The Board of Supervisors of West Nantmeal Township hereby adopts
the International Plumbing Code, 2003 Edition, as now and as hereafter
supplemented, reissued, amended and revised, as published by the International
Code Council, Inc. Not fewer than three copies of the International
Plumbing Code, 2003 Edition, are filed in the office of the Secretary
of West Nantmeal Township, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated
as fully as if set out at length herein.
The following amendments, additions, deletions, and changes
are hereby made to the International Plumbing Code, 2003 Edition:
A. Section 101.1 shall be amended by the deletion of the words "[NAME
OF JURISDICTION]" and the replacement thereof with the words "West
Nantmeal Township."
B. The heading of Section 103 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following: "Section 103. Enforcement."
C. Section 103.1 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following:
103.1. General. The Board of Supervisors shall,
by resolution, appoint a Building Code Official who shall be certified
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under the Act. The Building Code
Official shall be responsible for administration and enforcement of
this code and shall be referred to in this code as the "Code Official."
D. Section 103.2 shall be deleted in its entirety and reserved.
E. Section 106.6.2 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following:
106.6.2. Fee Schedule. The permit fees for all
plumbing work provided for in this code shall be paid in advance in
accordance with the Fee Schedule established by resolution, duly adopted
by the Board of Supervisors of West Nantmeal Township, as the same
may from time to time be amended.
F. Section 106.6.3 shall be deleted in its entirety.
G. Section 108.4 is deleted and replaced with the following:
108.4 Violations and penalties. Any person who
shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with
any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter
or repair a building or structure in violation of an approved plan
or directive of the Building Official shall, upon conviction in a
summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under
the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary
offense, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 per day, plus
costs of prosecution, and, upon default of the payment of the fine
and costs, imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day or portion
thereof that a violation continues or is permitted to continue shall
be deemed a separate offense.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
H. Section 108.5 shall be amended by inserting "not more than $1,000"
in the second blank.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
I. Section 305.6.1 shall be amended by inserting "36 inches" in both
blank spaces.
J. Section 904.1 shall be amended by the insertion of "12 inches" in
the "[NUMBER]" blank.