[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough
of West Chester 4-21-2004 by Ord. No. 15-2004. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
The Borough Council of West Chester hereby adopts
the International Fuel Gas Code, 2003 Edition, as now and as hereafter
supplemented, reissued, amended and revised as published by the International
Code Council, Inc., with Appendices A, B, C and D. Not fewer than
three copies of the International Fuel Gas Code, 2003 Edition, have
been and now are filed in the Borough's office of the Department of
Building, Housing and Codes Enforcement, and the same is hereby adopted
and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein.
The following amendments, additions, deletions
and changes are hereby made to the International Fuel Gas Code, 2003
Edition:
A.
Section 101.1 shall be amended by the deletion of
the words, "[NAME OF JURISDICTION]" and the replacement thereof with
"the Borough of West Chester."
B.
Section 103 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following: "103 DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING, HOUSING AND
CODES ENFORCEMENT."
C.
Section 103.1 shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
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"103.1 Code official. The Department
of Building, Housing and Codes Enforcement shall be responsible for
administering and enforcing this code. The executive official in charge
of the Department of Building, Housing and Codes Enforcement shall
be known as the "code official."
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D.
Section 106.5.2. shall be deleted and replaced with
the following:
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"Section 106.5.2 Fee schedule. The
Borough Council shall, by resolution, adopt a schedule of fees which
shall be kept on file by the Borough Secretary and shall be reviewed
and revised as necessary by the Borough Council."
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E.
Section 106.5.3(2) shall be amended by the deletion
of the words, "[SPECIFY PERCENTAGE]" and the replacement thereof with
"50%."
F.
Section 106.5.3(3) shall be amended by the deletion
of the words "[SPECIFY PERCENTAGE]" and the replacement thereof with
"100%."
G.
Section 108.4 shall be amended to state as follows:
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"108.4 Violations and penalties. Any person who violates or permits the violation of any provision
of this of this code or shall fail to comply with any order issued
pursuant to any section thereof shall, upon conviction thereof in
a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice, be guilty
of a summary offense and shall be subject to the payment of a fine
of not less than $25 and not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution.
Upon default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to
imprisonment in the county prison for a period of not more than 30
days. Each section or provision of this chapter that is violated shall
constitute a separate offense, and each day or portion thereof in
which a violation of this chapter is found to exist shall constitute
a separate offense, each of which violations shall be punishable by
a separate fine imposed by the District Justice of not less than $25
and not more than $1,000, plus the costs of prosecution, and, upon
default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
in the county prison for a term not more than 30 days."
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H.
Section 108.5 shall be amended by the deletion of
the words, "[AMOUNT]" and the replacement thereof with "$25" and "$1000."
I.
Section 109 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:
[Amended 8-15-2012 by Ord. No. 15-2012; 9-16-2015 by Ord. No. 13-2015]
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"SECTION 109 BOARD OF APPEALS
109.1 General. The Borough, along
with five other municipalities in Chester County, is a member of the
West Chester Area Council of Governments (WCACOG) pursuant to an intergovernmental
cooperation agreement to create the West Chester Area Council of Governments
dated the 1st day of April, 2003. The WCACOG has formed a Board of
Appeals for the members in the WCACOG, which Board shall hear and
decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the
respective municipalities' building official relative to the
application and interpretation of the municipalities' building
code and all other related codes that are published by the International
Code Council, Inc., and are referenced in Chapter 35 of the International
Building Code, 2003 Edition, including the fuel gas code. The Board
of Appeals shall be appointed by the WCACOG and shall be governed
by rules and regulations adopted by the WCACOG pursuant to the agreement.
The Board of Appeals shall adopt rules of procedure for conducting
its business."
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