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Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 143 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING › Section 143.7 - Applicable standards

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Manufactured homes manufactured and sold, or offered for
					 sale in this Commonwealth, or manufactured in this Commonwealth and sold, or
					 offered for sale outside of this Commonwealth, shall meet the manufactured home
					 construction and safety standards adopted by the Department of Housing and
					 Urban Development under the Federal act,
					 24 CFR
					 3280 and
					 3282 (relating to manufactured
					 home construction and safety standards; and manufactured home procedural and
					 enforcement regulations).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 143 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING › Section 143.8 - Label required

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(a) A
				  person may not sell or offer for sale a manufactured home unless it bears a
				  label certifying that it conforms to this chapter, as provided in §
										143.9 (relating to
				  certification).
(b) A person may
				  not affix a label to a manufactured home which does not meet or exceed the
				  standards required by this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 143 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING › Section 143.9 - Certification

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A manufactured home may not be released from the factory to
					 a dealer or purchaser, unless the manufactured home has been certified and
					 conforms to the safety and construction standards required by this
					 chapter.
(1) Certification will be
				  provided if the manufacturer has complied with quality control procedures
				  required by the act and Federal act, and a Federally approved Production
				  Inspection Primary Inspection Agency (IPIA), through inspection and
				  surveillance of the plant, has determined by the certification report that the
				  manufactured home conforms to the approved designs and standards.
(2) If a manufacturer has performed
				  inadequately, the IPIA will red tag the manufactured home, and necessary
				  corrections shall be made by the manufacturer to bring the home into compliance
				  before it may be certified and labeled.
(3) Certification will be evidenced by a 2
				  inch x 4 inch label, or another label as required by Federal regulation,
				  located at the taillight end of each transportable section of the manufactured
				  home, or in another location as may be required by Federal law.
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
												143.8 (relating to label
						required).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 143 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING › Section 143.10 - Required manufacturer records

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(a)
				  Whenever a manufacturer receives information that may indicate the existence in
				  a home produced by that manufacturer of an imminent safety hazard, serious
				  defect, defect or noncompliance, the manufacturer shall, as soon as possible,
				  but at least 20 days after receipt of the information, carry out necessary
				  investigations and inspections to determine whether it is responsible under
				  Federal law and regulations for providing notification as to the hazard, defect
				  or noncompliance. See 24 CFR
				  3282.404 and
				  3282.407 (relating to notification
				  pursuant to manufacturer's determination; and notification and correction
				  pursuant to administrative determination).
(b) The manufacturer shall maintain complete
				  records of the information and determinations received and compiled in
				  compliance with subsection (a). The records shall be complete, and be in a form
				  that will permit the Commonwealth to readily discern who made the determination
				  with respect to a particular piece of information, what the determination was
				  and the basis for that determination. Records shall be kept for at least 6
				  years from the date the information was received.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 143 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING › Section 143.11 - Manufactured home size calculations

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(a) Calculations used to determine the number
				  of square feet in a structure will be based on the structure's exterior
				  dimensions measured at the largest horizontal projections when erected onsite.
				  These dimensions will include expandable rooms, cabinets and other projections
				  containing interior space, but do not include bay windows.
(b) The length of a manufactured home means
				  its largest overall length in the travelling mode, including cabinets and other
				  projections which contain interior space. Length does not include bay windows,
				  roof projections, overhangs or eaves under which there is no interior space,
				  nor does it include drawbars, couplings or hitches.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 143 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING › Section 143.12 - Consumer complaints

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Individuals alleging wrongful acts by persons involved in
					 the manufacture or sale of manufactured homes within this Commonwealth shall
					 contact the Department of Community and Economic Development, Housing Standards
					 Division, 400 North Street, 4th Floor, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120. An
					 investigation will be conducted by the Division upon the receipt of a written
					 and signed complaint. Complaints must contain the writer's name and address,
					 and contain sufficient detail to enable the Division to fully understand the
					 nature and extent of the complaint. Copies of all documents shall be appended
					 to the complaint.
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
												143.13 (relating to
						investigations).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 143 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING › Section 143.13 - Investigations

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The Department, through the Housing Standards Division,
					 after investigation on its own initiative or upon the receipt of a verified
					 complaint under §
										143.12 (relating to consumer
					 complaints) has the power, after notice and hearing, to order the payment of
					 civil penalties not to exceed $1,000 per violation for violations of this
					 chapter, the act, the Federal act or regulations promulgated under the Federal
					 act. The maximum civil penalty that may be imposed will not exceed $1 million
					 for any related series of violations occurring within 1 year from the date of
					 the first violation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 143 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING › Section 143.14 - Hearings

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Hearings under this chapter will be conducted in accordance
					 with 1 Pa. Code Part II (relating to General Rules of Administrative Practice
					 and Procedure).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 12 - COMMERCE, TRADE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Part V - Community Affairs and Development › Subpart C - Community Development and Housing › Chapter 143 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING › Section 143.15 - Fees

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To offset the costs of follow-up monitoring or inspections
					 incurred by the Department beyond those provided for in the monitoring
					 inspection fees authorized by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
					 Development, the Department may charge the manufacturer or retailer the
					 following fees:
Follow-up inspection or monitoring
								services
$400 per day or $60 per hour, whichever is less.
Administrative services associated with follow-up
								inspection or monitoring services
$175 per day or $25 per hour,
								whichever is less.
Travel and per diem expenses
Current
								Commonwealth travel and per diem expenses. (The manufacturer or retailer may
								contact the Department for this information.)
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 › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 145.2 - Purpose

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This chapter interprets and makes specific the provisions
						of the act, as provided in section 5 of the act (35 P.S. §
												1651.5). This chapter establishes
						administrative procedures for the implementation of the act which will
						facilitate the use of industrialized housing, buildings, and housing or
						building components in this Commonwealth consistent with safeguarding the
						health, safety and welfare of citizens of this Commonwealth and will carry out
						the purposes set forth in the legislative findings in section 2 of the act
						(35
						P.S. §
												1651.2). More specifically, this
						chapter is intended primarily to achieve the following objectives:
(1) Establish uniform standards affecting
					 health, safety and welfare for the design, use of materials and methods of
					 construction for industrialized housing, buildings, and housing or building
					 components intended for sale, lease or installation for use in this
					 Commonwealth.
(2) Establish uniform
					 procedures to assure that industrialized housing, buildings, and housing or
					 building components intended for sale, lease or installation for use in this
					 Commonwealth will be manufactured, transported and installed in compliance with
					 the uniform standards adopted by this chapter. In particular, this chapter
					 establishes procedures under which the essential structural, electrical,
					 mechanical and plumbing elements of industrialized housing, buildings, and
					 housing or building components are subjected to compliance assurance
					 procedures, including inspections, in the manufacturing facilities during the
					 manufacturing process, thereby eliminating the need for subsequent inspections
					 at the building site of those elements which are enclosed within the walls
					 which might otherwise be subjected to disassembly, damage or destruction in the
					 course of onsite inspections.
(3)
					 Establish procedures which will facilitate the movement of industrialized
					 housing, buildings, and housing or building components between this
					 Commonwealth and the other states for the mutual benefit of the manufacturers
					 and citizens of this Commonwealth.
(4) Preserve for local governments within
					 this Commonwealth responsibilities and functions specifically reserved to local
					 governments by the act and otherwise not inconsistent with the achievement of
					 the purposes of the act.
See 53 Pa.B. 830 (February 11, 2023) for a notice
						  regarding implementation of this section.
The provisions of this §
													145.2 amended under section 5 of
						  the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P.S. §
														1651.5).
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 › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 145.3 - Scope

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Except to the extent otherwise stated in the act and the
						provisions of this chapter and in other applicable laws of the Commonwealth
						which are not inconsistent with or superseded by the act and this chapter, this
						chapter governs the design, manufacture, storage, transportation and
						installation of industrialized housing, buildings, and housing or building
						components which are sold, leased or installed, or are intended for sale, lease
						or installation, for use on a site in this Commonwealth. Industrialized
						buildings manufactured before November 6, 2017, may continue to be utilized in
						this Commonwealth subject to approval of the local code
						official.
See 53 Pa.B. 830 (February 11, 2023) for a notice
						  regarding implementation of this section.
The provisions of this §
													145.3 amended under section 5 of
						  the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P.S. §
														1651.5).
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 › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 145.4 - Responsibility of the Department

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Subject to applicable law, the Department is responsible,
						as directed by the act, to prepare, promulgate and implement this chapter and
						to take actions as are necessary and appropriate to discharge its
						responsibilities under the act and this chapter.
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 › SCOPE › Section 145.31 - Requirement of certification

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(a) No
					 person may sell, lease or install for use on a site in this Commonwealth
					 industrialized housing, buildings, or housing or building components unless the
					 industrialized housing, building, or housing or building component is certified
					 and bears insignia of certification issued by the Department. The insignia of
					 certification issued by the Department shall be attached to the industrialized
					 housing, building, or housing or building component under this chapter, and
					 they shall be subject to subsequent removal in accordance with this
					 chapter.
(b) Industrialized
					 housing, buildings, and housing or building components of the manufacturer
					 which have never been occupied and which serve for model or demonstration
					 purposes for the manufacturer do not have to bear insignia of certification
					 under this chapter until the time that the industrialized housing, building, or
					 housing or building components are first offered for sale or lease.
(c) This chapter does not apply to
					 industrialized buildings or building components produced before November 6,
					 2017.
See 53 Pa.B. 830 (February 11, 2023) for a notice
						  regarding implementation of this section.
The provisions of this §
													145.31 amended under section 5 of
						  the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P.S. §
														1651.5).
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 › SCOPE › Section 145.32 - Experimental housing

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Industrialized housing or housing components which are
						intended for prototype, experimental or demonstration purposes in or on a site
						in this Commonwealth designated by the Department as a test facility may be
						installed without bearing insignia of certification issued by the Department;
						provided that no industrialized housing or housing structure containing housing
						component is sold or leased unless the industrialized housing or housing
						component has been certified and bears insignia of certification as provided in
						§
											145.65 (relating to certification
						of experimental housing).
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
													145.65 (relating to certification
						  of experimental housing).
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 › SCOPE › Section 145.33 - Manufactured homes excluded

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(a)
					 Manufactured homes which are subject to sections 604 and 625 of the National
					 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974
					 (42 U.S.C.A. §§
												5403 and
					 5424) and the regulations issued
					 thereunder by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development are
					 not subject to this chapter.
(b)
					 The following language must appear in the installation documentation provided
					 with the industrialized home and the data plate:
The manufacturer certifies that the structure (insert
						serial number) is not a manufactured home subject to the provisions of the
						National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act and
						is
(1) designed only for erection or
					 installation on a site built permanent foundation
(2) not designed to be moved once so erected
					 or installed
(3) designed and
					 manufactured to comply with (insert applicable standards)
(4) to the manufacturer's knowledge not
					 intended to be used other than on a site-built permanent foundation.
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 › SCOPE › Section 145.34 - Housing components

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Housing components which are subject to this chapter are
						utility core units, closed panels, sandwich panels and structrual insulated
						panels.
The provisions of this §
													145.34 amended under section 5 of
						  the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P. S. §
														1651.5).
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 › SCOPE › Section 145.35 - Applicability of Fire and Panic Act

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Nothing in this chapter may be construed as amending or
						repealing the act of April 27, 1927 (P. L. 465, No. 299) (35 P. S. §§
												1221-1235), known as the Fire and Panic Act
						and 34 Pa. Code Chapters 49-59, as they may be applicable to industrialized
						housing and housing components.
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
													145.1 (relating to
						  definitions).
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 › SCOPE › Section 145.36 - Applicability of locally-enacted codes and ordinances

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(a) Industrialized housing, housing
					 components, industrialized buildings or building components bearing insignias
					 of certification issued under this chapter will be deemed to comply with the
					 requirements of building and related codes and ordinances enacted by local
					 governments of the Commonwealth which codes and ordinances conform with the
					 following:
(1) Are applicable to residential
					 or commercial construction, plumbing, heating, electrical and other related
					 codes pertaining to the construction and equipment contained within.
(2) Would otherwise be applicable to the
					 industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or
					 building components certified under this chapter as described in their building
					 system documentation.
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 › SCOPE › Section 145.37 - Work and labor classifications

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Nothing in the act of this chapter shall be construed as
						limiting the work to be performed to or by any type of construction contractor
						or labor or mechanic classification.
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 › STANDARDS › Section 145.41 - Adoption of standards

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(a) The
					 following codes, which relate to the design, materials and method of
					 construction of buildings, are adopted as the standards applicable to the
					 industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or
					 building components for purposes of this chapter:
(1) The ICC International Building
					 Code.
(2) The ICC International
					 Mechanical Code.
(3) The ICC
					 International Plumbing Code.
(4)
					 The International Energy Conservation Code.
(5) The National Electric Code (NFPA No.
					 70).
(6) The ICC International
					 Residential Code (for one and two family dwellings and town homes) except:
(i) Section R313.2, regarding automatic fire
					 sprinkler systems in one-family and two-family dwellings, of the 2009
					 International Residential Code. Successor triennial revisions are
					 excluded.
(ii) Sections
					 R602.10SR602.12.1.6, regarding wall bracing requirements, are excluded and
					 replaced by §§ R602.10RR602.11.3 of the 2006 International
					 Residential Code.
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 › STANDARDS › Section 145.42 - Alternate standards

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(a) As an
					 alternative to the primary codes specified in §
											145.41 (relating to adoption of
					 standards), a manufacturer may elect to satisfy the requirements of the
					 following alternate standards. Copies of these documents are available through
					 the respective promulgating agencies as defined in §
											145.47 (relating to acquisition of
					 adopted codes and amendments):
(1) As an
					 alternate to the ICC International Residential Code, Chapter 11, regarding
					 energy efficiency, the manufacturer may use the applicable edition of one of
					 the following:
(i) The prescriptive methods
					 for residential buildings in the International Energy Conservation Code
					 compliance guide containing state maps, prescriptive energy packages and
					 related software published by the United States Department of Energy, Building
					 Standards and Guidelines Program
					 (REScheckTM).
(ii) Pennsylvania's Alternative Residential
					 Energy Provisions developed by the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center at the
					 Pennsylvania State University.
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 › STANDARDS › Section 145.43 - Amendment policy

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(a) Except as
					 provided in subsections (b) and (c), the Department will adopt amendments and
					 additions to the provisions of the codes adopted under §§
											145.41 and
					 145.42 (relating to adoption of
					 standards; and alternate standards) which relate to the design, materials or
					 method of construction of buildings in accordance with the procedure called for
					 in §
											145.44 (relating to adoption and
					 effective dates-code amendments).
(b) The Department will not adopt an
					 amendment of or addition to the codes adopted under §§
											145.41 and
					 145.42 which relate to the design,
					 materials or method of construction of buildings unless the amendment or
					 addition has been adopted by the organizations which publish the code or the
					 Department determines that the amendment or addition is necessary to protect
					 the health, safety or welfare of the citizens of this Commonwealth.
(c) If the Department does not adopt the
					 latest version including supplements and additions of the codes adopted under
					 §
											145.41 or §
											145.42 or adopts other standards
					 not contained in the latest version including supplements and additions, the
					 Department will amend this chapter under to §
											145.97 (relating to amendments to
					 this chapter).
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
													145.41 (relating to adoption of
						  standards); 12 Pa. Code §
													145.42 (relating to alternate
						  standards); and 12 Pa. Code §
													145.70 (relating to Departmental
						  evaluation and inspection).
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 › STANDARDS › Section 145.44 - Adoption and effective dates-code amendments

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if
					 the code writing authority amends a provision of the code adopted under
					 §§
											145.41 and
					 145.42 (relating to adoption of
					 standards; and alternate standards), the Department will be deemed to have
					 adopted the amendment on the first day of the month following the month in
					 which the code writing authority adopted the amendment.
(b) If the Department determines that a later
					 date for adoption is necessary to implement the purposes of the act and this
					 chapter, the Department will publish the later date of adoption in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (d) and
					 (e), the effective date of the amendment shall be the first day of the month 1
					 year from the date of adoption by the Department.
(d) If the Department determines that an
					 earlier date is necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the
					 citizens of this Commonwealth, the Department will publish the earlier
					 effective date in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
at least 30 days
					 before the effective date.
(e) If
					 the Department determines that a later effective date is necessary to avoid
					 unreasonable hardship on a manufacturer, the Department will publish the later
					 effective date in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin.
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
													145.36 (relating to applicability
						  of locally-enacted codes and ordinances); 12 Pa. Code §
													145.41 (relating to adoption of
						  standards); 12 Pa. Code §
													145.42 (relating to alternate
						  standards); 12 Pa. Code §
													145.43 (relating to amendment
						  policy); 12 Pa. Code §
													145.45 (relating to proposals by
						  local enforcement agencies relating to special environmental conditions); 12
						  Pa. Code §
													145.52 (relating to approval of
						  building system documentation); 12 Pa. Code §
													145.55 (relating to general
						  requirements for approval of amendments to building system documentation); 12
						  Pa. Code §
													145.65 (relating to certification
						  of experimental housing); 12 Pa. Code §
													145.71 (relating to
						  responsibilities of evaluation agencies); 12 Pa. Code §
													145.92 (relating to reports by the
						  Department); 12 Pa. Code §
													145.102 (relating to
						  determinations of acceptability of certifications of a competent state
						  authority); and 12 Pa. Code §
													145.122 (relating to effective
						  date).
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 › STANDARDS › Section 145.45 - Proposals by local enforcement agencies relating to special environmental conditions

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A local enforcement agency may propose to the Department
						that certain provisions of the codes and standards adopted in §§
											145.41,
						145.42 and
						145.44 (relating to adoption of
						standards; alternate standards; and procedure for adoption of amendments) be
						changed as applied to its locality because of special local environmental
						conditions such as snow loads, wind loads, seismic conditions, temperature,
						humidity or soil conditions. The local enforcement agency's proposal should
						indicate the nature and extent of the special environmental conditions, suggest
						substitute code provisions to be applicable to its locality, and define the
						geographic boundaries to which the substitute provisions would apply. The
						Department will review the proposal on the basis of the information that it
						deems necessary to make an informed decision, and shall determine whether
						amendments to the applicable codes would serve the health, safety and welfare
						of the citizens of this Commonwealth in consideration of other applicable
						Commonwealth requirements and promote the purposes of the act and this chapter.
						If the Department favors adoption of amendments, the provisions of §
											145.97 (relating to amendments to
						this chapter) are applicable.
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 › STANDARDS › Section 145.46 - Applicability and interpretation of code provisions

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(a) A question regarding the applicability or
					 interpretation of a provision of a code adopted under §§
											145.41 and
					 145.42 (relating to adoption of
					 standards; and alternate standards), or of an amendment or addition thereto,
					 shall be submitted in writing by an interested person to the Department for
					 resolution. It is the policy of the Department that, with respect to question
					 regarding the interpretation of a provision of a code adopted under
					 §§
											145.41 and
					 145.42, it shall whenever feasible
					 solicit the advice of the organization sponsoring the code in accordance with
					 the established procedures of the organization. The decision of the Department
					 will be in writing.
(b) The
					 Department will furnish, on request, to a person decisions made by the
					 Department under this section upon paying a handling fee not to exceed $5, plus
					 applicable postage.
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
													145.92 (relating to reports by the
						  Department).
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 › STANDARDS › Section 145.47 - Acquisition of adopted codes and amendments

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(a) Copies of the ICC International Building
					 Code, ICC International Residential Code, ICC International Mechanical Code and
					 ICC International Plumbing Code adopted under §§
											145.41 and
					 145.42 (relating to adoption of
					 standards; and alternate standards) may be obtained from:
International Code Council
500 New Jersey Avenue
NW 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20001-2070.
(b) Copies of the National Electrical Code,
					 adopted under §§
											145.41 and
					 145.42, including supplements, may
					 be obtained from:
National Fire Protection Association
Battery March Park
Quincy, Massachusetts 02269
(c) Copies of Pennsylvania's Alternative
					 Residential Energy Provisions adopted under §
											145.42 may be obtained from:
Pennsylvania Housing Research/Resource Center
The Pennsylvania State University
219 Sackett Building
University Park, PA 16801
(d) The Department will provide, on request,
					 a copy of currently applicable amendments of and additions to codes which are
					 adopted under this chapter and are not published by NFPA, ASHRAE or NCSBCS, as
					 the case may be. The Department may charge a reproduction and handling fee not
					 to exceed $25, plus applicable postage, for each set of amendments and
					 additions.
The provisions of this §
													145.47 amended under section 5 of
						  the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P. S. §
														1651.5).
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
													145.42 (relating to alternate
						  standards).
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 › CERTIFICATION › Section 145.51 - General requirements for certification

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Industrialized housing, housing components,
						industrialized buildings or building components shall be certified if the
						building system documentation and the compliance assurance program relating to
						its design, materials, manufacture, transportation and installation have been
						approved by an evaluation agency under contractual arrangement with the
						Department as provided in §
											145.78(b)
						(relating to contractual arrangements), and if the industrialized housing,
						housing components, industrialized buildings or building components have been
						manufactured under approved building system documentation, inspected and
						approved by an inspection agency. Certification shall be evidenced by insignia
						of certification which conform to the requirements of this chapter and which
						shall be issued for each module of industrialized housing, industrialized
						building and for each housing or building component or set of components that,
						upon installation, are incorporated in a dwelling unit or building as
						applicable.
See 53 Pa.B. 830 (February 11, 2023) for a notice
						  regarding implementation of this section.
The provisions of this §
													145.51 amended under section 5 of
						  the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P.S. §
														1651.5).
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 › CERTIFICATION › Section 145.52 - Approval of building system documentation

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An evaluation agency shall approve a set of building
						system documentation for purposes of this chapter if the evaluation agency
						determines that the building system documentation conforms to the applicable
						requirements of the applicable codes and standards adopted under §§
											145.41,
						145.42 and
						145.44 (relating to adoption of
						standards; alternate standards; and adoption and effective dates-code
						amendments). Approval of building system documentation shall be evidenced by
						the stamp of approval of the evaluation agency, affixed on each sheet of the
						building system documentation and signed by a designated employe of the
						evaluation agency. Each stamp shall show the date of approval of each sheet of
						the building system documentation to which it is affixed. Each sheet
						constituting the approved building system documentation shall have a separate
						identification number. The Department may approve alternate methods for
						identifying approved building system documentation. The evaluation agency shall
						provide the manufacturer and the Department and inspection agency, if other
						than the evaluation agency, with an approved building system
						documentation.
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
													145.1 (relating to definitions);
						  12 Pa. Code §
													145.53 (relating to variations);
						  12 Pa. Code §
													145.54 (relating to Building
						  System Approval Report and Summary); and 12 Pa. Code §
													145.55 (relating to general
						  requirements for approval of amendments to building system
						  documentation).
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 › CERTIFICATION › Section 145.53 - Variations

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Building system documentation approved under §
											145.52 (relating to approval of
						building system documentation) may contain variations or a range of variations
						for one or more elements of the industrialized housing, housing components,
						industrialized buildings or building components described in the building
						system documentation, provided that the approved building system documentation
						conforms to all of the applicable requirements of the applicable codes and
						standards under each variation or set of variations within the range of
						variations. Any material deviation from variations contained within the
						approved building system documentation shall be approved by the evaluation
						agency, consistent with this chapter, prior to the start of
						construction.
See 53 Pa.B. 830 (February 11, 2023) for a notice
						  regarding implementation of this section.
The provisions of this §
													145.53 amended under section 5 of
						  the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P.S. §
														1651.5).
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 › CERTIFICATION › Section 145.54 - Building System Approval Report and Summary

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At the time that an evaluation agency approves a set of
						building system documentation under §
											145.52 (relating to approval of
						building system documentation) and the related compliance assurance program
						under §
											145.57 (relating to approval of
						compliance assurance program), it shall prepare a Building System Approval
						Report (BSAR) and a Building System Approval Summary. The BSAR must contain a
						list of the identification numbers of each sheet constituting the approved
						building system documentation, the Compliance Control Manual of the
						manufacturer, an Index of Code Compliance in the form specified by the
						Department for industrialized housing or buildings, a statement of the fire
						districts, if any, in which the industrialized housing or buildings can be
						installed, and the additional information relating to the building system
						documentation and the compliance assurance program as the evaluation agency
						deems necessary or as the Department may require. The Building System Approval
						Summary shall be prepared on a form furnished by the Department. The evaluation
						agency shall furnish to the Department and to the manufacturer one copy each of
						the BSAR and the Building System Approval Summary, clearly stating the date it
						is effective. The BSAR shall be revised monthly as needed.
See 53 Pa.B. 830 (February 11, 2023) for a notice
						  regarding implementation of this section.
The provisions of this §
													145.54 amended under section 5 of
						  the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P.S. §
														1651.5).
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
													145.55 (relating to general
						  requirements for approval of amendments to building system
						  documentation).
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 › CERTIFICATION › Section 145.55 - General requirements for approval of amendments to building system documentation

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The evaluation agency shall approve amendments to the
						building system documentation submitted to it by the manufacturer if the
						building system documentation, as so amended, conforms to the applicable
						requirements of the applicable codes and standards adopted under §§
											145.41,
						145.42 and
						145.44 (relating to adoption of
						standards; alternate standards; and adoption and effective dates-code
						amendments). Approval of amendments to building system documentation shall be
						evidenced by the signed stamp of the evaluation agency as provided in §
											145.52 (relating to approval of
						building system documentation), with the additional requirement that the stamp
						shall show both the date of approval and the date after which the
						industrialized housing or housing components described in the building system
						documentation shall be manufactured under the building system documentation as
						so amended. Approvals of amendments to building system documentation may be by
						oral authorization by an officer or employe of the evaluation agency, but in
						the event the approval is subsequently evidenced by affixing the signed stamp
						of the evaluation agency to the amended sheets of the building system
						documentation within 10 days after the oral authorization. At the same time
						that the evaluation agency affixes its stamp on the approved amendments to the
						building system documentation, it shall prepare and distribute to the
						manufacturer and to the Department one copy of the amendments and supplements
						to the Building System Approval Report and the Building System Approval Summary
						as may be necessary so that the Report and Summary will accurately reflect the
						amended building system documentation and will continue to meet the
						requirements of §
											145.54 (relating to Building
						System Approval Report and Summary).
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
													145.56 (relating to amendments to
						  building system documentation following changes in standards); and 12 Pa. Code
						  §
													145.64 (relating to modification
						  after certification).
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 › CERTIFICATION › Section 145.56 - Amendments to building system documentation following changes in standards

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(a) Evaluation
					 agencies shall notify those manufacturers with whom they then have implementing
					 contracts under §
											145.78(c)
					 (relating to contractual arrangements) of an amendment to a code or standard
					 adopted by the Department under §§
											145.41 and
					 145.42 (relating to adoption of
					 standards; and alternate standards).
(b) Within 1 year from the date of adoption
					 by the Department of an amendment to a code or standard adopted under
					 §§
											145.41 and
					 145.42, the manufacturer shall
					 have done one of the following:
(1) Amended
					 its building system documentation, if necessary, to assure compliance with the
					 amended codes and standards.
(2)
					 Obtained the approval of the applicable evaluation agency of the amendments to
					 its building system documentation or the determination from the applicable
					 evaluation agency that its building system documentation requires no
					 amendment.
(3) Ceased attaching
					 insignia of certification to industrialized housing or housing components which
					 have not been manufactured under the amendments to its building system
					 documentation if the amendments are required to assure compliance with the
					 amended codes and standards.
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 › CERTIFICATION › Section 145.57 - Approval of compliance assurance program

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An evaluation agency shall approve a compliance assurance
						program for purposes of this chapter if the evaluation agency determines that
						the manufacturer's compliance control program, described in the compliance
						control manual, meets the requirements of this chapter and the compliance
						control program will be monitored by an approved inspection agency. The
						evaluation agency shall review the manufacturer's building system
						documentation, the manufacturer's compliance control manual and the
						manufacturer's proposed implementing contract with an inspection agency, shall
						inspect each of the manufacturer's manufacturing facilities where the
						industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized buildings or
						building components are to be manufactured for installation on sites in this
						Commonwealth, and shall review the other data and information as the evaluation
						agency may deem necessary.
The provisions of this §
													145.57 amended under section 5 of
						  the Industrialized Housing Act (35 P.S. §
														1651.5).
This section cited in 12 Pa. Code §
													145.54 (relating to Building
						  System Approval Report and Summary).