[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Mount Jewett 8-2-1999 by Ord. No.
210. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Be it enacted it is hereby ordained by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Mt. Jewett, in the County of McKean and the State
of Pennsylvania, that no person shall, without having first obtained
from the Borough Secretary, after approval from the building permit
committee, a permit to do the following:
A.
Construct or cause to allow to be constructed, upon any land in the
Borough of Mt. Jewett owned or leased by him, any building.
B.
Alter or cause or allow to be altered any building owned by him within
the Borough of Mt. Jewett, by making any structural change or addition
of any nature whatever.
C.
Move or cause or allow to be moved any building onto any land owned
or leased by him within the Borough of Mt. Jewett.
The word "person," as used in this chapter, shall mean any natural
person, partnership, association, firm or corporation. In this chapter,
the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include
the feminine and the neuter.
Application for any permit required by this chapter shall be
made upon a form furnished by the Borough and shall be filled in by
the applicant and shall describe properly the work to be done, and
shall be signed by him, and for each new building, structural alterations
or additions to existing building, there shall be filed with the application
a description of the project, attaching a sketch showing property
lines, adjacent streets, existing buildings, the proposed project
and dimensions, clearly setting forth the nature and extent of work
to be done.
After examination of the application, plans and specifications,
the Building Permit Committee shall act as promptly as possible approving
or rejecting an application within 15 days of its presentation.
The fee for a building permit shall be $25 for a project costing
$1,500 or less and $50 for a project costing more than $1,500. Every
permit shall be considered cancelled if active work is not commenced
within the period of one year from the date of issue.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs
and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement
proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction,
or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine
or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and
committed to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding
30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement
under this section, the Borough may enforce this chapter in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of McKean County.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this
chapter shall be and the same expressly are repealed.
