1.
Dingman
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
Dingman
Township.
3.
Administration
and
enforcement
of the Code
within
Dingman
Township
shall be
undertaken
in any of
the
following
ways as
determined
by the
governing
body of this
Municipality
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
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 this
Municipality;
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 this
Municipality
in
conformity
with the
requirement
of the
relevant
provisions
of the Code,
as amended
from time to
time, 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.
5.a. All
building
code
ordinances
or portions
of
ordinances
which were
adopted by
this
Municipality
on or before
July 1,
1999, and
which equal
or exceed
the
requirements
of the Code
shall
continue in
full force
and effect
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
Municipality
not governed
by the Code
shall remain
in full
force and
effect.
6. The
Board of
Supervisors
reserves the
power to
establish
policies and
procedures
for the
implementation
of this
Ordinance
from time to
time as it
deems
appropriate.
7. Fees
assessable
by the
Municipality
for the
administration
and
enforcement
undertaken
pursuant to
this
ordinance
and the Code
shall be
established
by the
governing
body by
resolution
from time to
time.
8. This
ordinance
shall be
effective
beginning on
JULY 1,
2004.
9. If
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.
10.
Changes to
State
Provisions
Definitions:
Utility
&
Miscellaneous
Use
Structures:
Buildings
or
structures
(attached
or
detached)
of an
accessory
character
and
miscellaneous
structures
not
classified
by the
Building
Officials
and Code
Administrators
International,
Inc. in
any
specific
use
group,
that is
less
than 200
square
feet in
building
area.
