The Board of Supervisors of West Nantmeal Township hereby adopts
the International Fuel Gas Code, 2003 Edition, as now and as hereafter
supplemented, reissued, amended and revised as published by the International
Code Council, Inc., with Appendixes A, B, C and D. Not fewer than
three copies of the International Fuel Gas Code, 2003 Edition, have
been and now 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 Fuel Gas Code, 2003 Edition:
A. Section 101.1 shall be amended by the deletion of the words "[NAME
OF JURISDICTION]" and the replacement thereof with "West Nantmeal
Township."
B. Section 103 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following: "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 106.5.2. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
Section 106.5.2. Fee Schedule. The Board of Supervisors
shall, by resolution, adopt a Schedule of Fees which shall be kept
on file by the Township Secretary and shall be reviewed and revised
as necessary by the Board of Supervisors.
E. Section 106.5.3 shall be deleted in its entirety.
F. Section 108.4 shall be amended to state as follows:
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)]
G. Section 108.5 shall be amended by the deletion of the reference to
the minimum fine, and the replacement of the word "[AMOUNT]" in the
second instance with "$1,000."
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]