[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Richland at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Administrative Board of Appeals — See Ch. 6.
Floodplain management — See Ch. 138.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 215.
Zoning — See Ch. 240.
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors of Richland Township, being marked and designated as the "BOCA National Building Code, Fourteenth Edition, 1999," as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Building Code of Richland Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said BOCA National Building 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 § 96-2 of this article.
The following sections are hereby revised as follows:
A. 
Section 101.1 is revised as follows:
101.1 Title: These regulations shall be known as the Building Code of the Township of Richland, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, hereinafter referred to as such or as "this code."
B. 
Section 112.3.1 is revised as follows:
112.3.1 Fee schedule: A fee for each plan examination, building permit and inspection shall be paid in accordance with a schedule adopted by the Board of Supervisors, from time to time, by resolution.
C. 
Section 116.4 is revised as follows:
116.4 Violation penalties: Any person who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building or structure in violation of an approved plan or directive of a code official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of a summary offense punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, and upon the default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed shall be subject to a sentence not exceeding 30 days in the Cambria County Jail. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
D. 
Section 117.2 is revised as follows:
117.2 Unlawful continuance: Any person who shall continue in or about the structure 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 conditions, shall be liable to a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs of prosecution.
E. 
Section 121.0 shall be deleted in its entirety and amended to read as follows:
"The owner of a building or structure, office or agency of the township, or any other person aggrieved from a decision of the Codes Official, may appeal to the Richland Township Administrative Board of Appeals pursuant to the provisions of Richland Township Ordinance Number 133, as amended."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 6, Administrative Board of Appeals.
F. 
A new section is added under Chapter 31, Section 3102.0, Signs.
"A person shall not erect, install, remove, rehang or maintain over public property any sign for which a permit is required under the provisions of this code until an approved bond shall have been filed with the township in the amount of $100,000 as herein required or until an insurance policy shall have been filed for public liability in the amount of $100,000 per accident and for property damage in the amount of $25,000 as herein required."
Nothing in this article or in the Building 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 by this article; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors of Richland Township, being marked and designated as the "International One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code, 1998 Edition," as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code of Richland Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided, and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said International One- and Two-Family Dwelling 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 § 96-5 this article.
The following sections are hereby revised as follows:
A. 
Section 101.1 is revised as follows:
101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the International One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code of the Township of Richland, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, hereinafter referred to as such or "this code."
B. 
Section 106.4 is revised as follows:
106.4 Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this code shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, and upon the default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed shall be subject to a sentence not exceeding 30 days in the Cambria County Jail. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
C. 
Section 107 is revised as follows:
Section 107 Right of Appeal. The owner of a building or structure, office or agency of the township, or any other person aggrieved from a decision of the Codes Official, may appeal to the Richland Township Administrative Board of Appeals pursuant to the provisions of Richland Township Ordinance Number 133, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 6, Administrative Board of Appeals.
D. 
Section 111.5 is revised as follows:
111.5 Permit fees. A fee for each plan examination, building permit and inspection shall be paid in accordance with a schedule adopted by the Board of Supervisors, from time to time, by resolution.
E. 
Section 111.6, Permit expiration, shall be deleted in its entirety and shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 240, Zoning.
Nothing in this article or in the One- and Two-Family Dwelling 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 by this article; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this article.