SECTION 103
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DEPARTMENT OF CODES AND LIFE SAFETY
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103.1 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 appointed 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 "Code
Official."
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108.4 Violation 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 mechanical
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 $100 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 code that
is violated shall constitute a separate offense, and each day or portion thereof
in which a violation of this code is found to exist shall constitute a separate
offense, each of which violation shall be punishable by a separate fine imposed
by the District Justice of 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. The fine for violation of a stop-work
order shall be not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, imposed and collected
by the procedure specified in Section 108.4 of this code.
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SECTION 109
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MEANS OF APPEAL
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109.1 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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