[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of East Whiteland 5-12-2004 by Ord. No. 159-2004.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 65.
Electrical standards — See Ch. 83.
Energy conservation — See Ch. 84.
Existing building regulations — See Ch. 85.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 90.
Fuel gas standards — See Ch. 96.
Junkyards — See Ch. 110.
Mechanical standards — See Ch. 116.
One- and two-family dwelling standards — See Ch. 123.
Plumbing — See Ch. 139.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 141.
Sanitation — See Ch. 150.
Solid waste and recycling — See Ch. 163.
Subdivision and land development — See Ch. 175.
Urban wildland interface standards — See Ch. 183.
Abandoned vehicles — See Ch. 185.
Zoning — See Ch. 200.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided
for the repeal of former Ch. 141, Property Maintenance, adopted 11-21-2000
by Ord. No. 132-2000, as amended.
[Amended 6-8-2011 by Ord. No. 232-2011]
There is hereby adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of East Whiteland Township the International Property Maintenance
Code, 2009 Edition, as now and as hereafter supplemented, reissued,
amended and revised as published by the International Code Council,
Inc. Not fewer than three copies of the International Property Maintenance
Code, 2009 Edition, are filed in the office of the Secretary of East
Whiteland Township, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated
as fully as if set out at length herein.
[Amended 6-8-2011 by Ord. No. 232-2011]
The following amendments, additions, deletions,
and changes are hereby made to the International Property Maintenance
Code, 2009 Edition:
A.
Section 101.1 shall be amended by the deletion of
the words "[NAME OF JURISDICTION]" and the replacement thereof with
the words "East Whiteland Township."
B.
The heading of Section 103 shall be deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
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SECTION 103
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DEPARTMENT OF CODES AND LIFE SAFETY
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C.
Section 103.1 shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
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103.1 Code official. 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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D.
Section 103.5 shall be deleted in its entirety and
reserved.
E.
Section 106.4 shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
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106.4 Violation penalties. Any
person who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to
comply with any of the requirements thereof shall be guilty of a summary
offense, punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than
$1,000 per day, plus costs and attorney's fees, and, upon default
of the payment of the fine and costs, imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate
offense.
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F.
Section 111, Means of Appeal, shall be deleted and
replaced with the following:
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SECTION 111
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BOARD OF APPEALS
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111.1 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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G.
Section
302.4 shall be amended by deletion of the words "(jurisdiction to
insert height in inches)" and the replacement thereof with "eight
(8) inches."
[Added 6-8-2011 by Ord. No. 232-2011[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the redesignation
of former Subsections G through J as H through K, respectively.
H.
Section 304.14 shall be amended by the deletion of
the words "[DATE]" and the replacement thereof with "May 1" and "October
1."
I.
Section 602.3 shall be amended by the deletion of
the words "[DATE"] and the replacement thereof with "October 15" and
"April 15."
J.
Section 602.4 shall be amended by the deletion of
the words "[DATE'] and the replacement thereof with "October 15" and
"April 15."
K.
A new Chapter 8 shall be added which shall read as
follows:
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CHAPTER 8
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COMMUNICATIONS AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS
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SECTION 801
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DEFINITIONS
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The following words and terms shall, for the
purposes of this section and as used elsewhere in this code, have
the meaning shown herein.
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APCO. Associates Public Safety Communications
Officials International.
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CCDES. Chester County Department of Emergency
Services.
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FCC. Federal Communications Commission.
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NABER. National Association of Business and
Education Radio.
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NPSPAC. National Public Safety Planning Advisory
Committee.
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PCIA. Personal Communications Industry Association.
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SECTION 802
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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802.1 Except as otherwise provided,
no person shall erect, construct, alter, refit, change the use of,
or provide an addition of more that 20% of the existing floor area
to any building or structure or any part thereof, or cause the same
to be done, which fails to support adequate radio coverage for CCDES,
the East Whiteland Township Volunteer Fire Department, and the East
Whiteland Township Police Department. For the purposes of the section,
adequate radio coverage shall include all of the following:
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802.1.1 A minimum signal strength
of -95dBm available in 95% of the area of each floor of the building;
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802.1.2 A minimum signal strength
of -95 dBm received at the closest CCDES radio communications site
when transmitted from 95% of the area of each floor of the building:
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802.1.3 The frequency range which
must be supported shall be between 763 MHz and 861 MHz;
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802.1.4 A 90% reliability factor;
and
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802.1.5 Signal strength measurements,
for the purpose of measuring the performance of a bidirectional amplifier,
shall be based on one input signal adequate to obtain a maximum continuous
operating output level.
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802.2 The provisions of this section
shall become applicable upon notification to the property owner that
unacceptable performance levels exist. The property owner shall have
90 days from date of notification to enhance radio coverage and bring
it within the acceptable limits of these provisions.
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SECTION 803
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AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS ALLOWED
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803.1 Buildings and structures
which cannot support the required level of radio coverage shall be
equipped with either a radiating cable system or an internal multiple
antenna system with or without FCC-type accepted bidirectional 700/800
MHz amplifiers as needed. If any part of the installed system or
systems contains an electrically powered component, the system shall
be capable of operating on an independent battery and/or generator
system for a period of at least 12 hours without external power input.
The battery system shall charge in the presence of an external power
input.
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SECTION 804
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TESTING PROCEDURES
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804.1 Acceptance test procedure.
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804.1.1 When an in-building radio
system is required, and upon completion of installation, it will be
the building owner’s responsibility to have the radio system
tested to ensure that two-way coverage on each floor of the building
is a minimum of 95%. Each floor of the building shall be divided
into a grid of approximately 20 equal areas. A maximum of two nonadjacent
areas will be allowed to fail the test. In the event that three of
the areas fail the test, in order to be more statistically accurate,
the floor may be divided in 40 equal areas. In such event, a maximum
of four nonadjacent areas will be allowed to fail the test. After
the forty-area test, if the system continues to fail, the building
owner shall have the system altered to meet the 95% coverage requirement.
The test shall be conducted using the most current portable radio
or its equivalent, available to the East Whiteland Township Police
and/or Volunteer Fire Department, talking through the CCDES as specified
by the authority having jurisdiction. A spot located approximately
in the center of a grid area will be selected for the test, then the
radio will be keyed to verify two-way communications to and from the
outside of the building through CCDES. Once the spot has been selected,
prospecting for a better spot within the grid area will not be permitted.
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804.1.2 The gain values of all
amplifiers shall be measured and the test measurement results shall
be kept on file with the building owner so that the measurements can
be verified each year during annual tests. In the event that the measurement's
results became lost, the building owner will be required to rerun
the acceptance test to reestablish the gain values.
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804.2 Annual tests. When an in-building
radio system is required, the building owner shall test all active
components of the system, including but not limited to amplifiers,
power supplies and backup batteries, a minimum of once every 12 months.
Amplifiers shall be tested to ensure that the gain is the same as
it was upon initial installation and acceptance. Backup batteries
and power supplies shall be tested under load for a period of one
hour to verify that they will properly operate during an actual power
outage. If within the one-hour test period, in the opinion of the
testing technician, the battery exhibits symptoms of failure, the
test shall be extended for additional one-hour periods until the testing
technician confirms the integrity of the battery. All other active
components shall be checked to determine that they are operating within
the manufacturer's specifications for the intended purpose.
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804.3 Five-year tests. In addition
to the annual test, the building owner shall perform a radio coverage
test of a minimum of once every five years to insure that the radio
system continues to meet the requirements of the original acceptance
test. The procedure set forth above shall apply to such tests. A copy
of accepted tests shall be provided to the Chester County Emergency
Services Engineering Department.
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804.4 Qualifications of testing
personnel. All tests shall be conducted, documented and signed by
a person in possession of a current FCC technician license or a current
technician certification issued by the APCO, NABER, or the PCIA. All
test records shall be retained on the inspected premises by the building
owner, and a copy shall be submitted to officials of East Whiteland
Township, the East Whiteland Township Volunteer Fire Company and the
East Whiteland Township Police Department.
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SECTION 805
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FIELD TESTING
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805.1 Police and Codes Department
personnel, after providing reasonable notice to the owner or his representative,
shall have the right to enter onto the property to conduct field testing
to be certain that the required level of radio coverage is present.
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SECTION 806
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EXEMPTIONS
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806.1 This section shall not apply
to structures in Use Groups R-3 and R-4. For purposes of this section,
parking structures and stairwells are included in the definition of
"building" and stair shafts are included in the definition of "all
parts of a building," but elevators may be excluded.
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SECTION 807
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EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
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807.1 Any nonexempt building or
structure existing, under construction, or for which a building permit
application is pending or has been approved as of the effective date
of this section shall comply with the requirements of this section
if the CCDES, East Whiteland Township Volunteer Fire Department or
East Whiteland Township Police Department determines that adequate
radio coverage, as defined in Section 801, does not exist in the building
or structure. The owner of the building or structure shall be notified
in writing of the inadequacy of the coverage and shall have a period
of 90 consecutive calendar days from the date of the notice to comply
with this section, including but not limited to enhancing radio coverage
and bringing it within the acceptable limits of this section.
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