Any person, firm, corporation or entity who violates, causes
or permits the violation of any provision of this code or shall fail
to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall fail to
maintain premises, structures or equipment in accordance with these
provisions shall pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs. Each
day that a violation of this chapter shall continue or each section
of this chapter which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
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Any person who shall continue any work after having been served
with a stop-work order, except such work as that person is directed
to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be subject
to a fine of not more than $1,000.
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302.4 Weeds.No person, partnership, firm or corporation
shall permit the following growths and vegetation, which are hereby
declared to be a detriment to the environment of Bethel Park Municipality:
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302.4.1 Grass or weeds in excess of
eight inches.
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302.4.2 Poison ivy, poison oak and
other toxic vegetation.
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302.4.3 Noxious weeds and other noxious
vegetation.
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302.4.4 Dead, dying or diseased trees
or parts thereof whose existence poses a hazard to persons or property
in their immediate vicinity.
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302.4.5 Trees, shrubs or other vegetation
whose limbs or parts thereof project into a public right-of-way, thereby
interfering with the normal use of said right-of-way.
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302.8 Motor vehicles.Except as provided for in
other regulations, no abandoned, junked inoperative or unlicensed
motor vehicle shall be parked, kept or stored on any premises, and
no vehicle shall at any time be in a state of major disassembly, disrepair,
or in the process of being stripped or dismantled. Exceptions: The
vehicle has an approved antique and/or historical plate from a state
issuing agency; or it can be demonstrated that vehicle is in a current
state of repair; or vehicle storage is authorized in conjunction with
a business properly operated pursuant to the zoning laws an.d other
laws of the Municipality. Any vehicle meeting the exceptions as noted
in this section shall not be located in the front yard of any lot
unless the vehicle is stored within an enclosed permitted structure.
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302.8.1 A vehicle may be deemed abandoned
or junked under this section if the vehicle is not operable or lacks
a current inspection or registration. Evidence that a vehicle is abandoned
or junked may include, but is not limited to, the following conditions
which are determined to pose a threat to the health, safety and welfare
of the public:
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302.8.1.1 Broken windshields, mirrors
or other glass with sharp edges.
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302.8.1.2 One or more flat or open
tires or tubes which could permit a vermin harborage.
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302.8.1.3 Missing doors, windows, hood,
trunk or other body parts which could permit animal harborage or entry
of children.
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302.8.1.4 Any body parts with sharp
edges, including holes resulting from rust.
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302.8.1.5 Missing tires.
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302.8.1.6 Upholstery which is torn
or open which would permit animal and/or vermin harborage.
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302.8.1.7 Broken headlamps or taillamps
with sharp edges.
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302.8.1.8 Protruding sharp objects
from the chassis.
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302.8.1.9 Broken vehicle frame suspended
from the ground in an unstable manner.
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302.8.1.10 Leaking or damaged oil pan
or gas tank which could cause fire or explosion.
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302.8.1.11 Exposed battery.
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302.8.1.12 Open or damaged floorboards,
including trunk and fire wall.
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302.8.1.13 Damaged bumpers pulled away
from the perimeter of the vehicle.
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302.8.1.14 Broken grill with protruding
edges.
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302.8.2 No vehicles shall be parked in the front yard of a residential use except in a residential parking area as permitted by the relevant provisions of the Code of the Municipality of Bethel Park, including but not limited to Chapter 69 ("Zoning Ordinance"). In no event shall vehicles be parked on grassy or open areas not designated for off-street parking or storage of such residential vehicles when located in the front yard. Parking in the grassy or open areas of a front yard is permitted for temporary reasons, such as during loading, unloading, resurfacing or sealing of the residential parking area or making of other residential improvements.
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Every door, window and other outside opening required for ventilation
of habitable rooms, food preparation areas, food service areas or
any areas where products to be included or utilized in food for human
consumption are processed, manufactured, packaged or stored shall
be supplied with approved tightly fitting screens of minimum 16 mesh
per inch (16 mesh per 25 millimeter), and every screen door used for
insect control shall have a self-closing device in good working condition.
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308.2.1 Rubbish storage facilities. No person,
partnership, firm or corporation shall deposit, leave or cause to
be left or accumulated on any street, land, highway, alley, vacant
lot, stream, creek or any other public or private property within
the Municipality of Bethel Park any garbage, rubbish, waste materials,
old building materials, litter and debris of any kind, junked, scrapped,
dilapidated or outworn construction equipment or machinery, including
parts of same or fuel or lubrication equipment and other apparatus
associated with their use, flammable articles or stored junk vehicles
which shall be those without a current inspection sticker and are
either rusted, wrecked, discarded, dismantled, partly dismantled,
inoperative or in an abandoned condition, including parts of the same,
all of which are hereby declared to be a nuisance and detrimental
to the environment of the Municipality of Bethel Park.
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308.2.1.2 No person, partnership, firm or corporation
shall allow to accumulate and/or remain on property owned or occupied
by said person, partnership, firm or corporation the material and
objects listed above, whether or not such material and objects were
accumulated or deposited with the consent or knowledge of such person,
partnership, firm or corporation.
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507.2 Stagnant water and siltation.
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No person, partnership, firm or corporation shall permit the
accumulation of stagnant water nor allow excessive siltation to be
deposited on any public or private property.
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507.3 Obstruction of watercourses.
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No person, partnership, firm or corporation shall do any act
or engage in any activity which shall restrict or impede the flow
of any stream, creek or other watercourse which has its source beyond
the limits of property under the ownership or control of such person,
partnership, firm or corporation. The building of walls or the dumping
of fill in such a manner as to restrict or impede the flow of any
stream, creek or other watercourse described herein is prohibited.
The building of bridges or other appurtenances that span streams,
creeks or other watercourses described herein shall be in accordance
with a permit regulating the design and location of same which has
been issued by the Code Enforcement Officer, and further, no trees,
shrubs or other vegetation or parts of same shall be planted or allowed
to exist in such a manner as to restrict or impede the flow of such
streams, creeks or other watercourses described herein.
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Every owner and operator of any building who rents, leases or
lets one or more dwelling units or sleeping units on terms, either
expressed or implied, to furnish heat to the occupants thereof shall
be able to maintain a minimum temperature of 68° F. (20° C.)
in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms.
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Indoor occupiable work spaces shall be supplied with heat and
shall be able to maintain a minimum temperature of 65° F. (18°
C.) during the period the spaces are occupied.
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Exceptions:
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1.
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Processing, storage and operations areas that require cooling
or special temperature conditions.
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2.
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Areas in which persons are primarily engaged in vigorous physical
activities.
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