103.1 Creation of enforcement agency. The Department of
Codes and Life Safety shall be responsible for administering and enforcing
this code. The Director of the Department of Codes and Life Safety shall be
hired by the Township Manager and shall be certified by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to serve as the Township's Building Official. For purposes
of this code, the Director of the Department of Codes and Life Safety shall
be referred to as the "Building Official."
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108.2 Schedule of permit fees. A fee schedule shall be
adopted by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of East Whiteland Township,
which may be amended from time to time.
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SECTION 112
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BOARD OF APPEALS
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112.1 General. The Township, along with Easttown Township,
Willistown Township and Malvern Borough (the "participating municipalities"),
intends to form an intergovernmental Board of Appeals, 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. The members of the intergovernmental
Board of Appeals shall be appointed by the participating municipalities and
shall be governed by rules and regulations adopted by the participating municipalities.
The intergovernmental Board of Appeals shall adopt rules of procedure for
conducting its business.
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113.4 Violation penalties. Any person who violates or permits
the violation of any provision of this chapter or who shall fail to comply
with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, construct, alter
or repair any building or structure in violation of either an approved plan,
a directive of the Building Official or of a permit or certificate issued
under the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary
proceeding brought before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules
of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be subject
to the payment of a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, plus
the costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may
be sentenced to imprisonment in the county prison for a term 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 $100 and not more than $1,000, plus
the costs of prosecution, or upon default of payment thereof, the defendant
may be sentenced to imprisonment in the county prison for a term of not more
than 30 days. All fines and penalties collected for the violation of this
chapter shall be paid to the Township Treasurer.
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114.3. Unlawful continuance. 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, upon conviction thereof in a summary
proceeding brought before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules
of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense, and shall be subject
to the payment of a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, plus
the costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may
be sentenced to imprisonment in the county prison for a term of not more than
30 days. Each day or portion thereof in which a violation of the stop-work
order 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 $100 and not more than $1,000, plus the costs of
prosecution, or upon default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced
to imprisonment in the county prison for a term of not more than 30 days.
All fines and penalties collected for such violation(s) shall be paid to the
Township Treasurer.
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903.2.2 Use Group E. An automatic fire-suppression system
shall be provided throughout all buildings with a Use Group E fire area.
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903.2.3 Use Groups F-1. Throughout all buildings with a
Use Group F-1 fire area, an automatic fire-suppression system shall be provided
as follows:
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1.
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Where any Use Group F-1 fire area exceeds 5,000 square feet in area;
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2.
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Where the total combined area of all Use Group F-1 fire areas on all
floors exceeds 10,000 square feet; and
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3.
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Where any Use Group F-1 fire area is three or more stories above grade.
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903.2.6 Use Groups M. Throughout all buildings with a Use
Group M fire area, an automatic fire-suppression system shall be provided
as follows:
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1.
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Where any Use Group M fire area exceeds 5,000 square feet in area;
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2.
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Where the total combined area of all Use Group M fire areas on all floors
exceeds 10,000 square feet; and
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3.
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Where any Use Group M fire area is three or more stories above grade.
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903.2.8 Use Groups S-1. Throughout all buildings with a
Use Group S-1 fire area, an automatic fire-suppression system shall be provided
as follows:
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1.
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Where any Use Group S-1 fire area exceeds 5,000 square feet in area;
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2.
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Where the total combined area of all Use Group S-1 fire areas on all
floors exceeds 10,000 square feet; and
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3.
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Where any Use Group S-1 fire area is three or more stories above grade.
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903.2.9 Use Groups S-2. Throughout all buildings with a
Use Group S-2 fire area, an automatic fire-suppression system shall be provided
as follows:
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1.
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Where any Use Group S-2 fire area exceeds 5,000 square feet in area;
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2.
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Where the total combined area of all Use Group S-2 fire areas on all
floors exceeds 10,000 square feet; and
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3.
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Where any Use Group S-2 fire area is three or more stories above grade.
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