[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Charleroi 8-10-2022 by Ord. No. 1035. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall commence to demolish, tear down or remove, or
demolish, tear down or remove any part or portion of a structure or
building within the Borough, without first having made application
to the Code Enforcement Office, and obtaining a permit to do so.
A.
All applications for a permit under the provisions of this chapter
shall be made to the Borough Code Enforcement Department on a form
to be furnished by the Borough for that purpose, in which application
shall be stated and exact location of the property affected, the ownership
of the property, the time when the work is to be commenced and finished,
the name of the contractor or other person making the application
and all other necessary particulars which the Borough Code Enforcement
Department may require from the applicant.
B.
Every such application must be signed by the owner of the property
or by their authorized agents, and the signer shall, in the application,
accept full responsibility and liability for all items that are done
under the authority of any permit issued by the Borough to the applicant.
C.
This chapter shall not apply to any and all Borough-owned or -maintained
parcels and structures.
A.
Before any permit shall be issued under the authority of this chapter,
the applicant shall be required to furnish to the Borough evidence
that he has provided himself with public liability insurance within
the limits of $10,000 to $20,000 and property damage insurance in
the sum of $20,000. If the Borough Code Enforcement Officer is of
the opinion that the limits for such insurance herein provided for
are not sufficiently large, he shall not issue any permit until the
question of such insurance has been submitted to Council and the limits
thereof have been fixed by Council. Council may extend such limits
for public liability insurance not to exceed $100,000 and property
damage not to exceed $50,000, if it feels that the risks involved
in the case are unusual or extraordinary.
B.
The applicant shall also furnish to the Borough a bond in the amount
of at least $5,000, which limit may also be increased to not more
than $100,000 by Council, upon the recommendation of the Borough Engineer,
which bond shall be conditioned upon the contractor and owner completing
the demolition, tearing down and removing such buildings and structures
within the time specified originally, or by enlargement as herein
provided, within the time fixed by the permit, and that the contractor
or the owner shall thoroughly clean up and level the location of the
demolished, torn down and removed structures. However, if the location
is to be used for other buildings, structures or purposes, Council
may, upon application, authorize a permit which does not require the
cleaning up or leveling of the site.
A.
All permits granted under this chapter for demolition of residential
properties shall be originally limited to 30 days per building and
the applicant shall pay for such permit a fee to cover the cost of
the exercise of the police power of the Borough, in the amount of
$250 for the doing of the work.
B.
All permits granted under this chapter for demolition of commercial
properties shall be originally limited to 30 days per building and
the applicant shall pay for such permit a fee to cover the cost of
the exercise of the police power of the Borough in the following amounts
for the doing of the work:
|
Cost of Demolition
|
Permit Fee
|
|---|---|
|
$0 to $15,000
|
$250
|
|
$15,001 to $25,000
|
$350
|
|
$25,001 to $50,000
|
$500
|
|
Over $50,000
|
$750
|
C.
If, before the work is completed and the permit expires, the contractor
or owner of the property involved makes application to the Borough
for an extension of the time of the permit, and if the Borough Engineer
is satisfied that the permittee and the owner have not been guilty
of any dilatory tactics of delay, he may grant an extension of time
on the permit not to exceed 60 additional days, but the permittee
shall pay an additional permit fee of $25 per day for every working
day covered by such extension of the permit.
A.
When any such permit is issued, the permittee or the owner shall
be required to erect over the sidewalks and streets or portions thereof
all necessary shelters and barricades, and furnish the same with lights
and adequate signs for the full protection of the traveling public,
as shall be required by specifications to be drawn from time to time
by the Borough Engineer and approved by Council. Until such shelters
and barricades, lights and signs have been provided and erected by
the permittee or by the owner of the property, any demolition, tearing
down or removal of the buildings or structures or of any portion of
the buildings and structures on the affected land shall be a violation
of this chapter, for which the permittee and the property owner shall
be liable.
B.
Any person who is the holder of a permit to demolish, tear down or
remove any part or portion of a structure or a building within the
Borough shall be required to follow the specifications for demolition
as provided by the Code Enforcement Department.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter, and any owner of property who permits violation by his contractor, employees or agents shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter and punished as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, Enforcement; General Penalties. Each day that a violation continues beyond the date fixed for compliance shall constitute a separate offense.
A.
All relevant ordinances, regulations, and policies of the Borough
of Charleroi, Pennsylvania, not amended shall remain in full force
and effect.
B.
This chapter is intended to supplement other ordinances and codes
of the Borough pertaining to property maintenance and blight abatement
and shall only repeal such words, sentences, clauses, etc. of any
conflicting ordinance or code to the extent necessary to cure the
conflict.
A.
If any section, clause, provision or portion of this chapter shall
be held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such decision shall not affect any other section, clause, provision
or portion of this chapter so long as it remains legally enforceable
minus the invalid portion.
B.
The Borough reserves the right to amend this chapter or any portion
thereof from time to time as it shall deem advisable in the best interests
of the promotion of the purposes and intent of this chapter and the
effective administration thereof.
C.
The Borough reserves the right to amend this chapter, fee schedule,
or any portion thereof from time to time by resolution or ordinance.
This chapter shall take effect 30 days after enactment.
