Adopting Ordinance
ORDINANCE NO. _____
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE BOROUGH OF BLOSSBURG, TIOGA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA; CONSOLIDATING, REVISING, AMENDING AND REPEALING CERTAIN ORDINANCES; ENACTING CERTAIN NEW PROVISIONS; PROVIDING A PROCEDURE FOR AMENDING THE CODE AND FOR THE CITATION OF THE CODE AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF; ESTABLISHING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE CODE; SAVING CERTAIN PROVISIONS FROM REPEAL; AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION.
The Borough of Blossburg hereby ordains:
Section 1. Adoption. The Borough of Blossburg Code of Ordinances, as prepared and published for the said Borough of Blossburg, is hereby adopted as a consolidation, codification and revision of the ordinances of the Borough of Blossburg. Chapters 1 through 27 thereof contain the text of the body of all general administrative and regulatory ordinances of the Borough of Blossburg organized as follows:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Administration and Government
Chapter 2 Animals
Chapter 3 [Reserved]
Chapter 4 Buildings
Chapter 5 Code Enforcement
Chapter 6 Conduct
Chapter 7 Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
Chapter 8 Floodplains
Chapter 9 [Reserved]
Chapter 10 Health and Safety
Chapter 11 Housing
Chapter 12 [Reserved]
Chapter 13 Licenses, Permits and General Business Regulations
Chapter 14 [Reserved]
Chapter 15 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 16 Parks and Recreation
Chapter 17 [Reserved]
Chapter 18 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
Chapter 19 [Reserved]
Chapter 20 Solid Waste
Chapter 21 Streets and Sidewalks
Chapter 22 Subdivision and Land Development
Chapter 23 [Reserved]
Chapter 24 Taxation; Special
Chapter 25 Trees
Chapter 26 Water
Chapter 27 Zoning
APPENDIX
A Annexation of Territory
B Bond Issues and Loans
C Franchises and Services
D Governmental and Intergovernmental Affairs
E Plan Approval
F Public Property
G Sewers
H Streets and Sidewalks
I Water
J Zoning; Prior Ordinances
Table of Disposition of All Ordinances
Table of Disposition of Significant Resolutions
The Appendix of the volume lists, by subject matter, in chronological order, the titles (or an abstract of title) of enactments of special nature or of historical interest, for the complete text of which the official records of the Borough of Blossburg shall be authoritative.
Section 2. Citation and Effective Date. The codification referred to in Section 1 of this ordinance shall be known and cited officially as the “Borough of Blossburg Code of Ordinances,” and all future ordinances shall make reference thereto. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon publication of notice of final enactment as required by law.
Section 3. Saving Clause. The provisions of the Borough of Blossburg Code of Ordinances, so far as they are the same as those ordinances and regulations in force immediately prior to the adoption of said Code, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and regulations and not as a new enactment. The provisions of the Borough of Blossburg Code of Ordinances shall not affect any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted to enforce any of the prior ordinances or regulations.
Section 4. Consolidation and Revision. As a necessary part of codification, the following provisions are hereby consolidated and revised as indicated:
A. Consolidations.
Section | Subject | Ordinance No., Section |
15, Entire Chapter | Motor Vehicles and Traffic | 145, 153, 197, 198, 219, 228, 230, 231, 246, 250, 254, 256, 268, 287, 295, 302, 304, 305, 306, 327, 331, 332, 358, 390, 392, 424, 433 |
B. Revisions.
Section | Subject | Ordinance No., Section |
[Reserved] | ||
Section 5. New Enactments, Amendments and Repeals. As a necessary part of codification, the following ordinances are hereby enacted, amended and repealed as summarized by short title:
A. New Enactments.
Section | Subject |
§§1-101–1-111 | Preliminary Provisions |
§§1-501–1-506 | Fire Insurance Proceeds Escrow |
§§6-101–6-104 | Discharge of Firearms and Other Weapons |
§§7-101–7-103 | Fireworks Display Permits |
§§8-101–8-902 | Floodplains |
15, Entire Chapter | Motor Vehicles and Traffic |
B. Amendments.
Section | Subject | Ordinance No., Section |
Section | Subject | Ordinance No., Section |
§2-101 | Unlawful to Keep Pigs or Maintain Pig Pens in Blossburg Borough | 352, §I |
§2-104 | Violations and Penalties | 352, §I |
§4-101 | Street Number Regulations | 400, §1 |
§4-105 | Penalty for Violation | 400, §5 |
§5-103 | Penalty | 402, §3 |
§5-208 | Fees | 182, §10; 345, §10 |
§6-201 | Ball Playing, Snowballing and Throwing Stones and Other Missiles upon or onto Streets, Alleys and Sidewalks Prohibited | 214, §1 |
§6-306 | Penalty for Tampering with, Injuring or Removing Certain Property | 215, §6 |
§6-407 | Penalty for Violation of Noise Provisions | 241, §7 |
§6-505 | Violations and Penalties | 342, §5 |
§6-606 | Penalty for Violation | 216, §6 |
§10-105 | Penalty for Violation | 224, §5 |
§11-110 | Penalties | 166, Part I, §111; 201, §1 |
§11-205 | Violations and Penalties | 426, §106 |
§13-102 | License Required for Carnivals, Circuses and Other Special Shows; Conditions of Issuance | 217, §2 |
§13-104 | Penalty for Violation | 217, §4 |
§13-202 | License Required; Fee; Conditions Thereof | 218, §2 |
§13-208 | Penalty for Violation | 218, §8 |
§16-101 | Unlawful to Evade Payment of Admission Fee in Island Park | 353, §1 |
§16-105 | Penalty for Violation of Provisions on Driving on Island Park and on Beverage Dispensing | 353, §5 |
§16-106 | Unlawful to Allow Animals Within Certain Boundaries at Island Park | 353, §6 |
§18-131 | Penalty for Violation | 185, Art. V, §5.01; 207, §1 |
§18-203 | Application for Permit | 273, §4.A |
§18-208 | Revision or Supplement | 273, §9 |
§18-211 | Penalty for Violation | 273, §12 |
§18-302 | Definitions | 340, §2 |
§18-309 | Exclusiveness of Rights and Privileges | 340, §9 |
§18-316 | Violations | 340, §16 |
§18-402 | Definitions | 341, §2 |
§18-407 | Exclusiveness of Rights and Privileges | 341, §7 |
§18-414 | Violations | 341, §14 |
§20-104 | License Required to Collect, Transport and Dispose of Refuse; Exceptions | 170, §4; 188; 190; 301 |
§20-108 | Contract for Removal and Collection; Rates; Frequency of Collection | 170, §7; 188; 190; 257; 274; 281; 309; 329, §1; 330, §1; 373; 375; 403; 429, §1 |
§20-118 | Penalty for Violation | 170, §19; 202, §1 |
§20-209 | Violation and Penalty | 339, §9 |
§21-102 | Permit Required to Make Opening or Excavation in Street | 220, §2; 310 |
§21-104 | Penalty for Violation | 220, §4 |
§21-212 | Penalty for Violation | 222, §2 |
§21-223 | Penalty for Violation | 223, §3 |
§24-103 | Definitions | 179, §3 |
§24-110 | Fines and Penalties for Violation | 179, §10 |
§24-404 | Certificates of Payment | 276, §4 |
§24-411 | Penalty for Violation | 276, §11 |
§24-509 | Penalty for Violation | 277, 293 |
§24-604 | Spouses | 343, §4 |
§24-608 | Additional Penalties | 343, §8 |
§25-303 | Penalty for Violation | 227, §3 |
§26-105 | Penalty for Violation | 325, §5 |
§26-206 | Enforcement of Plan | 326, §6 |
§26-305 | Penalties | 351, §5 |
C. Repeals.
Ord./Res. | Subject |
Ord. 232 | Junk Yards |
Section 6. Adoption of Standard Codes by Reference. As a necessary part of codification, the following ordinances are hereby enacted by reference as standard codes summarized by short title:
Section | Short Title |
[Reserved] | |
Section 7. Land Use Amendments. The Borough of Blossburg Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as is more fully shown in the complete text of Chapters 22 and 27 thereof which is attached hereto and made part hereof by reference hereto as if fully set out at length herein, with deletions shown by strike- through and additions shown by underline, all of which is briefly summarized hereinafter.
A. New Provisions. The following provisions are new provisions which are being added to the Code, are underlined throughout the text, and are summarized as follows:
Section | Subject |
[Reserved] | |
B. Revised Provisions. The following provisions of the Code are revised, the text of which indicates deletions by strike-through and additions shown by underline, and are summarized as follows:
Section | Subject | Ordinance No., Section |
§22-204 | Major Subdivision and Land Development Procedure | 164, §2.300; 350, §3 |
§22-302 | Required Improvements | 164, §3.200; 350, §3 |
§22-402 | Final Plan | 164, §4.200; 350, §3 |
§22-602 | Definition of Terms | 164, §6.200; 350, §3 |
§22-704 | Enforcement Remedies | 164; 350, §2 |
§22-804 | Pre-Application Procedures | 164; 248, §2.0 |
§27-104 | Definitions | 244A, Art. III; 270, Art. II §3.135; 349, §1; 377 §2; 381, 383, 408, §1; 430, §1 |
§27-306 | Adult Entertainment Facilities | 244A, Art. V; 377, §3 |
§27-605 | Regulations Applying to Flood- Prone Areas | 244A; 297; 315; 316, §§1–3 |
§27-710 | Enforcement Remedies | 244A; 349, §1 |
C. Repealed Provisions. The following provisions of the Code are repealed, the text of which indicates deletions by strike-through, and are as follows:
Section | Subject | Ordinance No., Section |
[Reserved] | ||
Section 8. Procedural Changes. The following minor procedural changes have been made to existing Borough of Blossburg ordinances:
A. Grammatical and spelling errors have been corrected where necessary;
B. Minor changes have been made to correct obsolete terms and usages;
C. The penalty provisions have been revised where necessary to comply with the Pennsylvania Borough Code, Vehicle Code, Municipalities Planning Code and the Local Tax Enabling Act.
Section 9. Amending the Code of Ordinances. The procedure for amending the Code of Ordinances shall include the citation of the Chapter, Part, Section and subsection to be amended, revised, repealed or added as follows:
A. Amendment or Revision - “Chapter ___, Article ___, Section ___, Subsection ___ is hereby amended [revised] to read as follows...”
B. Additions - “Chapter ___, Article___, Section ___, Subsection ___ is hereby amended by the addition of the following...”
C. Repeal - “Chapter ___, Article ___, Section ___, Subsection ___ is hereby repealed in its entirety.”
Section 10. Responsibility for Code of Ordinances. It shall be the responsibility of the Borough of Blossburg Secretary to maintain an up-to-date certified copy of the Code of Ordinances. This copy shall be the official copy of the Borough of Blossburg Code of Ordinances and shall be available for public inspection.
Section 11. Penalties. It shall be unlawful for anyone to change, alter or tamper with the Code of Ordinances in any manner which will intentionally misrepresent the laws of the Borough of Blossburg. Whosoever shall violate this Section shall be guilty of an offense under §4911, “Tampering with Public Records or Information,” of the Crimes Code, 18 Pa.C.S.A. §4911, and shall be prosecuted under that Section of the law.
Section 12. Severability of Parts of Codification. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Borough of Blossburg that the Chapters, Parts, Sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this codification are severable. If any Section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Code is declared unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid by the judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, that invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining Chapters, Parts, Sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this codification.
ENACTED AND ORDAINED this day of , 20 .
ATTEST: Borough of Blossburg
Secretary President, Borough Council
APPROVED this day of , 20 .
Mayor
Fee Resolution
A resolution establishing fees for the filing of applications, permits and licenses for the Borough of Blossburg.
WHEREAS, the Borough Council of the Borough of Blossburg has adopted a codification, consolidation and revision of the ordinances of the Borough of Blossburg; and,
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Borough Council of the Borough of Blossburg to eliminate all filing fees, permit fees and license fees from the Code of Ordinances and enact them instead by resolution; and,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT and it is hereby resolved by the Borough Council of the Borough of Blossburg that all fees are hereby fixed as follows:
Subject
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Fees
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Subject
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Fees
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CODE ENFORCEMENT | |
Office of Building Official; Fees §5-208 | |
A flat fee will be assessed for any construction or alteration of a building where the estimated cost is $1,000 or less. | $10 |
In addition to the base fee, any construction or alteration of a building whose estimated cost exceeds $1,000 shall be assessed an additional $1 fee for each $1,000 increment thereafter. (For example, the permit fee fora home with and estimated cost of $60,000) shall be $10 + $59 = $69. | $10 |
Permit fees for mobile homes/trailers are to be based upon the actual cash value of the mobile home/trailer to be placed on the property The permit fee for said mobile home/trailer is to be assessed. (For example, a mobile home/trailer with an actual cash value of $10,000 will be assessed a building permit fee of $10.) | $1 per each $1,000 actual cash value |
LICENSES, PERMITS AND GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS | |
amusement | |
license required for carnivals, circuses and other special shows; conditions of issuance §13-102 | |
fee for every day upon which such show shall be conducted in the Borough | $5 |
transient retail business | |
license required; fee; conditions thereof §13-202 | |
fee | |
1 day | $2 |
1 week or fraction thereof | $5 |
1 month or fraction thereof | $10 |
1 year or fraction thereof | $25 |
SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL | |
application for permit §18-203 | |
application fee | $75 |
replacement of an existing | $50 |
per trip fee | $25 |
SOLID WASTE | |
collection and disposal | |
license required to collect, transport and dispose of refuse; exceptions §20-104 | |
license fee | |
per year for each person engaged in such hauling, collecting, removal, or disposal | $10 |
per vehicle (including the first) used by that person | $5 |
contract for removal and collection; rates; frequency of collection §20-108 | |
A. Domestic Rates–Weekly Charge. | |
(1) $2.45 for two cans or containers 1 per week. The maximum size for cans or containers shall not exceed 30 gallons. | |
(2) An additional fee of $1 per can or container shall be charged for each container in excess of two cans or containers per week. | |
B. Other Than Weekly Charges. (1) $3 per stop for two 30-gallon cans or containers. (2) An additional fee of $1 per can or container shall be charged for each container in excess of two cans or containers. | |
C. Commercial Rates. | |
(1) $2.45 per pickup for two cans or containers. The maximum size for cans or containers shall not exceed 30 gallons. | |
(2) An additional fee of $1 per can or container shall be charged for each container in excess if two cans or containers per pickup. | |
(3) If a commercial customer uses cans or containers in excess of the maximum size, the customer shall enter into an agreeable contractual agreement with the Borough regarding pickup fees. | |
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS | |
permit required to make opening or excavation in street §21-102 | |
fee | $25 |