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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, establishing new fees for the County Fire Marshal’s administration and enforcement of the Commonwealth’s Combustible and Flammable Liquids Act’s rules and regulations.
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Whereas, the Allegheny County Department of Emergency Services, (hereinafter referred to as “Emergency Services includes the Allegheny County Fire Marshal’s Office, (hereinafter referred to as “Fire Marshal”); and
Whereas, Section 6104.1 (a) of the Second Class County Code authorizes Allegheny County, through its Fire Marshal, to administer and enforce, except in the City of Pittsburgh, rules and regulations promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry under Section 4(b) of the Combustible and Flammable Liquids Act, 35 P.S. § 1241 et seq., which are set forth in Chapter 14 of 34 Pa. Code, governing the possession, use, storage and sale of combustible and flammable liquids; and
Whereas, Section 6104.1 of the Second Class County Code also authorizes Allegheny County to collect reasonable fees for administering and enforcing Commonwealth’s Combustible and Flammable Liquids Act’s rules and regulations; and
Whereas, the County’s fees for administering and enforcing the Commonwealth’s Combustible and Flammable Liquids Act’s rules and regulations were last set by an ordinance approved by the then Board of Allegheny County Commissioners on November 11, 1976; and
Whereas, Emergency Services has recommended that the fees charged by the County for administering and enforcing Commonwealth’s Combustible and Flammable Liquids Act’s rules and regulations should be reasonably increased from the amounts set almost forty years ago to cover the increased costs of administration and enforcement; and
Whereas, Article IV, Section 2.b. of the Allegheny County Home Rule Charter vests the County’s Council with the power to establish fees and service charges.
The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby...
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