Town of McCandless, PA
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2023-10-09
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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ARTICLE X PUBLIC SAFETY
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art X PUBLIC SAFETY
- § C-1001 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
- § C-1002 FIRE PREVENTION.
- The Code
- Administrative
- General Provisions
- Art 101 Codified Ordinances
- Art 103 Official Standards
- Art 105 Wards and Boundaries
- Administrative Code
- Art 113 Title and Purpose
- Art 115 Town Council
- Art 117 Legislative Processes
- Art 119 Citizen Participation
- Art 121 Administration
- Art 123 Authorities, Boards and Commissions
- Art 125 Fiscal Procedures
- Art 127 Cost Recovery for Emergency Condition Abatement
- Personnel
- Art 137 Personnel Board
- Art 139 Personnel Code
- Business and Taxation
- Business Regulation
- Art 301 Advertising
- Art 305 Transient Vendors
- Art 306 Solicitation of Funds
- Art 307 Amusements
- Art 309 Cable Television Rates and Customer Services
- Art 321 Amusement Tax
- Art 325 Realty Transfer Tax
- Art 329 Earned Income Tax
- Art 333 Mechanical Devices Tax
- Art 337 Real Estate Tax
- Art 341 Business Privilege Tax
- Art 343 Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance (Lerta) Program
- Art 345 Tax Assessment Limitation Program
- Art 347 Local Services Tax
- Art 349 Volunteer Service Credit Program
- Traffic Code
- Art 501 General Provisions
- Art 505 Traffic Regulations
- Art 509 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- Art 513 Illegally Parked and Abandoned Vehicles
- Art 517 Motorcycles; Scooters; and Bicycles With Motors
- General Offenses Code
- Art 701 Animals
- Art 702 Wild or Dangerous Animals
- Art 705 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- Art 709 Weapons
- Art 713 Public Nuisance Activities
- Art 715 Property Maintenance Code
- Art 717 Potter Park
- Art 721 Loitering
- Art 725 Noise
- Art 729 Aircraft
- Art 730 Fugitive Emissions
- Art 731 Establishment of Tobacco- and Vaping-Free Zones in Town Parks and Playgrounds
- Streets, Utilities And Public Services Code
- Streets, Driveways, and Excavations
- Art 901 Street Excavations
- Art 902 Deliberate Deposit of Snow on Streets or Roadways
- Art 903 Rights-Of-Way, Telecommunication Providers
- Art 905 Driveways
- Art 907 Objects and Signs in Right-Of-Way
- Art 909 Street Acceptance and Dedication
- Art 911 Sidewalks
- Art 912 Floodplain Construction and Development Requirements
- Utilites
- Art 913 Stormwater Management
- Art 915 Certification of Sanitary Sewer Status
- Art 917 Sewers
- Art 919 Waste Discharge Into Sewers
- Services
- Art 925 Garbage Collection
- Art 927 Solid Waste Storage, Collection and Disposal
- Art 929 Recycling
- Subdivision and Land Development
- Art 1101 General Provisions
- Art 1102 Definitions
- Art 1103 Application and Approval Requirements
- Art 1104 Site Planning and Design Standards
- Art 1105 Engineering and Construction Improvement Standards
- Art 1106 Guarantee of Improvement Standards
- Art 1107 Manufactured Home Park Standards
- Zoning
- Art 1301 General Zoning Provisions
- Art 1302 Zoning Districts
- Art 1303 Zoning Uses
- Art 1304 Supplemental Regulations
- Art 1305 Signs
- Art 1306 Definitions
- Fire Prevention Code
- Art 1501 Fire Prevention Permits
- Art 1503 Open Fire and Burning Regulations
- Art 1505 Fire Safety Inspections
- Art 1507 Storz Fittings
- Art 1509 Fire Control Measures and Regulations
- Art 1511 Key Lock Boxes
- Art 1513 Designation of Fire Lanes
- Art 1517 Fire Insurance Escrow Act
- Art 1521 International Fire Code
- Building Code
- Art 1701 Building Construction
- Art 1705 Grading, Excavation and Fills
- Art 1709 (Reserved)
- Art 1713 Smoke Detectors
- Art 1715 Timber Harvesting
- Art 1717 Property Address Numbering
- Art 1719 Uniform Construction Code
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
Council shall, subject to this Charter and to the applicable
provisions of law:
(a)
Appoint and fix the number, rank and compensation of the police and
prescribe all necessary rules and regulations for the organization
and operation of the Police Department;
(b)
Appoint and fix the compensation of a Chief of Police, who shall
be generally responsible for the supervision of the Police Department,
and shall be subject to removal at any time, with or without cause.
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The Police Department shall have all powers and duties granted
to it by Council under the Administrative Code, other applicable ordinances,
and the applicable provisions of law.
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(a)
Bureau of Fire Prevention. Council shall establish and provide for
the duties of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, which shall consist of
a Fire Marshal and the Fire Chiefs of the various districts of the
Town or their delegated assistants. The Fire Marshal shall be appointed
for an indefinited term by Council after consultation with the Fire
Chiefs of the various districts. The Fire Marshal shall receive such
compensation, if any, as may be determined by Council. He shall be
entitled to receive reimbursement for reasonable expenses properly
incurred by him in the performance of his duties. The Fire Chiefs
or their delegated assistants shall act as inspectors in their respective
districts. The Fire Marshal, assisted by the Fire Chiefs or their
delegated assistants, shall be generally responsible for the administration
and enforcement of the Fire Code. The Fire Marshal and the Fire Chiefs
shall have all powers granted to them by Council pursuant to the terms
and provisions of the Administrative Code and other applicable ordinances.
(b)
Independent Fire Companies. Council may provide for the discharge
of the fire prevention and fire protection responsibilities of the
Town through independent fire companies, so long as it determines
that such independent fire companies are willing and able adequately
to carry out those responsibilities. Council may contribute to the
purchase, maintenance, and operation of fire engines and other fire
equipment by such independent fire companies; provided, however, that
all such contributions shall be made subject to the condition that
the fire equipment purchased with Town funds shall revert to the Town
in the event of a dissolution of an independent fire company.
(c)
Fire Prevention Code. Council shall adopt, maintain in effect, and
enforce a Fire Prevention Code, which shall include provisions concerning
the construction, use, maintenance and inspection of structures as
related to fire prevention.
