Pottstown, PA Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2003 ICC Electrical Code, Admin. Provisions
- Local edits made
- Only Sections 101.1 and 404.2
- Fees
- Set by Borough Fee Resolution
- Future editions
- Auto-adopted under Section 503
- Administered by
- Licensing and Inspections office
Summary
Pottstown adopted the ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, as its Electrical Code under Section 501 of Chapter 5, Part 5, so every electrical installation, alteration or repair inside the Borough needs a permit under that code. Section 502 swaps in the Borough's own name and its Fee Resolution for the model code's fee sections, and permit fees are set by Borough Council resolution rather than printed in the code.
A certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Code Enforcement Director of the Borough of Pottstown, being marked and designated as the ICC Electrical Code — Administrative Provisions, as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Electrical Code of the Borough of Pottstown, in the State of Pennsylvania, regulating and governing the design, construction, quality of materials, erection, installation, alteration, repair, location, relocation, replacement, addition to, use and maintenance of electrical systems as herein provided; providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said Electrical Code on file in the office of the Borough of Pottstown are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this Part, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in § 502 of this Part.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 5012545; v22 updated 2026-07-13; through 07-13-2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 501 adopts the ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, as published by the International Code Council, as the Electrical Code of the Borough of Pottstown, and by adopting that document the Borough pulls in its permit and fee requirements for the design, construction, alteration, repair, replacement and maintenance of electrical systems Borough-wide. The Borough enacted the 2003 edition through Ordinance 2001 in 2005, and Section 503 builds in a forward clause: if the International Code Council later publishes a newer edition of the Electrical Code, that newer edition automatically becomes part of the Borough's Code of Ordinances without Council having to pass a new amending ordinance.
2 is revised to route permit and inspection fees to the Borough of Pottstown Fee Resolution, which Council can amend by resolution rather than by amending this Part. Because the Electrical Code is folded into Part 5 of Chapter 5, Code Enforcement, alongside the Plumbing Code in Part 4 and the Mechanical Code in Part 6, an electrical permit application in Pottstown runs through the same Licensing and Inspections office and the same fee-resolution mechanism as those other trade permits, rather than a separate standalone electrical permitting track.
Violations & Fines
Unlike the Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Codes in the neighboring Parts of this chapter, the Borough left the ICC Electrical Code's own penalty and violation sections unamended in Section 502, so an unpermitted or noncompliant electrical installation is enforced under the penalty provisions printed in the adopted 2003 ICC Electrical Code itself, through the Licensing and Inspections Department, rather than under a Pottstown-specific fine schedule.
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