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Timestamp: 2018-02-18 11:05:12
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§104', '§201', '§202', '§203', '§204', '§205', '§206', '§303', '§304', '§104', '§201', '§202', '§203', '§204', '§205', '§206', '§303', '§304', '§ 638']

Chapter 4 – Buildings | Hampden Township Online Codified Ordinances
§104. Building Identification Mandatory; Owner’s Responsibility
ACCESS TO NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
§201 Purpose and Legislative Intent
§202 Duty to Provide Contact Information
§203 Contact Information
§204 Lock Box
§205 Access to MSDS Information
§206 Penalty for Violation
INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM AMPLIFIERS
§303 Administration
§304 Offense and Fine
BUILDING – any structure used or intended to be used as a dwelling or place of business or industry, now in existence or hereafter constructed or erected.
BUILDING NUMBER – the identification number assigned to a building in accordance herewith.
OWNER – the owner of any building, whether an individual, corporation, partnership or other entity, feminine or masculine, singular or plural.
TOWNSHIP – the Township of Hampden.
TOWNSHIP MANAGER – the Manager in and for the Township as appointed from time to time by Township’s Board of Township Commissioners.
The Township Manager is hereby authorized and directed to develop a numbering system for building identification which shall include a central registry or directory, said system to be approved by the Township’s Board of Township Commissioners.
§104. BUILDING IDENTIFICATION MANDATORY; OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITY.
§201. PURPOSE AND LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
The purpose of this Part is to ensure prompt access to nonresidential buildings by police, fire, ambulance and other personnel providing emergency services in order to ensure the preservation of health, safety, life and property of residents, persons and property located in Hampden Township.
§202. DUTY TO PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION.
The owner of any nonresidential building or buildings shall be required to provide to the Township Manager or his designee either a list of contact persons or access to all nonresidential buildings by lock box, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Part, within thirty (30) days of written notification of the Township Manager or his designee.
§203. CONTACT INFORMATION.
A. Content of Contact Information:
If the nonresidential building owner elects to provide contact information to the Township Manager the following information shall be provided in writing within thirty (30) days of written notification as provided in Section 202 above:
1. The names of at least two (2) contact persons meeting the criteria set forth
in Section 203.A, below;
2. The home and business (work) addresses of each contact person;
3. The home and business (work) telephone number of each contact person;
4. The cellular telephone number and pager number (if applicable) for each
B. Qualification of Contact Persons.
Each contact person identified to Hampden Township in accordance with Section 203.A above shall at all times have the following qualifications:
1. Knowledge concerning how to shut off or disable any alarm system for the
nonresidential building and/or property providing access to the building;
2. Knowledge of all security or access codes for the nonresidential building
and/or property providing access to the building;
3. Possession of all keys and card keys and the ability to provide access to
any and all areas of the nonresidential building or buildings;
4. Each contact person must be able to be present at the nonresidential build
ing or buildings within thirty (30) minutes notification that emergency ac
cess is necessary; and
5. Each contact person must have a cellular telephone and be reached at
the cellular telephone number provided as required in Section 203.A,
C. Duty to Provide Current Contact Information.
All owners of nonresidential buildings electing to provide contact information as specified in this Part shall provide current and accurate contact information and shall immediately provide the Township Manager or his designee with any change in the information provided pursuant to Section 203.A. 1-4, above.
§204. LOCK BOX.
A. Content of Lock Box.
If the nonresidential building owner elects to provide a lock box on the premises of the nonresidential building in compliance with this Part, within thirty (30) days of written notification as provided in Section 202 above, access to a lock box by key, card key or code that can only be opened and accessed by the Township Manager or his designee shall be provided the Township Manager, which lock box shall contain the following:
1. Information concerning how to shut off or disable all alarm systems;
2. All security and access codes in anyway applicable to the nonresidential building
and the property on which the building is located;
3. Keys, card keys, access codes or any other device or information necessary to
a. Any locked doors or any ports of entrance or exit, whether on the
interior or exterior of the building or on the property;
b. Mechanical equipment rooms or facilities;
c. Electrical rooms or facilities;
d. Elevators and elevator controls; and
e. Any fenced or secured areas; and
4. Floor plans of the rooms within the building or structure identifying any utility
disconnects or controls, fire alarm panels or controls and the location of any
hazardous materials stored in the structure.
§205. ACCESS TO MSDS INFORMATION
The owner of any building or structure classified as Group H by the International Building Code (2003 Edition, or any successor classification of Group H or subsequent or successor edition of the Code) or any person, firm, entity or business required to report its hazardous material inventory to the Local Emergency Planning Committee as defined by SARA Title III, must provide ready access to all Material Safety Data Sheets (“MSDS”) for emergency personnel for use in any emergency situation. Ready access is defined as access to all MSDS in a predetermined non-hazardous location on the property or the use of an external document storage cabinet keyed to or accessible through the lock box provided by the owner of the nonresidential building as described in this Part.
§206. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.
Any person who violates any provision of this Part shall upon conviction thereof, pay a fine of not more than $1,000.00 plus all court costs, together with the Township’s reasonable attorney’s fees incurred as a result of such action and in default of payment of said fine and costs, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offence.
(Ord. 05-12, 10/04/2005)
This Part is implemented due to the determination by the Cumberland County Office of Emergency Preparedness that public safety communications in large buildings may be inadequate; therefore, if such inadequacy is not addressed, public safety personnel may be subject to serious hazardous conditions in performing their work.
The definitions set forth in Section I of Ordinance No. 01-04 are incorporated in this Section 302 in their entirety and shall appear in the text of the Code of Ordinances.
§303. ADMINISTRATION.
The provisions of Section II of Ordinance No. 01-04 are incorporated in this Section 303 in their entirety and shall appear in the text of the Code of Ordinances.
§304. OFFENSE AND FINE.
The provisions of Section III of Ordinance No. 01-04 are incorporated in this Section 304 in their entirety and shall appear in the text of the Code of Ordinances.
B. As such, it is a municipality as defined in the Act of May 17, 1921, P.L. 682, No. 284, known as the Insurance Company Law of 1921, added July 9, 1992, P.L. 678, No. 98, as amended October 13, 1994, P.L. 609, No. 93, 40 P.S. § 638 (herein the “Act”).
ASSOCIATION – Individuals, partnerships or associations of individuals, authorized to engage in the business of insurance in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as insurers on the Lloyd’s Plan.
(2) A certificate and bill showing the amount as of the date specified in the request that, as of the date of the Municipal Officer’s certificate, the amount of the total costs, if any, certified to the Municipal Officer that has been incurred by Hampden Township for the removal, repair or securing of a building or other structure on the property. For the purposes of this provision, Hampden Township shall provide to the Municipal Officer the total amount, if any, of such costs, if available, or the amount of costs known to the Township at the time of the Municipal Officer’s certificate.
(b) That, if at that time of a loss report the named insured has submitted a contractor’s signed estimate of the costs of removing, repairing or securing the building or other structure in an amount less than the amount calculated under the foregoing transfer formula, the insurer shall transfer to Hampden Township from the insurance proceeds the amount based upon the estimate.
After the transfer of proceeds to the Municipal Officer pursuant, the named insured may submit a contractor’s signed estimate of the costs of removing, repairing or securing the building or other structure and the Municipal Officer shall return to the named insured the amount of the funds transferred to Hampden Township in excess of the estimate, provided that Hampden Township has not commenced to remove, repair or secure the building or other structure.