[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.
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 Mechanical Code, 1998 Edition," as published by the International Code Council, Inc., be and is hereby adopted as the Mechanical 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 the said International Mechanical Code are hereby referred to, adopted and made a party hereof as if fully set out in this chapter, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 160-2 of this chapter.
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 Mechanical Code of the Township of Richland, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and referred to as such or as "this code."
B. 
Section 106.5.2 is revised as follows:
106.5.2 Fee schedule. The fees for all mechanical work shall be as indicated and paid in advance with a schedule adopted by the Board of Supervisors, from time to time, by resolution.
C. 
Section 108.4 is revised as follows:
108.4 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 mechanical equipment or systems in violation of an approved plan or directive of the 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 default of the payment of the fine or penalty imposed shall be subject to a sentence of 30 days in the Cambria County Jail. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
D. 
Section 108.5, Unlawful continuance, is revised as follows:
"Any person who shall continue any work 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 condition, shall be liable to a fine of no more than $1,000."
E. 
Section 109 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 the 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]
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Editor's Note: See Ch. 6, Administrative Board of Appeals.
Nothing in this chapter or in the Mechanical 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 chapter; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.