Section 58105-A - Property maintenance code(a)Property maintenance code.--Notwithstanding the primacy of the Uniform Construction Code, the board of commissioners may enact a property maintenance ordinance, and they may incorporate a standard or nationally recognized property maintenance code, or a variation or change or part of the code, published and printed in book form, without incorporating the text of the code in the ordinance, or the board of commissioners may enact a standard or nationally recognized property maintenance code or a change or variation or part, as the ordinance. In either event, the ordinance, or a change or variation or part, need not be advertised after passage, but notice of its consideration, in reasonable detail, shall be published as will give adequate notice of its contents and a reference to the place or places within the township where copies of the proposed property maintenance code may be examined or obtained. The notice required by this subsection shall be published once in one newspaper of general circulation at least one week and not more than three weeks prior to the presentation of the proposed property maintenance code to the board of commissioners. No fewer than three copies of the ordinance adopted by the board of commissioners shall be made available for public inspection and use during business hours or be made available to an interested party at the cost of the copies or may be furnished or lent without charge. A property maintenance code adopted by reference need not be recorded in or attached to the ordinance book but shall be deemed to have been legally recorded if the ordinance by which the code was adopted by reference shall have been recorded, with an accompanying notation stating where the full text of the code shall have been filed. The ordinance may provide for reasonable property fines and penalties for violations of the ordinance. The procedure under this section relating to the adoption of the ordinance may likewise be utilized in amending, supplementing or repealing a provision of the ordinance.(b)Property maintenance inspectors.--The board of commissioners may appoint property maintenance inspectors who shall have the right to enter upon and inspect any premises, subject to constitutional standards, at reasonable hours and in a reasonable manner for the administration and enforcement of the township's property maintenance code or ordinance incorporating a standard or nationally recognized property maintenance code. A fee payable to property maintenance inspectors under the ordinance shall be promptly paid by them to the township treasurer for the use of the township. (c)Legal actions.--In addition to the penalties provided by the property maintenance ordinance, the township may institute appropriate actions or proceedings at law or in equity to prevent or restrain property maintenance violations. (d)Construction.--The powers of a township as provided in this section shall be in addition to, but not limited to, the powers provided in the act of November 26, 2008 (P.L. 1672, No. 135), known as the Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act, 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to neighborhood blight reclamation and revitalization) and 68 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 (relating to land banks).1931, June 24, P.L. 1206, No. 331, art. XXXI-A, § 3105-A, added 2015, Oct. 30, P.L. 207, No. 51, § 2, effective in 60 days [Dec. 29, 2015]. Amended 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 782, No. 96, § 151, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].