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Borough of Media, PA
Delaware County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Media 11-21-1996 by Ord. No. 915. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Building construction — See Ch. 119.
Electrical standards — See Ch. 153.
Fire prevention — See Ch. 165.
Property standards — See Ch. 187.
That certain documents, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Code Enforcement Officer and the Borough of Media, being marked and designated as the International Mechanical Code, 1996 Edition, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Code of the Borough of Media for regulating the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of mechanical systems in the Borough of Media and providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefore; and each and all of the regulation, provisions, conditions and terms of such International Mechanical Code, 1996 Edition, published by the International Code Council, on file in the office of the Borough of Media are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter.
The following sections are hereby revised:
Section 101.1 Insert: Borough of Media.
Section 106.5.2 Insert: Building Permit Fees found in Chapter 161, Fees, § 161-4A of the Media Code.
Section 106.5.3 Insert: 75%.
Section 108.4 Violation penalties. This section is deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
Section 108.4 Any person, partnership or corporation who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair plumbing work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the Code Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, upon being found liable therefore in a civil enforcement proceeding commended by the municipality, pay a judgment of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the municipality as a result thereof.
Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the District Justice determining that there has been a violation further determines that there was a good faith basis for the person, partnership or corporation violating the chapter to have believed that there was not such a violation, in which event there shall be deemed to have been only one such violation until the fifth day following the date of the determination of a violation by the District Justice and thereafter each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation. All judgments, costs and reasonable attorney fees collected for the violation of this chapter shall be paid over to the municipality.
Section 108.5 Stop-work orders. Insert: $500.
Chapter 16, Codes. Insert: The 1996 BOCA National Building Code; The 1996 BOCA National Fire Prevention Code.