[Amended 7-14-2009 by Ord. No. 09-1214, § 1; 6-14-2011 by Ord. No. 11- 1242, § 3]
A. Required. Any owner or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by the Code, or to cause any such work to be done, shall first make application to the Code Official and obtain the required permit.
(1) Annual permit. In lieu of an individual permit for each alteration to an already approved electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing installation, the Code Official is authorized to issue an annual permit upon application therefor to any person, firm or corporation regularly employing one or more qualified tradepersons in the building, structure or on the premises owned or operated by the application for the permit.
(2) Annual permit records. The person to whom an annual permit is issued shall keep a detailed record of alterations made under such annual permit. The Code Official shall have access to such records at all times or such records shall be filed with the Code Official as designated.
B. Work exempt from permit. Exemptions from permit requirements of the Code shall not be deemed to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of the provisions of the Code or any other laws or provisions of the Upper Dublin Township Code. The Code Official may by regulation exempt work from permit requirements.
C. Emergency repairs. Where equipment replacements and repairs must be performed in an emergency situation, the permit application shall be submitted within the next working business day to the Code Official.
D. Repairs. Application or notice to the Code Official is not required for ordinary repairs to structures, replacement of lamps or the connection of approved portable electrical equipment to approved permanently installed receptacles. Such repairs shall not include the cutting away of any wall, partition or portion thereof, the removal or cutting of any structural beam or load-bearing support, or the removal or change of any required means of egress, or rearrangement of parts of a structure affecting the egress requirements; nor shall ordinary repairs include addition to, alteration of, replacement or relocation of any standpipe, water supply sewer, drainage, drain leader, gas, soil, waste, vent or similar piping, electric wiring or mechanical or other work affecting public health or general safety.
E. Public service agencies. A permit shall not be required for the installation, alteration or repair of generation, transmission, distribution or metering or other related equipment that is under the ownership and control of public service agencies by established right.
F. Application for permit. To obtain a permit, an applicant shall first file a permit application in writing on a form furnished by the Department of Code Enforcement. The application shall be completed with all data and information requested by the Department. [Amended 7-14-2009 by Ord. No. 09-1214]
G. Expiration of permit. Any permit issued shall become invalid if the authorized work is not commenced within six months after issuance of the permit or if the authorized work is suspended or abandoned for a period of six months after the time work is commenced. The Code Official may extend the time period of a building permit for one period not to exceed six months if the permittee provides reasonable justification to do so. [Amended 7-14-2009 by Ord. No. 09-1214]
H. Suspension or revocation of permit. The Code Official is authorized to suspend or revoke a permit issued under the provisions of the Code wherever the permit is issued in error or on the basis of incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information, or in violation of any ordinance or regulation or any of the provisions of the Code.
I. Placement of permit. The building permit or copy shall be kept on the site of the work until the completion of the project.
J. Certificate of rodent exterminator. A permit to demolish or remove a structure shall not be issued until the applicant shall furnish to the Code Official a certificate from a reputable rodent exterminator which shall state that the building or structure to he demolished has been inspected and found to be free of rodents or that the building or structure to be demolished has been properly treated for the eradication of all rodents in and about the premises.
K. Completion guaranty. Before any building permit shall be issued for the construction or installation of a swimming pool, the township shall be assured by means of a proper completion guaranty in the form of a bond or the deposit of funds or securities in escrow, sufficient to cover the cost of the required improvements (i.e., fencing, electrical, grading, walls and drainage structures), as estimated by the Director of Code Enforcement, that the improvements will be installed on or before a date specified in said bond or escrow agreement.
L. Sewage facilities planning. All construction projects that propose new or expanded plumbing/sewage facilities require review by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmen tal Protection under the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act (Act 537). No building permit, certificate of occupancy, final subdivision or land development approval, or other proposed construction approval may be issued until sewage planning has been approved by the Department of Environmental Protection through the issuance of a planning module approval or an exemption from planning, or until the Department has issued a letter stating that sewage planning is not required.
4 [Added 6-14-2011 by Ord. No. 11-1242]
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Editor’s Note: Ord. No. 11-1242, 6/14/2011, added this paragraph as “Paragraph I.” Paragraphs I, J and K having previously been adopted by Ord. No. 1132, this paragraph has been added as “Paragraph L.”