A certain document, a copy of which is on file in the office of the Township Secretary of Upper Frederick Township, being marked and designated as the International Plumbing Code, 2003 Edition, subject to the revisions below in §
112-32, and including Appendices B, D, E and F, be and is hereby adopted as the Plumbing Code of Upper Frederick Township, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; for the regulation and control of plumbing systems as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said International Plumbing Code 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 §
112-32 of this article.
The International Plumbing Code, 2003 Edition, as referenced in §
112-31, shall be revised as follows:
A. The following subsections and/or words in the code
are hereby revised to substitute the following words for the original
words contained in the ordinance [original language is contained in
brackets]:
(1) Section 101.1. Substitute "Upper Frederick Township"
for [Name of Jurisdiction].
(2) Section 108.5. Substitute "$100" for the first reference
to [Amount]; substitute "$1,000" for the second reference to [Amount].
(3) Section 305.6.1. Substitute "36" for the first reference
to [Number]; substitute "36" for the second reference to [Number].
(4) Section 904.1. Substitute "12 inches" for [Number].
(5) Substitute in all sections of the code "Code Enforcement
Officer" for [The Building Official].
(6) Substitute in all sections of the code "the Board
of Supervisors" for [The Governing Body].
B. The title of § 103 is deleted in its entirety.
A new title is hereby enacted to read as follows:
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"Code Enforcement Officer and Deputies."
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C. Section 103.1 is deleted in its entirety. A new § 103.1
is hereby enacted to read as follows:
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"103.1 General. The office of the Code Enforcement
Officer is hereby created, and the executive official(s) in charge
thereof shall be known as the Code Enforcement Officer(s)."
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D. Section 103.2 is deleted in its entirety. A new § 103.2
is hereby enacted to read as follows:
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"103.2 Appointment. The Code Enforcement Officer(s)
shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors and shall serve at
the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors."
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E. Section 106.6.2 is deleted in its entirety. A new
§ 106.6.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
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"The fees for all plumbing work, permits, charges,
etc. shall be paid in accordance with the Fee Schedule Resolution
in effect at the time application is made."
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F. Section 106.6.3 is deleted in its entirety. A new
§ 106.6.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
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"106.6.3 Fee Refunds. All fee refunds shall
be paid in accordance with the Fee Schedule Resolution in effect at
the time application is made."
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G. Subsections 109.1 through and including 109.6 are
hereby deleted in their entirety. A new Subsection 109.1 is hereby
enacted to read as follows:
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"109.1 Appeals. Any person or persons shall
have the right to appeal a decision of the Code Enforcement Officer
to the Appeals Board in accordance with §§ 403.121
and 403.122 of the Uniform Construction Code, as amended as adopted
by this Township. An application for an appeal shall be based on a
claim that the true intent of this code or the rules legally adopted
thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this
code do not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction
is proposed.
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"All such appeals shall be filed on a form obtained
from the Code Enforcement Officer within 30 days after the notice
of a decision was issued. The Appeals Board shall have exclusive jurisdiction
over such appeals, and failure to appeal the decision of the Code
Enforcement Officer to the Appeals Board renders the decision of the
Code Enforcement Officer unappealable."
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H. Subsections 304.6.1 through 904.1 are hereby revised
to delete all references to "(mm)."
By December 31 of the year of the issuance of
a new triennial ICC International Plumbing Code, or it successor plumbing
code, the new International Plumbing Code, or its successor plumbing
code shall be automatically adopted as the Township of Upper Frederick
Plumbing Code, including appendices as determined by the Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry.