The Township hereby creates a Construction Code Board of Appeals
pursuant to 35 P.S. § 7210.501(c) and 34 Pa. Code § 403.121.
The powers and duties of the Construction Code Board of Appeals
shall be as prescribed under 35 P.S. § 7210.501 and 34 Pa.
Code § 403.121, as may be amended from time to time.
The Board of Appeals shall hear and rule on appeals, requests
for variances and requests for extensions of time. An application
for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of the Act
or Uniform Construction Code has been incorrectly interpreted, the
provisions of the Act or Uniform Construction Code do not fully apply
or an equivalent form of construction is to be used.
The Construction Code Board of Appeals shall have no authority
to spend Township funds unless provided for in the budget, as specifically
approved by the Board of Commissioners.
Within the limit of funds appropriated by the Board of Commissioners,
the Construction Code Board of Appeals may employ or contract, from
time to time, for secretaries, legal counsel other than the Township
Solicitor, consultants, and other technical and clerical services.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Commissioners
that the chapters, parts, sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses,
and phrases of this chapter are severable. If any section, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is declared unconstitutional,
illegal, or otherwise invalid by judgment or decree of a court with
competent jurisdiction, that invalidity shall not affect any of the
remaining chapters, parts, sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses,
or phrases of this codification.