A certain document which is on file in the office of the Township of North Versailles, being marked and designated as the International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 edition, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Property Maintenance Code of the Township of North Versailles, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for regulating and governing the conditions and maintenance of all property, buildings and structures; by providing the standards for supplied utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to ensure that structures are safe, sanitary and fit for occupation and use; and the condemnation of buildings and structures unfit for human occupancy and use, and the demolition of such existing structures as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Property Maintenance Code on file in the office of the Township of North Versailles are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this article, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 222-33 of this article.
[Adopted 9-17-2015 by Ord. No. 1099]
If any provision of this article shall be in conflict with any preexisting ordinance, this article shall govern and said preexisting ordinances are repealed only in so far as they conflict herewith.
If any portion of this article is deemed to be unconstitutional or invalid, then it is deemed to be the intent of Township Board of Commissioners to have enacted the balance of this article irrespective of the invalid portion.
Nothing in this article or in the Property Maintenance Code 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or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in § 222-34 of this article; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.
This article and the rules, regulations, provisions, requirements, orders and matters established and adopted hereby shall take effect and be in full force and effect immediately from and after the date of its final passage and adoption.
All future amendments, changes and editions of the International Property Maintenance Code are automatically adopted and will be incorporated into this article.