[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
South Waverly 4-5-2004 by Ord.
No. 4-5-04 (Ch. 133 of the 1992 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, as amended
from time to time, and its regulations.
B.
The Uniform Construction Code, contained in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters
401 through 405, as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and
incorporated herein by reference as the municipal building code of
this municipality.
Administration and enforcement of the code within this municipality
shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined by
the governing body of this municipality from time to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of the municipality to serve as
the municipal code official to act on behalf of the municipality.
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code officials or third-party
agencies to act on behalf of the municipality.
C.
By agreement with one or more other municipalities for the joint
administration and enforcement of this Act through an intermunicipal
agreement.
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality for the administration
and enforcement of this Act on behalf of this municipality.
E.
By entering into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of
Labor and Industry for plan review, inspections and enforcement of
structures other than one-family or two-family dwelling units and
utility and miscellaneous use structures.
[Amended 6-1-2015 by Ord.
No. 6-2-15-02]
The Board of Appeals for Uniform Construction Code and Property
Maintenance Code appeals shall be the Bradford County Council of Governments
Board of Appeals. If at any time enforcement and administration is
undertaken, the appeal from said enforcement will be heard by the
Bradford County Council of Governments Board of Appeals. The fees
imposed for the appeal will be those fees set by the Bradford County
Council of Governments Board of Appeals.
A.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were
adopted by this municipality 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 requirements of the code, as amended from time
to time.
B.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which are
in effect as of the effective date of this chapter and whose requirements
are less than the minimum requirements of the code are hereby amended
to conform with the comparable provisions of the code.
C.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of this municipality
not governed by the code shall remain in full force and effect.
Fees assessable by the municipality for the administration and
enforcement undertaken pursuant to this chapter and the code shall
be established by the governing body by resolution from time to time.
This chapter shall be effective on April 9, 2004.
