit was
issued.
[Ord. 603, 8/14/1979, § 4; as amended by Ord. 621,
12/14/1983]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part 2 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $300 and/or to imprisonment for a term not
to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this Part 2 continues
shall constitute a separate offense.