PENNSYLVANIA UNIFORM
CONSTRUCTION CODE-ORDINANCE NO.139-04
ORDINANCE NO.139-04
EAST TAYLOR TOWNSHIP
CAMBRIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
AN ORDINANCE OF EAST TAYLOR
TOWNSHIP CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA ADOPTING THE PENNSYLVANIA UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION
CODE, ACT, AND REGULATIONS AS
THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING CODE
OF THE TOWNSHIP, PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT, ESTABLISHMENT
OF A BOARD OF APPEALS, AND THE ASSESSMENT OF FEES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ACT, CODE, AND REGULATIONS.
WHEREAS, the purpose of this
ordinance is to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of East Taylor Township and to conform to the requirements of the Pennsylvania
Construction Code Act and regulations to the Act promulgated by the Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry (hereinafter sometimes collectively referred
to as the “Code”). And
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania
Construction Code Act requires the enactment of an appropriate ordinance
by the Township electing to administer and enforce the building code provisions
of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby
enacted and ordained as follows:
1. East Taylor 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 from
time to time, and its regulations,
2. 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 East Taylor Township.
3. Administration and enforcement
of the Code within the Township shall be undertaken in any of the following
ways as determined bathe governing body of the Township from time to time
by resolution:
a. By the designation
of an employee of the 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 the Township.
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.
4. A Board of Appeals shall
be established by resolution of the governing body of East Taylor Township
in conformity with the requirements of the relevant provisions of the Code,
as amended from time to time, and for the purposes set forth therein. lf
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.
5. a. All building code ordinances
or portions of ordinances which were adopted by the Township on or before
July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the Code shall
continue in |11 force and eject until such time as such provisions fail
to equal or exceed the minimum requirements of the Code, 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 ordinance and whose requirements are less than the minimum
requirements of the Code are hereby amended to conform with the comparable
provisions of the Code.
c. All relevant ordinances,
regulations and policies of the Township not governed by the Code shall
remain in full force and effect.
6. Fees assessable by the
Township for the administration and enforcement undertaken pursuant to
this ordinance and the Code shall be established by the Supervisors by
resolution from time to time.
7. This ordinance shall be
effective five days after the date of passage of this ordinance,
8. lf any section, subsection,
sentence, or clause of this ordinance is held, for any reason, to be invalid,
such decision or decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance.
DULY ENACTED AND ORDAINED
this 13th day of May, 2004, by the Supervisors of East Taylor Township
at a public meeting duly advertised. |
