[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Carroll
Township as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 5-18-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-157]
This municipality hereby elects to administer and enforce the
provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999,
35 P.S. §§ 7210.101 through 7210.1103, as amended from
time to time, and its regulations.
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.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution of the
governing body of this municipality 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 Board of Appeals shall be established by joint action of the
participating municipalities.
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 article 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 article and the code shall
be established by the Carroll Township Board of Supervisors by resolution
or ordinance from time to time.
This article shall be effective June 1, 2004.
[Adopted 9-21-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-161; amended in its entirety 2-15-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-166]
The following term shall be construed in this article to have
the following meaning, except in those instances where the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
Buildings or structures of an accessory character and miscellaneous
structures not classified by the Building Officials and Code Administrators
International, Inc., in any specific use group. The term includes,
but is not necessarily limited to, carports, detached private garages,
greenhouses and sheds. The term does not include swimming pools or
spas.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The construction of utility and miscellaneous-use structures
that are greater than 200 square feet and less than 1,000 square feet
in building area shall be in compliance with the provisions of the
Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, 35 P.S. § 7210.101 et
seq. The Pennsylvania Construction Code excludes utility and miscellaneous-use
structures that are less than 1,000 square feet from the provisions
contained therein. Pursuant to the authority granted to it in the
Pennsylvania Construction Code, Carroll Township shall administer
and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code as
to utility and miscellaneous-use structures that are greater than
200 square feet and less than 1,000 square feet in building area.
