City of Shamokin, PA Chapter 394 Plumbing Code

[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Shamokin 3-14-1989 by Ord. No. 334 (Ch. 82 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 394-1 Adoption of standards.

A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Shamokin, being marked and designated as the "BOCA National Plumbing Code, Seventh Edition, 1987," as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of the City of Shamokin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said BOCA National Plumbing Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 394-3 of this chapter.

§ 394-2 Repealer.

Ordinance No. 162, as amended, of the City of Shamokin entitled "BOCA Basic Plumbing Code, 1975 Edition" and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

§ 394-3 Amendments.

The following sections are hereby revised as follows:

A. Section P-100.1 (page 1, second line). Insert: "City of Shamokin."

B. Section P-104.1 (page 2, second line). Insert: "the effective date of this chapter."

C. Section P-114.2: Deleted.

D. Section P-117.4 (page 9, fifth, sixth and seventh lines). Insert: "summary offense; $1,000; 30 days."

E. Section P-118.2 (page 10, fifth line). Insert: "$5; $1,000."

F. Section P-303.2 (page 26, third line). Insert: "150 feet."

G. Section P-308.3 (page 27, second line). Insert: "four feet."

H. Section P-308.4 (page 27, second and fourth lines). Insert: "four feet; four feet."

§ 394-4 Effect on other proceedings or rights.

Nothing in this chapter or in the Plumbing Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired or liability incurred or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in § 394-2 of this chapter; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.

§ 394-5 When effective.

The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this chapter and cause the same to be published as required by law; and this chapter shall take full force and effect 10 days after this date of final passage and approval.