Miscellaneous Local
Ordinance Information
• Animal Ordinance
Promotes general peace, health, welfare and safety of the community.
Encourages the proper safe care and management of animals and to minimize
the danger to the public’s health by setting standards for sanitation and
drainage.
• Dangerous Structures
Provides for the vacation, removal,
repair or demolition of dangerous buildings.
• Garbage / Waste Ordinance
Prohibits the accumulation of or dumping
of waste, debris, garbage anywhere in the Township.
• On-Lot Disposal System Management
Provides for the requirement of pumping
all on-lot septic tanks every four years.
• Open Burning Ordinance
Prohibits the open burning of any material any time on any Sunday or any
time after sunset and before sunrise.
• Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Ordinance
Requires a Building Code Permit to be obtained whenever a construction
project will need to be inspected to ensure that it meets the standards of
the Pennsylvania Uniform construction Code (UCC). The UCC covers all aspects
of construction: framing, electric, plumbing and mechanical.
• Renter Occupancy Notification Ordinance
Requires landlords to notify Township of
tenant information.
• Vehicle Storage, Salvage Yards
Regulates outside storage of junk and
junk vehicles, regulates the establishment and maintenance of salvage yards,
and regulates outside sales and storage lots.
• Weed Ordinance
Prohibits growth of weeds and vegetation
growing to more than twelve (12) inches in height.
