[Ord. 741, 4/13/2004]
[Ord. 741, 4/13/2004]
The Uniform Construction Code contained in Chapters 401 to 405
of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Code, as amended from time to time,
is hereby adopted and incorporated herein as the municipal building
code of the Borough of Beaver.
[Ord. 741, 4/13/2004]
The Borough of Beaver hereby elects to administer and enforce
the provisions of the Uniform Construction Code.
[Ord. 741, 4/13/2004]
1.
The Uniform Construction Code shall be administered and enforced
within this Borough in any of the following ways, as determined by
resolution adopted by the Council:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the Borough to serve as the
construction code official to act on behalf of the Borough.
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party
agencies to act on behalf of the Borough.
C.
By agreement with one or more other municipalities for the joint
administration and enforcement of the Code through an intergovernmental
cooperation agreement.
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality for the administration
and enforcement of the Code on behalf of this Borough.
E.
By entering into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of
Labor and Industry for plan reviews, inspections and enforcement as
to structures other than one-family or two-family dwelling units and
utility and miscellaneous use structures.
[Ord. 741, 4/13/2004; as amended by Ord. 780, 10/9/2012,
§ 1]
1.
The Borough of Beaver supports the establishment by the Beaver County
Regional Council of Governments of a Regional Board of Appeals in
accordance with the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, as amended.
2.
The Borough of Beaver designates such Regional Board of Appeals to
hear and decide all challenges to any decision made by the construction
code official of the Borough.
3.
The Borough, by virtue of its membership in the Beaver County Regional
Council of Governments and through its appointed voting delegate,
shall have a vote in the selection of qualified members of the Regional
Board of Appeals.
4.
To effectuate the provisions of this Part, this Borough shall enter
into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with the Beaver County
Regional Council of Governments.
[Ord. 741, 4/13/2004]
A schedule of fees relating to the administration and enforcement
of the Uniform Construction Code shall be established by resolution
adopted by the Council.
[Ord. 741, 4/13/2004]
1.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were
adopted by this Borough on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal
or exceed the requirements of the Uniform Construction Code shall
continue in full force and effect until such time as such provisions
fail to equal or exceed the minimum requirements of said Code, as
amended from time to time.
2.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which are
in effect as of the effective date of this Part and whose requirements
are less than the minimum requirements of the Uniform Construction
Code are hereby amended to conform with the comparable provisions
of said Code.
3.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of this Borough
not governed by the Uniform Construction Code shall remain in full
force and effect.
