The Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, as amended from
time to time, and its regulations in 34 Pa. Code, Chapters 401 to 405 (collectively
referred to as the "UCC").
The UCC is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as the building
code of the Township, and shall be known as the "North Codorus Township Building
Code."
Administration and enforcement of the UCC within the Township shall
be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township from time to time by resolution:
A. By the designation of an employee of the municipality
to serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the municipality;
B. By the retention of one or more construction code officials
or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the municipality;
C. By agreement with one or more other municipalities for
the joint administration and enforcement of this Act through an intermunicipal
agreement;
D. By entering into a contract with another municipality
for the administration and enforcement of this Act on behalf of the Township;
E. By entering into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department
of Labor and Industry for plan review, inspections, and enforcement of structures
other than one-family or two-family dwelling units and utility and miscellaneous
use structures.
A Board of Appeals shall be established by resolution of the Board of
Supervisors of the Township in conformity with the requirements of the relevant
provisions of the UCC, as amended from time to time, and for the purposes
set forth therein. The Board of Appeals may also be established by joint action
of the Township and other participating municipalities as provided by the
UCC.
Fees assessable by the Township for the administration and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this article and the UCC shall be established by the Township's Board of Supervisors by resolution from time to time. All fees for permits and inspections required by the UCC and this article and all other chapters of this Code shall be paid before any permits are issued, and any additional fees which shall become due shall be paid before the issuance of a use and occupancy certificate. Fees authorized by this section are intended to be, and shall be, construed as compatible with the fees set forth in Article
II of this chapter, Chapter
102 (except as otherwise amended herein), and Resolution Nos. 4-85 and 4-87.
No building permit shall be issued pursuant to this chapter for any
new building or structure that will utilize an on-site sanitary sewer system
until a permit for such system has been issued by the Township's Sewage
Enforcement Officer. If the new building or structure will connect to a public
or community sanitary sewer system, then the applicant must first provide
to the Township's building code official evidence satisfactory to the
Township of the applicant's irrevocable right to connect to the system
in sufficient capacity for the proposed use.
Final inspections and occupancy permits as required under the UCC shall
be conducted or issued in conjunction with, and at the same time as, final
inspections and use and occupancy certificates required by the Township's
Zoning Ordinance. No inspection or certificate shall be conducted or issued under
either this chapter or the Zoning Ordinance separately from the other. It
shall be the responsibility of the applicant to request such inspections or
certificates from both the Township's Building Code Official and Zoning
Enforcement Officer, who shall be responsible between them for coordinating
the inspections and the issuance of the required certificates within the time
set by the UCC and the Township's Zoning Ordinance.
Any owner or person, as those terms are defined in the UCC, who or which
violates or permits a violation of this article or the provisions of the UCC
shall, upon conviction by a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules
of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense, and shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of
payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not to exceed 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues
or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each
section of this article or of the UCC that is violated shall also constitute
a separate offense.