[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Larksville 5-18-1970 by Ord. No.
8-1970 (Ch. 102 of the 1987 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
There is hereby adopted by the Borough of Larksville, for the
purpose of establishing rules and regulations relative to minimum
standards governing the condition and maintenance of dwellings, supplied
utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions
essential to ensure that dwellings are safe, sanitary and fit for
human habitation, governing the condition of dwellings offered for
rent, fixing certain responsibilities and duties of owners and occupants
of dwellings and the condemnation of dwellings unfit for human habitation
and the demolition of such dwellings, that certain Housing Code known
as the "BOCA Basic Housing Code 1970, Second Edition," recommended
by the Building Officials Conference of America, Inc., being particularly
the 1970 Edition thereof; and the whole thereof, save and except such
portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of which
not less than three copies have been and now are filed in the office
of the Secretary-Treasurer of the Borough of Larksville and the same
is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length
herein, and from the date on which this chapter shall take effect,
the provisions thereof shall be controlling as the minimum requirements
for buildings used for human habitation within the corporate limits
of the Borough of Larksville.
The Building Inspector shall be appointed by the Borough of
Larksville and shall have the duty and responsibility to enforce the
provisions of the Housing Code.
The Building Inspector may request and shall receive, so far
as may be necessary and in the discharge of his duties, the assistance
and cooperation of other officials of the municipality.
The Building Inspector, in the discharge of his official duties
and upon proper identification, shall have authority to enter any
building, structure or premises at any reasonable hour.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Building Inspector.
The Solicitor for the Borough of Larksville.
The Borough of Larksville.
[Amended 12-30-1987 by Ord. No. 3-1987]
Every person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of the Housing Code shall be guilty of a summary conviction and may
be prosecuted in proceedings in accordance with the practice in cases
of summary convictions commenced by warrant or summons, at the discretion
of the Magisterial District Judge with jurisdiction over Larksville
Borough before whom the proceedings are commenced and, on conviction,
shall be punished by the imposition of a fine of not more than $300
or by imprisonment for not exceeding 30 days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice
has been served in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof
shall be deemed a separate offense.
