(a) The City hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, as amended from time to time, and its regulations.
(b) 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 the City. Included in the provision adopted hereby are the following appendices:
(1) Building Code Appendices - B, C, D, E, F, H, J
(2) Residential Code Appendices - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L
(3) Mechanical Code Appendix - A
(4) Existing Building Code - The Appendix
(5) Plumbing Code Appendices - B, C, D, E, F, G
(6) Fuel and Gas Code Appendices - A, B, C, D
(7) Fire Code Appendices - B, C, D, E, F, G
(c) Administration and enforcement of the Code within the City shall be undertaken in any of the following ways as determined by the governing body of the City from time to time by resolution:
(1) By the designation of an employee of the City to serve as the Municipal Code Official to act on behalf of the City;
(2) By the retention of one or more Construction Code Officials or third-party agencies to act on behalf of the City;
(3) By agreement with one or more other municipalities for the joint administration and enforcement of this section through an intermunicipal agreement;
(4) By entering into a contract with another municipality for the administration and enforcement of this section on behalf of the City;
(5) 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. (Ord. 15-2004. Passed 4-20-04.)
(d) Appeals related to the administration and enforcement of the Uniform Construction Code as adopted by the City of York, Pennsylvania shall be heard by the York County Uniform Construction Code Board of Appeals. (Ord. 26-2015. Passed 10-20-15.)
(e) (1) All Building Code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by the City 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.
(2) All Building Code ordinances or portions of ordinances which are in effect as of the effective date of this section and whose requirements are less than the minimum requirements of the Code are hereby amended to conform to the comparable provisions of the Code.
(3) All relevant ordinances, regulations and policies of the City not governed by the Code shall remain in full force and effect.
(f) Fees assessable by the City for the administration and enforcement undertaken pursuant to this section and the Code shall be established by the governing body by resolution from time to time.
(Ord. 15-2004. Passed 4-20-04.)