"103.1 Code official. The Department
of Building, Housing and Codes Enforcement shall administer and enforce
the provisions of 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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"104.4 Inspections. The code official
shall not perform any plumbing inspections but instead shall rely
on an approved plumbing inspection agent to perform all inspections
required by this code."
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"106.1 Permit required. Plumbing
work shall not be commenced until a permit for such work has been
issued by the code official to a master plumber, except that any permit
required by this chapter may be issued to a bona fide owner of a single-family
dwelling to do any plumbing work on said single-family dwelling or
any of its accessory buildings which is regulated by this code, provided
that said owner personally purchases all material and performs all
labor in connection therewith. In addition, no permit shall be required
for repairs that involve only the working parts of a faucet or valve,
the clearance of stoppages or the repairing or replacement of defective
faucets or valves, provided that alterations are not made in the existing
piping to fixtures."
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"106.6.2 Fee schedule. The fee
for the permit for plumbing work shall be paid in accordance with
the fee schedule approved and adopted by the Borough Council and amended
from time to time by resolution, which schedule shall be available
for public inspection at the Department of Building, Housing and Codes
Enforcement."
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"108.4 Violations and penalties. Any person who violates or permits the violation of any provision
of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair plumbing work
in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of
the code official or of a permit 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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"108.5. Stop-work orders. Upon
notice from the code official that plumbing work is being done contrary
to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner,
such work shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing
and shall be given to the owner of the property or to the owner's
agent or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state the
conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency
exists, the code official shall not be required to give a written
notice prior to stopping the work. Any person who shall continue any
work on the plumbing after having been served with a stop-work order,
except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a
violation or unsafe condition, 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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"SECTION 109. BOARD OF APPEALS
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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 municipalities' plumbing
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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"SECTION 110 REQUIRED LICENSES
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110.1 Plumber's license. No person
shall engage in the practice of plumbing, either on his or her own
behalf or on behalf of another, either as a master plumber or journeyman
plumber, until such person has presented proof that he or she was
licensed by the Borough prior to the adoption of this chapter, or
has a valid license from the International Code Council, Inc., to
perform such work."
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"APPROVED PLUMBING INSPECTION AGENT. An individual or entity that has been licensed and certified by
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to perform plumbing inspections and
plan reviews."
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"PLUMBER, JOURNEYMAN. Any person,
other than a master or apprentice plumber, who has demonstrated to
the examining board his or her practical knowledge of the installation
of plumbing and has been licensed by the board to install plumbing
under the direction of a master plumber."
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"PLUMBER, MASTER. A person who
has demonstrated his or her skill in planning, superintending and
installing plumbing and who, having satisfied the examining board
as to his or her knowledge of the rules and regulations governing
the same and as to his or her business integrity, has been granted
a license as a master plumber."
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"413.2 Domestic food waste grinders. Domestic food waste grinders shall be connected to a three-conductor
cord and grounded-type plug which can be plugged into a receptacle
under the sink within the base cabinet."
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