[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Newtown 12-13-2021 by Ord. No.
2021-04. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Newtown Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the
International Fire Code in its entirety in addition to Appendices
B, C, D, E and F as published by the International Code Council, Inc.,
in accordance with the referenced edition adopted by the Pennsylvania
Uniform Construction Code and all future amended editions. Not fewer
than three copies of the International Fire Code are filed in the
Code Enforcement office.
A.
Section 101.1 shall be amended by inserting "The Township of Newtown."
B.
Section 109.4 shall be amended as follows:
Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall
fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect,
install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction
documents or directive of the fire code official, or of a permit or
certificate used under a provision of this code, shall be guilty of
a "non-traffic" violation, punishable by a fine of not more than "$500"
or by imprisonment not exceeding "30 days" or both such fine and imprisonment.
Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served
shall be deemed a separate offense.
C.
Section 111.4 shall be amended as follows:
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 liable
to a fine of not less than "$100" or more than "$1,000."
D.
Section 1103.5.3 shall be amended as follows:
An automatic sprinkler system shall be provided throughout existing
buildings in accordance with the requirements and standards of the
"Existing Building Code" where cellulose nitrate film or pyroxylin
plastics are manufactured or stored or handled in quantities exceeding
100 pounds. Vaults located within buildings for storage or raw pyroxylin
shall be protected with an approved sprinkler system capable of discharging
1.66 gallons per minute per square foot over the area of the vault.
E.
Section 5704.2.9.6.1 shall be amended as follows:
Storage of Class I and II liquids in aboveground tanks outside
of buildings is prohibited within areas defined as steep or very steep
slopes, wetlands or floodplain.
F.
Section 5706.2.4.4 shall be amended as follows:
Storage of Class I and II liquids in aboveground tanks are prohibited
within areas defined as steep or very steep slopes, wetland or floodplain.
G.
Section 5806.2 shall be amended as follows:
Storage of flammable cryogenic fluids in stationary containers
outside of building is prohibited within areas defined as steep or
very steep slopes, wetland or floodplain.
H.
Section 6104.2 shall be amended as follows:
Storage of liquefied petroleum gas is prohibited within areas
defined as steep or very steep slopes, wetlands or floodplain.
