[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Patton 7-19-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-630[1] (Ch. 127 of the 1996 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed original Ch. 127 of the 1996 Code, Property Maintenance and Fire Code, adopted 5-10-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-585. See also § 270-2.
It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to adopt a modern property maintenance code, which will prescribe effective standards and minimum requirements for buildings and premises in the municipality. This code is designed to cover every facet of housing and property maintenance in order to insure that persons in or visiting the municipality are provided with a safe and sanitary environment.
The provisions of Ordinance No. 2017-585 and as amended that provide for the adoption and modification of the Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance Code 2017 are hereby repealed.
It is hereby adopted by Patton Township for the purposes set forth in § 270-1 that certain code known as the "Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance Code, 2023 edition," as promulgated by the Centre Region Council of Governments, except such provisions which may be in conflict with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the regulations issued by an agency of the Commonwealth by virtue of such laws and which provide a more stringent standard and which are required to be observed by the municipality or the provisions of other ordinances of this jurisdiction which are in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, regardless of the strictness of the provisions. The provisions of the Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance Code, 2023 edition, as amended, are set forth in the copy presently on file in the office of the Patton Township Manager, and are hereby adopted as fully as if set forth in length herein, and from the date on which this chapter shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of Patton Township, except as modified by this chapter and any subsequent amendments thereto.
A. 
The following sections of the Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance Code, 2023 edition, as amended, are deleted in its entirety:
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Section 101.6, Tenant rights.
(2) 
Section 302.11, Trees.
(3) 
Section 315.11, Vegetative growth.
(4) 
Section 316, Unlicensed vehicles.
(5) 
Section 317, Visitability.
(6) 
Section 318, Storage.
(7) 
Section 702.6.1 Three story one or two family dwelling.
(8) 
Section 807, Student home license.
B. 
The following sections of the Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance Code, 2023 edition, as amended, are amended to read as follows:
(1) 
Section 901.1, Scope. These regulations shall adopt the International Fire Code, 2018 Edition, in its entirety as amended herein, and be known as the Fire Code of the municipality, including the adoption of the provisions contained in Appendix J, Emergency Responder Radio Coverage, as mandatory provisions. Chapters and sections will be in accordance with the text of the IFC 2018.
Any health officer of a participating municipality which has adopted the Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance Code, 2023 edition, as amended, may enforce the provisions of this Code.
The effective date of this chapter shall be August 1, 2023.
Nothing in this chapter or in the Centre Region Building Safety and Property Maintenance Code, 2023 edition, 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 § 270-2 of this chapter, nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired, or affected by this chapter.