[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Franconia 6-14-2004 by Ord. No. 327. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
Franconia Township hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, 35 P.S. §§ 7210.101-7210.1103,
as amended, and its regulations.
The Uniform Construction Code contained in 34 Pa.Code, Chapters 401-405,
as amended from time to time, is hereby adopted and incorporated herein by
reference as the municipal building code of Franconia Township.
Administration and enforcement of the Pennsylvania Construction Code
Act, as amended, and its regulations, within Franconia Township shall be undertaken
in any of the following ways as determined by the Board of Supervisors from
time to time by resolution:
A.
By the designation of an employee of Franconia Township
to serve as the municipal code official to act on behalf of the Township;
B.
By the retention of one or more construction code officials
or third-party agencies to act on behalf of Franconia Township;
C.
By agreement with one or more other municipalities for
the joint administration and enforcement of the Code through an intermunicipal
agreement;
D.
By entering into a contract with another municipality
for the administration and enforcement of this Act on behalf of Franconia
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 in conformity with the requirements of the relevant provisions
of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, as amended, and its regulations,
and for the purposes set forth therein. If at any time enforcement and administration
is undertaken jointly with one or more other municipalities, said Board of
Appeals shall be established by joint action of the participating municipalities.
A.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which were adopted by Franconia Township on or before July 1, 1999, and which
equal or exceed the requirements of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act,
as amended, and its regulations, shall continue in full force and effect until
such time as such provisions fail to equal or exceed the minimum requirements
of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and its regulations, as amended
from time to time.
B.
All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances
which are in effect as of the effective date of this chapter and whose requirements
are less than the minimum requirements of the Pennsylvania Construction Code
Act, as amended, and its regulations are hereby amended to conform with the
comparable provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, as amended,
and its regulations.
C.
All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of
Franconia Township not governed by the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act,
as amended, and its regulations shall remain in full force and effect.
Fees assessable by Franconia Township for the administration and enforcement
undertaken pursuant to this ordinance and the Pennsylvania Construction Code
Act, as amended, and its regulations shall be established by Board of Supervisors
by resolution from time to time.
