Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 145 - INDUSTRIAL HOUSING AND COMPONENTS › LOCAL ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES › Section 145.81 - Responsibilities of local enforcement agencies

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Local enforcement agencies, building code
					 and construction code officials can make an important contribution to the
					 effective administration of the act and this chapter. In addition to
					 discharging the responsibility under local law for the enforcement of
					 applicable locally-enacted codes and ordinances governing site preparation work
					 and water, sewer, electrical and other energy supply connections as described
					 more particularly in §
											145.36 (relating to applicability
					 of locally-enacted codes and ordinances), and in view of the responsibilities
					 of local enforcement agencies under State and local law and of the
					 responsibilities of local governments to cooperate with agencies of the
					 Commonwealth to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of this
					 Commonwealth, local enforcement agencies shall assist the Department in
					 enforcing the act and this chapter for industrialized housing, housing
					 components, industrialized buildings or building components at the time of
					 installation in the jurisdiction of their local government in the following
					 respects:
(1) Site inspections of
					 industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or
					 building components, upon arrival at the site, for apparent damage occurring
					 during transportation from the manufacturing facilities to the site and other
					 apparent nonconformity with the approved building system
					 documentation.
(2) Site inspections
					 of the installation of the industrialized housing, housing components,
					 industrialized buildings or building components consistent with those elements
					 of installation addressed in the Site Installation Inspection Checklist
					 required under §
												145.91(e)
					 (relating to reports to the Department) and the installation instructions in
					 the Building System Approval Report.
(3) Notifications to the Department and the
					 manufacturer of damage and nonconforming elements found in the industrialized
					 housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or building components as
					 a result of the site inspections, as well as additional site inspections of
					 efforts made to remedy or repair the damage and nonconforming elements shall be
					 channeled through the Department.
(4) Notification to the Department of
					 violations of the act and this chapter by the manufacturer, inspection agency
					 or other person, including instances in which industrialized housing, housing
					 components, industrialized buildings or building components are installed or
					 are intended for installation without bearing the required insignia of
					 certification.
(5) Cooperation with
					 the Department in efforts to take action to remedy the violations and prevent
					 future occurrences.