[Adopted 8-3-2015 by Ord.
No. 1607]
[Amended 4-1-2019 by Ord. No. 1631]
The Borough of Dormont hereby adopts the International Fire Code as adopted and updated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as published by the International Code Council, for the purpose of regulating and governing the safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the occupancy of buildings and premises as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Fire Code on file in the office of the Borough of Dormont are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in §
109-2 of this article.
The International Fire Code hereby adopted is amended as follows:
A. 101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the
"Fire Code of the Borough of Dormont," hereinafter referred to as
"this Code."
B. 109.3 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate
a provision of this Code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation
of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code
official, or of a permit or certificate used under provision of this
Code and from which no appeal has been taken or who shall fail to
comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the Fire Marshal,
or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed herein
shall severally, for each and every such violation and noncompliance,
respectively, be guilty of an ordinance violation, punishable by a
fine or penalty of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution,
and in default of payment of the fine or penalty and costs imposed,
the violator may be sentenced and committed to the county jail for
a period not to exceed 30 days. The imposition of one penalty for
any violation shall not excuse the violation nor permit it to continue,
and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations
or defects immediately on notice to do so. Each day that prohibited
conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
C. 111.4 Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue
any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such
work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or
unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $600
nor more than $1,000.
D. 3301.2.4. Financial responsibility. Before a permit
is issued, as required by Section 3301.2, the applicant shall file
with the Borough of Dormont a corporate surety bond in the principal
sum of $100,000 or a public liability insurance policy for the same
amount for the purpose of payment of all damages to persons or property
which arise from or are caused by the conduct of any act authorized
by the permit upon which any judicial judgment results. The legal
department of the Borough is authorized to specify a greater or lesser
amount when, in their opinion, conditions at the location of use indicate
a greater or lesser amount is required. Government entities shall
be exempt from this bond requirement.
E. 3404.2.9.6.1. Locations where aboveground tanks are prohibited. Storage of Class I and Class II liquids in aboveground tanks outside
of buildings is prohibited within all residential zoned areas of the
Borough of Dormont as defined by the Dormont Borough Zoning Ordinance.
F. 3406.2.4.4. Locations where aboveground tanks are prohibited. The storage of Class I and II liquids in aboveground tanks is prohibited
within all residential zoned areas of the Borough of Dormont as defined
by the Dormont Borough Zoning Ordinance.
G. 3506.2. Limitations. Storage of flammable cryogenic
fluids in stationary containers outside of buildings is prohibited
within the geographic borders of the Borough of Dormont.
H. 3804.2. Maximum capacity within established limits. Within
the limits established by commonwealth law restricting the storage
of liquefied petroleum gas for the protection of heavily populated
or congested areas, the aggregate capacity of any one installation
shall not exceed a water capacity of 2,000 gallons (7,570 L).
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
chapter is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining potions of this chapter.
The Borough Council of the Borough of Dormont hereby declares that
it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection,
clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared
unconstitutional.
Nothing in this chapter or in the International Fire Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in §
109-3 of this chapter; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.