Editor's note: To view the historical version of Subcode "PM" (repealed as of July 1, 2015), please click here.
§ PM-2. All material in § PM-4 that is reprinted from the International Property Maintenance Code is proprietary to and copyrighted by, or licensed to, International Code Council, Inc., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. For information on permission to copy International Code Council, Inc. material contained herein, please contact: Publications, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478. Phone 1-888-ICC-SAFE (422-7233).
§ PM-3. Throughout § PM-4, references to "International" codes or "ICC" codes shall be deemed to refer to the "Philadelphia" codes of the same name.
Notes
| 420 | Added, Bill No. 960587-A (approved March 26, 1997). This Subcode "PM" repealed and replaced in its entirety previous Title 4.2, which was based on 1981 Ordinances, p. 1258, as amended, and Title 7, which was based on 1954 Ordinances, p. 516, as amended. Amended, Bill No. 030774 (approved December 31, 2003). Subcode PM was repealed and replaced by Bill No. 120647 (approved January 20, 2014). Bill No. 120647 was effective July 1, 2015. See Bill No. 140894 (approved December 19, 2014). Subcode PM was further amended, and its substantive provisions replaced in their entirety, by Bill No. 140856 ( approved December 19, 2014), effective July 1, 2015. Section 11 of Bill No. 140856 provides: "This Ordinance shall take effect upon the effective date of Bill No. 120647 (approved January 20, 2014). This Ordinance shall supersede § PM-4 of the Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code as adopted by Bill No. 120647 (approved January 20, 2014), and shall supersede any other ordinance that amended § PM-4 of the Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code as adopted by Bill No. 120647." |
| 421 | Amended, Bill No. 180746 (approved January 3, 2019). |
PM-101.2 Scope. The provisions of this code shall apply to all existing residential and nonresidential structures and all existing premises and constitute minimum requirements and standards for premises, structures, equipment and facilities for light, ventilation, space, heating, sanitation, protection from the elements, life safety, safety from fire and other hazards, and for safe and sanitary maintenance; the responsibility of owners, operators and occupants; the occupancy of existing structures and premises, and for administration, enforcement and penalties.
PM-101.3 Intent. This code shall be construed to secure its expressed intent, which is to ensure public health, safety and welfare insofar as they are affected by the continued occupancy and maintenance of structures and premises. Existing structures and premises that do not comply with these provisions shall be altered or repaired to provide a minimum level of health and safety as required herein.
PM-102.2 Maintenance. Equipment, systems, devices and safeguards required by this code or a previous regulation or code under which the structure or premises was constructed, altered or repaired shall be maintained in good working order. No owner, operator or occupant shall cause any service, facility, equipment or utility which is required under this Section to be removed from or shut off from or discontinued for any occupied dwelling, except for such temporary interruption as necessary while repairs or alterations are in progress. The requirements of this code are not intended to provide the basis for removal or abrogation of fire protection and safety systems and devices in existing structures. Except as otherwise specified herein, the owner or the owner's designated agent shall be responsible for the maintenance of buildings, structures and premises.
PM-102.3 Application of other codes. Repairs, additions or alterations to a structure, or changes of occupancy, shall be done in accordance with the procedures and provisions of the International Building Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Mechanical Code and NFPA 70. Nothing in this code shall be construed to cancel, modify or set aside any provision of the International Zoning Code.
PM-102.6 Historic buildings. The provisions of this code shall not be mandatory for existing buildings or structures designated as historic buildings when such buildings or structures are judged by the code official to be safe and in the public interest of health, safety and welfare. Nothing in this code shall be construed to repeal or modify any applicable provisions of Chapter 14-1000 ("Historic Preservation").
PM-102.7 Referenced codes and standards. The codes and standards referenced in this code shall be those that are listed in Chapter 10 and considered part of the requirements of this code to the prescribed extent of each such reference. Where differences occur between provisions of this code and the referenced standards, the provisions of this code shall apply.
Exception: Where enforcement of a code provision would violate the conditions of the equipment or appliance, the conditions of the listing shall apply.
PART 2 – ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
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