Tuesday, January 6, 2015

WEST MARLBOROUGH: You no longer need a permit to replace your hot-water heater

West Marlborough Township now has a revised permit fee schedule. Supervisors' Chairman Bill Wylie explained at the Jan. 5 meeting that the new schedule eliminates the requirement that homeowners obtain township permission for minor work like installing a new hot-water heater.
It also breaks the fee into three parts: an application fee when the application is submitted; a plan review fee to cover the costs of the township engineer and building inspector if required; and a building permit fee, which is based on the value of the proposed construction project and covers the work of the building inspector.
Mr. Wylie noted that issuing permits "is not a money-making venture for the township." He also noted that the schedule calls for a significant increase in fees if the work is done before obtaining a permit.
In other business at the meeting, the supervisors discussed a motor home that apparently is being lived in behind a house in the 200 block of Clonmell-Upland Road. The township's zoning officer, Al Giannanotonio, reported that he alerted the Chester County Health Department because the occupants don't seem to have a permit to discharge their sewage into the system on the property. He told the supervisors that he would send a letter to the landlord in an attempt to resolve the situation.

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