27.2.1. 
Section 101.1 These regulations shall be known as the "International Property Maintenance Code of the Municipality of Bethel Park," hereinafter referred to as "this code."
27.3.1. 
Section 103.5 of the International Property Maintenance Code is hereby revised by adding the following: "Fees are established as provided for by resolution of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Bethel Park."
27.4.1. 
Section 106.4 of the International Property Maintenance Code is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
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.
27.5.1. 
Section 112.4 of the International Property Maintenance Code is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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.
27.6.1. 
Section 302.4 of the International Property Maintenance Code is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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:
302.4.1 Grass or weeds in excess of eight inches.
302.4.2 Poison ivy, poison oak and other toxic vegetation.
302.4.3 Noxious weeds and other noxious vegetation.
302.4.4 Dead, dying or diseased trees or parts thereof whose existence poses a hazard to persons or property in their immediate vicinity.
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.
27.7.1. 
Section 302.8 of the International Property Maintenance Code is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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.
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:
302.8.1.1 Broken windshields, mirrors or other glass with sharp edges.
302.8.1.2 One or more flat or open tires or tubes which could permit a vermin harborage.
302.8.1.3 Missing doors, windows, hood, trunk or other body parts which could permit animal harborage or entry of children.
302.8.1.4 Any body parts with sharp edges, including holes resulting from rust.
302.8.1.5 Missing tires.
302.8.1.6 Upholstery which is torn or open which would permit animal and/or vermin harborage.
302.8.1.7 Broken headlamps or taillamps with sharp edges.
302.8.1.8 Protruding sharp objects from the chassis.
302.8.1.9 Broken vehicle frame suspended from the ground in an unstable manner.
302.8.1.10 Leaking or damaged oil pan or gas tank which could cause fire or explosion.
302.8.1.11 Exposed battery.
302.8.1.12 Open or damaged floorboards, including trunk and fire wall.
302.8.1.13 Damaged bumpers pulled away from the perimeter of the vehicle.
302.8.1.14 Broken grill with protruding edges.
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.
27.8.1. 
Section 304.14 of the International Property Maintenance Code is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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.
27.9.1. 
Section 308.2.1 of the International Property Maintenance Code is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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.
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.
27.10.1. 
Sections 308.3.1 and 308.3.2 of the International Property Maintenance Code are hereby deleted in their entirety.
27.11.1. 
Section 507 of the International Property Maintenance Code is hereby amended by adding the following:
507.2 Stagnant water and siltation.
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.
507.3 Obstruction of watercourses.
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.
27.12.1. 
Section 602.3 of the International Property Maintenance Code is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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.
27.13.1. 
Section 602.4 of the International Property Maintenance Code is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
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.
Exceptions:
1.
Processing, storage and operations areas that require cooling or special temperature conditions.
2.
Areas in which persons are primarily engaged in vigorous physical activities.