(a) Deletions.
(b) Revisions.
112.3.1 Fee schedule: All fees referred to in this section shall be scheduled in accordance with Section 1442.04
of the Codified Ordinances of the City.
116.4 Violation penalties: The penalties referred to in this section shall be shall be administered in accordance with Section 202.99
of the Codified Ordinances of the City.
117.2 Unlawful continuance: The penalty referred to in this section shall be the same as the penalty prescribed in Section 202.99
of the Codified Ordinances of the City.
121.0 Means of Appeal: All appeals resulting from the enforcement of the BOCA National Building Code shall be processed in accordance with Chapter 1444
of the Codified Ordinances of the City.
3309.3 Adjoining walls: The owner of the new or altered structure shall preserve all adjoining independent and party walls as provided herein. He or she shall underpin where necessary and support the adjoining building or structure by proper foundations to comply with Section 3310.0 of the Code. In the case of an existing party wall or an existing exposed wall which is structurally sound, which is not intended to be used by the person causing the demolition and the surface of which is to remain exposed, the person causing the demolition shall preserve, at his or her own expense, the party or exposed wall by insuring that the exposed surfaces shall be made permanently waterproof by the application of stucco, brickote, germite or other approved noncombustible material.
(c) The UCC regulations adopted the 2003 International Building Code. The following amendments to that code are hereby adopted by the City of Johnstown.
Section 105.8 Time of demolition permit: The number of working days which will be permitted to complete the demolition project for which a permit is being applied for shall not exceed thirty days from date of issuance.
Section 108.7 Fee schedule: All fees referred to in this section shall be scheduled in accordance with Section 1442.04
of the Codified Ordinances of the City.
Section 113.4 Violation penalties: The penalties referred to in this section shall administered in accordance with Section 202.99
of the Codified Ordinances of the City.
Section 114.3.1 Unlawful continuance: The penalty referred to in this section shall be the same as the penalty prescribed in Section 202.99
of the Codified Ordinances of the City.
Section 112.4 Means of Appeal: All appeals resulting from the enforcement of the International Building Code shall be processed in accordance with Chapter 1444
of the Codified Ordinances of the City.
Section 3107.2 Signs on major highways: Within the City, no outdoor advertisement device shall be erected or maintained on Federal, interstate or primary highway systems, or on property abutting upon or adjacent thereto, in any manner inconsistent with the following criteria:
A. Size.
1. The maximum area for any one sign shall be 12,000 square feet with a height of thirty feet and a maximum length of sixty feet, inclusive of any border and trim, but excluding the base or apron, supports and other structural members.
2. The area shall be measured by the smallest square, rectangle, triangle, circle or confirmation thereof which will encompass the entire sign.
3. A sign structure may contain one or two signs per facing and may be placed double-faced, back-to-back or V-type.
4. Signs which exceed 600 square feet in area may not be doubled-faced (abutting and facing the same direction).
B. Spacing.
1. Along streets, outdoors advertising devices/billboards shall be spaced at least 1,000 feet apart. A single billboard may be erected as a replacement provided that a billboard within 300 feet and in the same zoning district is permanently removed and the replacement single billboard is of the same size or smaller and is completed within ninety (90) days of removal. Also, a billboard may be replaced upon the same zoning lot provided that the replacement billboard does not add to the total number of signs that currently exist on the zoning lot.
2. Official and on-premises signs shall not be counted, nor shall measurements be made from them, for purposes of determining spacing requirements.
3. The distance between sign structures shall be measured along the nearest edge of the pavement, between points directly opposite the signs along the same side of the traveled ways.
C. Lighting.
1. No sign shall be permitted which is not effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any portion of the traveled ways of the interstate or primary system, or which is of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or impair the vision of the driver of any vehicle, or which interferes with any driver's operation of a motor vehicle.
2. No sign shall be so illuminated that it interferes with the effectiveness of or obscures an official traffic sign, device or signal.
3. Lighting of all signs shall be subject to all other provisions relating to lighting of signs along streets under the jurisdiction of the City.
4. Signs which contain, include or are illuminated by any flashing, intermitted or moving light are prohibited, except those giving public service information such as the time, date, temperature, weather or similar information.
Section 3107.3 Other sign provisions: No sign shall be erected or maintained in any manner inconsistent with the following criteria:
a. No sign shall be permitted which attempts or appears to attempt to direct the movement of traffic or which interferes with, imitates or resembles any official traffic sign, signal or device.
b. No sign shall be permitted which prevents the driver of a vehicle from having a clear and unobstructed view of official signs and approaching or merging traffic.
Section 3307.2 Adjoining walls: The owner of the new or altered structure shall preserve all adjoining independent and party walls as provided herein. He or she shall underpin where necessary and support the adjourning building or structure by proper foundations to comply with the Code. In the case of an existing party wall or an existing exposed wall which is structurally sound, which is not intended to be used by the person causing the demolition and of which is to remain exposed, the person causing the demolition shall preserve, at his or her own expense, the party or exposed wall by insuring that the exposed surfaces shall be made permanently waterproof by the application of stucco, brickote, germite or other approved noncombustible material.
(d) Additions.
111.5 Time of demolition permit: The number of working days which will be permitted to complete the demolition project for which a permit is being applied for shall not exceed thirty days from the date of issuance.
508.0 FIRE LIMITS:
508.1 Scope: This section shall control the division of the City into fire districts and shall also control general limitations on the height and area of all buildings hereafter erected and of all extensions to existing buildings hereafter altered or enlarged, as affected by fire and life hazards incident to the type of construction, use, group, density of development, exterior exposure and accessibility of buildings and structures to fire-fighting facilities and equipment.
3102.16 Signs on major highways: Within the City, no outdoor advertising device shall be erected or maintained on Federal, interstate or primary highway systems, or on property abutting upon or adjacent thereto, in any manner inconsistent with the following criteria:
A. Size.
1. The maximum area for any one sign shall be 1,200 square feet with a height of thirty feet and a maximum length of sixty feet, inclusive of any border and trim, but excluding the base or apron, supports and other structural members.
2. The area shall be measured by the smallest square, rectangle, triangle, circle or confirmation thereof which will encompass the entire sign.
3. A sign structure may contain one or two signs per facing and may be placed double-faced, back-to-back or V-type.
4. Signs which exceed 600 square feet in area may not be double-faced (abutting and facing the same direction).
B. Spacing.
1. Along streets, outdoors advertising devices/billboards shall be spaced at least 1,000 feet apart. A single billboard may be erected as a replacement provided that a billboard within 300 feet and in the same zoning district is permanently removed and the replacement single billboard is of the same size or smaller and is completed within ninety (90) days of removal. Also, a billboard may be replaced upon the same zoning lot provided that the replacement billboard does not add to the total number of signs that currently exist on the zoning lot.
(Ord. 4871. Passed 2-28-01; Ord. 4905. Passed 2-12-03.)
2. Official and on-premises signs shall not be counted, nor shall measurements be made from them, for purposes of determining spacing requirements.
3. The distance between sign structures shall be measured along the nearest edge of the pavement, between points directly opposite the signs along the same side of the traveled ways.
C. Lighting.
1. No sign shall be permitted which is not effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any portion of the traveled ways of the interstate or primary system, or which is of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or impair the vision of the driver of any vehicle, or which interferes with any driver's operation of a motor vehicle.
2. No sign shall be so illuminated that it interferes with the effectiveness of or obscures an official traffic sign, device or signal.
3. Lighting of all signs shall be subject to all other provisions relating to lighting of signs along streets under the jurisdiction of the City.
4. Signs which contain, include or are illuminated by any flashing, intermittent or moving light are prohibited, except those giving public service information such as the time, date, temperature, weather or similar information.
3102.17 Other sign provisions: No sign shall be erected or maintained in any manner inconsistent with the following criteria:
a. No sign shall be permitted which attempts or appears to attempt to direct the movement of traffic or which interferes with, imitates or resembles any official traffic sign, signal or device.
b. No sign shall be permitted which prevents the driver of a vehicle from having a clear and unobstructed view of official signs and approaching or merging traffic.
(Ord. 4797. Passed 2-25-98; Ord. 4971. Passed 10-12-05.)