Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 11 - CITIES

Section 10209 - Temporary preservation and city organization - (a) Existing government.--The government of the municipal corporation shall continue...

Section 10210 - Existing liabilities, debts and claims - If a municipal corporation is incorporated as a city in...

Chapter 103 - Change of Corporate Title

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 103 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 10301 - Resolution and petition - Council may initiate proceedings to change the corporate title of...

Section 10302 - Hearing and decree - (a) Date and publication.--Upon presentation to the court of the...

Section 10303 - Recording decree - A change in the corporate title of a city that...

Section 10304 - Existing rights and liabilities - A change in the corporate title of a city shall...

Chapter 104 - Creation and Division of Wards

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 104 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 10401 - General power of council - (a) Power.--In addition to reapportionment of wards under 53 Pa.C.S....

Section 10401.1 - Petition of registered voters - (a) Initiation of proceedings.--Registered voters may petition council to initiate...

Section 10403 - Appointment of commission - (a) Report and recommendation.--If council initiates proceedings under section 10401...

Section 10403.1 - Expenses of commissioners - Council must make an appropriation for reasonable expenses incurred by...

Section 10403.2 - Report - (a) Contents.-- (1) The commissioners appointed by council under section...

Section 10404 - Election - (a) Certification.--If, based upon the report under section 10403.2 (relating...

Section 10405 - Notice of election and review of report - (a) Publication.--A city must publish a notice of election in...

Section 10406 - Election laws - Each matter relating to the election at which the question...

Section 10407 - Voting procedures - (a) Publication.--The county board of elections must tabulate and publish...

Section 10408 - Change of ward lines by council - If council determines during proceedings for the division or creation...

Section 10409 - Pennsylvania Election Code - Nothing under this chapter shall be construed as affecting the...

Chapter 106 - City Boundaries

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 106 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 10601 - Navigable stream boundaries (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 10601 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Section 10602 - Court establishment of disputed boundaries (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 10602 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Section 10603 - Petition, commissioners and report (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 10603 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Section 10604 - Exceptions and procedure (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 10604 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Section 10605 - Pay and expenses of commissioners (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 10605 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Section 10606 - Boundary monuments (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 10606 was repealed July 7, 2022, P.L.455,...

Chapter 107 - Elected Officers and Elections

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 107 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 10701 - Elected officers, term, reelection and vacancy - (a) Elected officer and term.-- (1) Except as provided under...

Section 10702 - First elections in newly created cities - (a) Election.--At the first municipal election occurring at least 90...

Section 10703 - Nominations and elections - Each matter relating to a nomination of a candidate and...

Section 10704 - Certificates of election - After the election of city officers under this chapter, the...

Chapter 108 - Vacancies in Office

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 108 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 10801 - Council and office of mayor - (a) Appointment.--Within 30 days of a vacancy in the office...

Section 10802 - Controller and treasurer - (a) Appointment.--Within 30 days after a vacancy occurs in the...

Chapter 109 - City Officers and Employees

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 109 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 10901 - Appointment, removal and prohibition - (a) Powers and duties.--Council: (1) May appoint and dismiss any...

Section 10902 - Number, duties and compensation - (a) Prescription.--Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, council may...

Section 10903 - Salary, compensation and emoluments of officers - (a) Prohibition.--A city may not increase or diminish the salary,...

Section 10904 - Offices to be held until qualification of successors - (a) Successor.--An officer of a city, who has been elected...

Section 10905 - Oath of office, violation of oath and penalty - (a) Oath required.--Each officer of the city, whether elected or...

Section 10906 - Bond to be given by officers and agents - (a) Bond.--In addition to the requirements for bonding that may...

Section 10907 - Surety bonds, insurance and premiums - (a) Bonds.--Unless otherwise provided by this chapter or any other...

Section 10908 - Officers not to become surety on bonds given to city and penalty - (a) Surety.--A city officer or member of council may not...

Section 10909 - Money and accounts to be delivered by officer to successor - (a) Delivered.--All money, accounts, property, documents or effects belonging to...

Section 10916 - Pennsylvania Municipal League and other municipal affairs organizations - (a) Unification.--A city may: (1) unite with: (i) one or...

Section 10917 - Powers of subpoena and compelling testimony - (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply to any of the following...

Section 10918 - Consolidation or integration of fire and police personnel prohibited - A city may not consolidate, integrate or reorganize the paid...

Chapter 110 - Council

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 110 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 11001 - Qualifications of council members - (a) Requirements.--A council member shall: (1) Be at least 18...

Section 11002 - Vesting of legislative power - The legislative power of every city shall be vested in...

Section 11003 - Organization of council - (a) Organization.--On the first Monday of the January following the...

Section 11004 - Oath of council members, quorum and rules - (a) Oath.--The members of council shall take the oath of...

Section 11005 - Meetings of council, notice and participation by telecommunication device - (a) Meetings.-- (1) Council shall hold stated meetings at least...

Section 11015 - Attendance of witnesses and production of books before council or committee of council - (a) Subpoenas.--Council may compel the attendance of witnesses and the...

Section 11016 - Salaries - (a) Salary.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a council member...

Section 11016.1 - Appointment of city clerk - (a) Appointment.--Council shall appoint a city clerk, whose compensation shall...

Section 11018.1 - Ordinances and resolutions - (a) Ordinances.--With regard to ordinances, the following shall apply: (1)...

Section 11018.2 - Voting, no veto and vote necessary to enact ordinances or adopt resolutions - (a) Voting generally.--Members of council present or participating via a...

Section 11018.3 - Journal of proceedings, recording and withholding of vote - (a) Journal.--Council shall keep a journal of the proceedings. The...

Section 11018.4 - Signing and attesting ordinances - A legislative act of council shall be by ordinance. An...

Section 11018.5 - Proposed ordinances and titles - (a) Format.--A proposed ordinance shall be presented to council in...

Section 11018.6 - Reading of proposed ordinances and final enactment - (a) Reading.--The title of every proposed ordinance shall be read...

Section 11018.7 - Payments not authorized by law - An ordinance may not be enacted and a resolution may...

Section 11018.8 - Time of taking effect of ordinances - Unless otherwise provided by law, an ordinance, except those pertaining...

Section 11018.9 - Publication of proposed ordinances - (a) Publication required.--A proposed ordinance, except as otherwise provided in...

Section 11018.10 - Filing of proposed ordinances - (a) Place of filing.--If the full text is not published,...

Section 11018.11 - Records of ordinances maintained by city clerk - (a) Records.--Within one month after enactment, each ordinance shall be...

Section 11018.12 - Proof and evidence - (a) Proof.--An ordinance, resolution, motion or other proceeding of council...

Section 11018.13 - Standard or nationally recognized codes - (a) Authority to enact.--In the same manner as other ordinances,...

Section 11018.14 - Maps, plans or drawings - (a) Adoption.--Except as otherwise provided under the Municipalities Planning Code,...

Section 11018.15 - Codification of ordinances - (a) Preparation authorized.--Council may prepare a consolidation or codification of...

Section 11018.16 - Enforcement of ordinances, recovery and payment of fines and penalties - (a) Enforcement.--An action, prosecution, complaint or proceeding for the violation...

Section 11018.17 - Penalty - A person who violates an ordinance enacted under the authority...

Section 11030 - Initiation of proposed ordinances by petition and exceptions - (a) Submission.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a proposed ordinance...

Section 11031 - Petition and notice - If the city clerk receives a written request for the...

Section 11032 - Signing and oath - (a) Petition.--A petition for the submission of a proposed ordinance...

Section 11033 - Number of signatures, examination and certificate by city clerk - (a) Signatures.--Within 10 days after the period of time for...

Section 11034 - Submission to council - If the petition is certified to contain signatures as required...

Section 11035 - Actions by council and notices - If the petition accompanying the proposed ordinance is signed by...

Section 11036 - Form of ballot on submission to vote - The question to be submitted to the electors on the...

Section 11037 - Effect of majority vote - If the majority of the qualified electors voting on the...

Section 11038 - No repeal within two years - An ordinance proposed by petition, whether enacted by council or...

Section 11039 - Number of proposed ordinances to be submitted and elections limited - Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at...

Section 11040 - Submission for repeal by council - Council may submit a proposition for the repeal or amendment...

Section 11041 - Publication of proposed ordinance, repeal or amendment - Whenever a proposed ordinance is to be submitted to the...

Section 11050 - Time ordinances go into effect - (a) Timing.--Except as provided in subsection (b), an ordinance enacted...

Section 11051 - Petition and reconsideration of ordinance - With the exception of an ordinance dealing with the subjects...

Section 11052 - Preparation of petition by city clerk and notice - (a) Petition.--A petition under section 11051 (relating to petition and...

Section 11053 - Additional petitions - (a) Petitions.--In order to facilitate the signing of the petition,...

Section 11054 - Signatures, oath and time of signing - (a) Signers.--Each signer of a petition under section 11051 (relating...

Section 11055 - Presentation of petition to council - At the expiration of 10 days, the petition shall be...

Section 11056 - Ascertainment of number of signers and report - After presentation of the petition to council, the city clerk...

Section 11059 - Effect of petition and submission to electors - (a) Petition lacking signatures.--If it appears that the petition under...

Section 11060 - Certification to county board of elections, ballots or ballot labels and expense of elections - (a) Certification.--The city clerk, after consultation with the city solicitor,...

Section 11061 - Form of ballot or ballot label - The ballot used when voting on the ordinance shall contain...

Section 11062 - Computing and filing returns - (a) Computing.--An officer holding an election shall keep a tally...

Section 11063 - Effect of vote - If a majority of the electors vote in favor of...

Section 11064 - Publication of ordinance before election - Before any referendum is held on any ordinance in accordance...

Chapter 111 - Executive Department

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 111 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 11101 - Executive departments - The city may enact an ordinance establishing departments to implement...

Section 11102 - Determination of powers and duties of departments - Council may, by ordinance, do all of the following: (1)...

Section 11103 - Designation of department directors - (a) Duties of mayor.-- (1) If a department of public...

Section 11104 - Department directors responsible for city property and supplies and reports - A department director shall be responsible for the property and...

Section 11105 - Quarterly reports from department directors - (a) Report.--At the close of each quarter of the fiscal...

Chapter 112 - Mayor

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 112 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 11201 - Qualifications - The qualifications for office of mayor shall be as follows:...

Section 11202 - Inauguration - The mayor shall be the chief executive of the city....

Section 11203 - Execution of laws, powers of sheriff conferred and emergency powers - (a) Execution.--The mayor shall execute and enforce the ordinances of...

Section 11204 - Official seal of mayor - Council shall provide an official seal for the mayor in...

Section 11205 - Supervision of conduct of city officers - (a) Supervision.--The mayor shall supervise the conduct of all city...

Section 11206 - City government reports - The mayor may request a report from a city official...

Section 11207 - Acknowledgments and oaths - The mayor may take acknowledgments of any instruments in writing...

Section 11208 - Salary - (a) Payment.-- (1) The mayor shall receive for the mayor's...

Section 11209 - Powers and duties of acting mayor - (a) Absence or inability to act.--During the absence of the...

Chapter 112A - City Administrator

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 112A was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 112A00 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 112A01 - Office of city administrator - (a) Establishment.--Council may enact an ordinance by a majority vote...

Section 112A02 - Appointment of city administrator - (a) Appointment.--In a city that has established an office of...

Section 112A03 - Employment agreement - (a) Agreement.--Council may enter into an employment agreement with the...

Section 112A04 - Residency and elective city office - At the time an individual is appointed to fill the...

Section 112A05 - Powers and duties - (a) Powers and duties generally.--Council may, by ordinance, vest in...

Chapter 114 - City Treasurer

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 114 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 11401 - Qualifications - The qualifications for the office of city treasurer shall be...

Section 11402 - Bond, insurance and salary - (a) Conditioning.--The city treasurer shall provide lawful fidelity bond, covering...

Section 11402.1 - City treasurer to be tax collector - Except as otherwise provided by the act of December 31,...

Section 11402.2 - Delivery of duplicates of taxes - (a) Duplicate delivery.-- (1) Not later than 30 days after...

Section 11402.3 - Tax liens and liability for false returns - (a) Tax liens.--Upon the settlement of the duplicates of city,...

Section 11403 - Receipt and payment of money - (a) Payments.--The city treasurer shall receive all money payable to...

Section 11404 - Method of keeping accounts - The accounts of the city treasurer shall clearly exhibit all...

Section 11405 - Restrictions on money paid out - Money may not be paid out of the city treasury...

Section 11406 - Depositories of city funds - (a) Depositories.--The city treasurer shall keep public funds in banks...

Section 11407 - Delivery of city property - The city treasurer shall, upon leaving office, deliver to the...

Section 11408 - Appointment of deputy city treasurer and employees - (a) Appointments.--The city treasurer may appoint the following: (1) A...

Chapter 115 - City Engineer

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 115 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 11501 - Appointment of city engineer - Council shall provide for the manner of appointment and compensation...

Section 11502 - Control of engineering matters - The city engineer shall have the supervision, direction and control...

Section 11503 - Duties - As authorized by council, engineering work undertaken by the city...

Section 11504 - Certifying commencement and completion of municipal improvements - (a) Certification.--Within a reasonable time after the completion of any...

Section 11505 - Entering upon property for surveys - For the purposes of carrying out authorized surveys, laying out...

Chapter 116 - City Solicitor

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 116 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 11601 - Appointment of city solicitor - Council shall provide, by ordinance, for the manner of appointment...

Section 11602 - Direction of legal matters - The city solicitor shall have the direction and control of...

Section 11603 - Duties - The city solicitor shall have the following duties: (1) Overseeing,...

Section 11604 - Written opinions to be furnished - (a) Opinions.--Subject to regulation by council in accordance with subsection...

Section 11607 - Satisfaction of liens due city - Upon the payment of any lien or other debt of...

Section 11609 - Assistant solicitor - Council may appoint one or more assistant city solicitors to...

Section 11610 - Special counsel - Council may retain special counsel for particular proceedings or matters...

Chapter 117 - City Controller and Independent Auditor

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 117 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 11701 - Qualifications, bond and compensation - (a) Qualifications.--The qualifications for the position of city controller shall...

Section 11704 - Powers and duties of city controller - (a) Payment authorization.--The city controller shall countersign all documents authorizing...

Section 11704.1 - Deputy controller and employees - The city controller may appoint a deputy controller and may...

Section 11704.2 - Temporary deputy controller - In case of the sickness, absence or inability of a...

Section 11704.3 - Continuation of office - The appointment of an independent auditor in accordance with Subchapter...

Section 11704.11 - Appointment of independent auditor - Council shall provide, by resolution, for the appointment of an...

Section 11704.12 - Powers and duties of independent auditor - (a) Annual audit.--The independent auditor shall conduct an annual audit...

Section 11705 - Annual report to council and appeals - (a) Audit report.-- (1) At council's first meeting in March...

Chapter 118 - Accounts and Finances

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 118 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 11801 - Fiscal year - The fiscal year of each city shall begin on January...

Section 11802 - Powers and duties of chief fiscal officer - (a) Appointment.--Council shall appoint a chief fiscal officer. In filling...

Section 11803 - Deputy chief fiscal officer - (a) Appointment.--Council may authorize the chief fiscal officer to appoint,...

Section 11804 - Regulations concerning appropriation - (a) Debt.--Debt may not be incurred by any department of...

Section 11804.1 - Investment of city money - (a) General rule.--Council shall have power to provide the following:...

Section 11805 - Countersigning documents, money available and evidence required - (a) General rule.--The chief fiscal officer shall countersign all documents,...

Section 11806 - Record of assets, property, trusts, debts due, receipts and expenditures - The chief fiscal officer or other official or employee of...

Section 11807 - Supervision of accounts of departments - The chief fiscal officer shall have the supervision and control...

Section 11808 - Suggestions for improvement of city finances - The chief fiscal officer may, and when council directs shall,...

Section 11809 - Annual budget, presentation to council, notice, revision and adoption - (a) Introduction.--Each year at the last stated meeting in November,...

Section 11810 - Amending budget and notice - (a) General rule.--During the month of January following the expiration...

Section 11811 - Appropriations, tax rate and limitations - (a) General rule.--When all estimates for the receipts, liabilities and...

Section 11811.2 - Borrowing in anticipation of current revenue - In accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. VII Subpt. B (relating...

Section 11812 - Annual reports, publication, filing report with Department of Community and Economic Development and penalty - (a) Annual report.--The chief fiscal officer shall make a report,...

Section 11813 - Committee to prepare uniform forms - (a) General rule.--The uniform financial report forms under this chapter...

Section 11814 - Annual reports to council on insurance and bonds - The chief fiscal officer shall prepare or cause to be...

Chapter 119 - Contracts

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 119 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 11901 - Power to make and regulate contracts - (a) General rule.--Each city may execute contracts for the purpose...

Section 11901.1 - Contracts or purchases in excess of base amount of $18,500 - (a) General rule.--Except as provided in section 11901.4(b) (relating to...

Section 11901.2 - Contracts or purchases not in excess of base amount of $18,500 - With regard to all contracts or purchases not in excess...

Section 11901.3 - Determining amount of contract - The amount of the contract shall be the entire amount...

Section 11901.4 - Contracts or purchases not requiring advertising or bidding - (a) Not in excess of base amount.--City contracts or purchases,...

Section 11901.5 - Receipt, opening, award or rejection of bids - (a) Advertisement.--If advertisement and bidding are required, the advertisement shall...

Section 11901.6 - Bid, performance and payment security - (a) Bid security.--The following shall apply to bid security: (1)...

Section 11901.7 - Compliance with other laws - Every contract subject to this chapter shall comply, as applicable,...

Section 11901.8 - Prohibitions - No individual, consultant, firm or corporation contracting with a city...

Section 11901.9 - Lowest responsible bidder - For purposes of this chapter, the lowest responsible bidder need...

Section 11902 - Evasion of advertising requirements - The following shall apply: (1) No elected or appointed official...

Section 11903.1 - Adjustments to base amount based on Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers - Adjustments to the base amounts specified under sections 11901.1 (relating...

Section 11906 - Designation of appropriations, certification in excess of appropriation and contracts for governmental services for more than one year - With regard to any contract, council may direct the city...

Section 11908.1 - Purchase contracts for petroleum products, fire company and participation - Council of each city shall have power to permit, subject...

Section 11909 - Separate bids for plumbing, heating, ventilating and electrical work, elevators and escalators - The following shall apply: (1) In the preparation of specifications...

Section 11910 - Acceptance by contractor of Workers' Compensation Act - (a) General rule.--All contracts executed by any city which involve...

Section 11911 - Contracts for improvements and assignment of assessments - Where the whole or any part of the cost of...

Section 11912 - Architects and engineers in employ of city, prohibitions from bidding on public works and penalty - (a) Bidding.--It shall be unlawful for any architect or engineer...

Section 11916 - Contracts with passenger or transportation companies - Except as may be prohibited by 66 Pa.C.S. Pt. I...

Chapter 120 - Police Force

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 120 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 12001 - Appointment, number, rank, compensation and qualifications of police officers - (a) General rule.--Council shall fix, by ordinance, the number, grades...

Section 12002 - Designation of chief - The chief of police shall be designated by the mayor...

Section 12003 - Extra police officers and compensation - The mayor may appoint extra police officers, whenever it is...

Section 12005 - Powers of police officers to arrest - Police officers shall be ex-officio constables of the city and...

Section 12006 - Service of process, fees and payment into treasury - Police officers shall have authority to serve and to execute...

Section 12007 - Supervision by mayor - The chief of police shall obey the orders of the...

Section 12008 - Extra compensation prohibited, exception and penalty - No police officer shall ask, demand or receive any compensation...

Section 12009 - Compensation or insurance for volunteer police officer - Each city may make necessary appropriations to provide compensation or...

Section 12010 - School crossing guards - (a) Request.--Upon request of the board of school directors of...

Chapter 121 - Fire Bureau

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 121 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 12101 - Organization of fire bureau, maintenance and apparatus - With regard to a city fire bureau, council shall have...

Section 12101.1 - Appointment and demotion of fire chief - The mayor, by and with approval and consent of council,...

Section 12102 - Paid fire bureau, election of officers and companies - When a paid fire bureau is organized by any city,...

Section 12103 - Platoon system and hours of service - (a) General rule.--The director of the department having charge of...

Section 12104 - Fire marshal - (a) General rule.--A city may, by ordinance, provide for the...

Section 12105 - Obstructing fire marshal - (a) General rule.--It shall be unlawful for any person to...

Section 12106 - Investigation of cause of fire and power of mayor - The mayor of any city may issue a subpoena in...

Section 12107 - Fire chief ex-officio fire marshal - The fire chief of a city shall be ex-officio fire...

Section 12108 - Compensation insurance for injured volunteer firefighters or special fire police - A city may make appropriations to secure insurance or compensation...

Section 12109 - Salary of nonunion city fire officers - A fire chief or head of a fire department of...

Chapter 122 - Surveys and Surface Support in Coal Mining Areas

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 122 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 12203 - Survey of mines - (a) General rule.--For the purpose of conducting a survey as...

Section 12204 - Operators to furnish maps and contents - The owner, operator or superintendent of a coal mine or...

Section 12205 - Extensions to be placed on maps - (a) Duty to update.--Not less than once every three months,...

Section 12206 - Certain surface supports not to be removed - It shall be unlawful for an individual, partnership, association or...

Section 12207 - Penalty for surface support violations - An individual, corporation or association violating the provisions of this...

Section 12209 - Enactment of ordinances - Council may enact ordinances necessary for the enforcement of the...

Chapter 123 - Public Health

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 123 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 12300 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 12301 - Board of health - A city shall have a board of health. Council may,...

Section 12302 - Members of appointed boards of health - (a) General rule.--Council shall appoint five members to a board...

Section 12303 - Oath of office - (a) General rule.--Each member of the board of health shall...

Section 12304 - Duties of secretary - The secretary of the board shall: (1) Keep the minutes...

Section 12305 - Health officer - (a) Selection and oath.-- (1) Council shall, by ordinance, determine...

Section 12306 - Duties of health officer - (a) General rule.--The health officer shall: (1) Attend all regular...

Section 12307 - Duties of board of health - (a) General rule.--The board of health shall prevent or diminish...

Section 12308 - Powers of board of health - The board of health shall: (1) If authorized by council,...

Section 12309 - Effect of rules and regulations - Rules and regulations adopted by the board of health shall...

Section 12310 - Fees and penalties - All fees and penalties collected or received by the board...

Section 12311 - Proceedings of board of health to be public - The proceedings of the board of health shall be public...

Section 12320 - Determination of public nuisances - (a) General rule.--A condition or usage in a city, whether...

Section 12321 - Abatement of public nuisances by designated department - (a) Duty to report.--If, in accordance with this subchapter, the...

Section 12330 - Board of directors of corporation to be appointed members of board of health - (a) General rule.--Council may, by ordinance, appoint the members of...

Section 12332 - Power of board - The board of health under this subchapter shall have all...

Section 12333 - Health officer - Pursuant to section 12305(b) (relating to health officer), council may...

Section 12334 - Secretary - The secretary of the board of directors of the nonprofit...

Section 12335 - Filling of vacancies - (a) General rule.--Council may appoint successors for vacancies on the...

Section 12337 - No compensation for members - The members of the board of health under this subchapter...

Section 12338 - Applicability of subchapter - This subchapter shall be effective only under the circumstances set...

Section 12340 - Penalty - Any person who: (1) violates any provision of this chapter...

Chapter 124 - Corporate Powers

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 124 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 12402 - Powers of cities - (a) General rule.--A city is declared to be a body...

Section 12402.1 - City property and affairs - (a) General rule.--In exercising its discretion to make decisions that...

Section 12403 - Payment of debts and expenses - Council may provide for the payment of the debts and...

Section 12404 - Creation of reserve funds - (a) Capital reserve fund.-- (1) Council may create and maintain...

Section 12405 - Hiring of employees and salaries - Council may provide for and regulate the manner of hiring...

Section 12406 - Creation of necessary offices or boards - In addition to the city departments established in accordance with...

Section 12407 - Lockups - (a) General rule.--Council may provide for lockup facilities as deemed...

Section 12408 - Marketplaces - Council may: (1) Purchase, lease and own ground for marketplaces....

Section 12409 - Accumulation of ashes, garbage, solid waste and refuse materials - (a) General rule.--Council in the manner authorized by the act...

Section 12410 - Regulation of pets and feral animals - Council may, by ordinance, prohibit and regulate the running at...

Section 12411 - Inspection and regulation of fireplaces and chimneys and smoke regulations - In conformity with Federal and State laws and regulations, council...

Section 12412 - Fireworks and inflammable articles - In conformity with Federal and State laws and regulations, council...

Section 12413 - Regulation of division fences, party walls and foundations - (a) Authority.-- (1) Subject to the provisions of and regulations...

Section 12414 - Nuisances - Council may prohibit and abate public nuisances in accordance with...

Section 12415 - Regulation of encroachments - In compliance with applicable State laws and city ordinances, council...

Section 12416 - Shade trees - (a) Power to regulate.-- (1) Council may, by ordinance, regulate...

Section 12417 - Numbering of buildings - Council may require and regulate the numbering of buildings and...

Section 12418 - Transportation stands - Council may establish stands for taxis, buses, automobiles and other...

Section 12419 - Police force - (a) General rule.--Council may establish and maintain a police force...

Section 12420 - Police regulations - Council may establish and enforce suitable police regulations for the...

Section 12421 - Rewards - Council may offer rewards for the arrest and conviction of...

Section 12422 - Prevent riots - Council may prevent and restrain riots, noises, disturbances or disorderly...

Section 12423 - Regulate discharge of guns and deadly weapons - To the extent permitted by Federal and other State law,...

Section 12424 - Racing and dangerous practices - With regard to streets and public places in the city,...

Section 12425 - Bathing, recreational swimming establishments and boathouses and bathhouses - To the extent permitted by the act of June 23,...

Section 12426 - Musical entertainment - Council may appropriate money to defray the expenses of musical...

Section 12427 - Aid to historical societies - Council may make annual appropriations for the support and maintenance...

Section 12428 - Establishment of institutions to collect educational collections - (a) General rule.--Council may establish institutions authorized to collect and...

Section 12429 - Ambulances and rescue and lifesaving services - Council may: (1) Acquire, operate and maintain motor vehicles for...

Section 12430 - Insurance - (a) Contracts authorized.--Council, in its discretion or as required by...

Section 12431 - Parking lots - Council may acquire, by lease, purchase or condemnation proceedings, land...

Section 12432 - Disorderly conduct - Council may, by ordinance, prohibit disorderly conduct within the limits...

Section 12433 - Official expenses on city business - Council may make appropriations for the reasonable expenses of city...

Section 12434 - Municipal authorities and cooperation with other political subdivisions - (a) Municipal authorities.--Council may, by ordinance, individually or in cooperation...

Section 12435 - Local self-government - Council shall have the power to enact, make, adopt, modify,...

Section 12436 - Historical property - Council may acquire, by purchase or gift, repair, supervise, operate...

Section 12437 - Appropriations for handling, storage and distribution of surplus foods - (a) Appropriations.--Council may appropriate from city funds money for the...

Section 12438 - Junk dealers and junk yards - Council may regulate and license junk dealers and the establishment...

Section 12439 - Appropriations for industrial development - Council may make appropriations to an industrial development organization as...

Section 12440 - Nondebt revenue bonds - Consistent with and without limitation of any power conferred or...

Section 12441 - Appropriations for urban common carrier mass transportation - Council may make appropriations for urban common carrier mass transportation...

Section 12442 - Appropriation for nonprofit art corporation - (a) Appropriation.--Council may appropriate money annually, of not more than...

Section 12443 - Ratification and validation of real estate sales - (a) Ratification and validation.--A deed conveying title to real estate...

Section 12444 - Validation and maintenance of certain records - (a) Validation of records.--Except as otherwise provided by law, city...

Section 12445 - Rights within streets and rights-of-way - (a) Rights within streets.--Council may consent to a person using...

Section 12446 - Emergency services - (a) Provision of emergency services.--A city shall be responsible for...

Section 12447 - Charitable purposes - (a) Creation of city bureau or agency.--Council may, by ordinance,...

Section 12448 - Observances, celebrations and recognition - (a) Appropriation.--Council may appropriate funds for any of the following:...

Chapter 125 - Taxation

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 125 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 12522 - Assessment powers - (a) Power to appoint assessors.--With regard to the valuing and...

Section 12531 - Tax levies - (a) Property tax.--Council may, by resolution for taxes levied at...

Section 12531.1 - Exemptions from taxation - Council may, by ordinance or resolution, exempt any individual whose...

Section 12531.2 - Certification of schedule - For the purpose of delinquent tax collection and the filing...

Section 12542.1 - Public sale of property to satisfy tax claims - (a) Public sale.--Property upon which city real estate taxes have...

Section 12543 - Certification of schedules to city treasurer - At the request of the city treasurer, any person acting...

Section 12546 - Record of sales, purchase and resale - (a) Record of sales.--The city treasurer shall keep in the...

Section 12552.1 - Conduct of tax sales - The procedures and requirements relating to the sale of property...

Chapter 126 - Licenses and License Fees

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 126 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 12601 - Licensing and regulatory powers - In addition to all other powers granted by this part...

Section 12601.1 - Registration of businesses or occupations - (a) Registration.--Council may, by ordinance, designate the types or kinds...

Section 12602 - Regulation of motor vehicles - (a) General rule.--Subject to subsection (b), a city may regulate...

Section 12603 - Licensing of plumbers - Council may, as provided by ordinance or the laws of...

Section 12604 - Power to regulate and license transient merchants - (a) General rule.--With regard to transient merchants, a city shall...

Section 12605 - Regulation of special events - (a) Special events.--In addition to other licensing and regulatory powers...

Section 12650 - Regulation of parking lot and parking garage operators - (a) General rule.--For the purpose of protecting the public, a...

Section 12651 - Farmers - A city may not levy or collect a license fee...

Section 12652 - Insurance business - A city may not levy or collect a license fee...

Section 12653 - Persons taking orders by samples - A city may not levy or collect a license fee...

Section 12654 - Commonwealth licenses - This chapter shall not be construed to relieve a person...

Chapter 127 - Real Estate Registry

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 127 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 12704 - Real estate registry - (a) Registration requirement.--For the purpose of procuring accurate information on...

Chapter 127A - Nuisance Abatement

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 127A was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 127A01 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...

Section 127A02 - Report and investigation of public nuisance - (a) Designation of department.--Council shall designate the department to which...

Section 127A03 - Summary abatement - (a) General rule.--A city shall have the power to utilize...

Section 127A04 - Prior notice of abatement - (a) Abatement authority.--The department shall have the authority to abate...

Section 127A05 - Abatement by owner - (a) Duty of owner.--Within 30 days after written notice has...

Section 127A06 - Appeal after notice and hearing - (a) Hearing.--A city shall, by ordinance, provide a procedure by...

Section 127A07 - Abatement by city after notice and statement of costs - (a) Abatement by city after notice.--If a public nuisance has...

Section 127A08 - Assistance in abatement - In abating a public nuisance, the department may call upon...

Section 127A09 - Salvage of material - If deemed practicable by the department, the department may salvage...

Section 127A10 - Notice of assessment and appeal of charges - (a) Notice of assessment.--Upon receipt of the statement of costs...

Section 127A11 - Personal liability of owner - Notwithstanding the right of the city to utilize in rem...

Section 127A12 - Administrative fee and civil penalties - Whenever a public nuisance is abated by the city, the...

Chapter 128 - Eminent Domain

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 128 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 12801 - Exercise of eminent domain - (a) General rule.--In addition to all other purposes for which...

Section 12802 - Restrictions as to certain property - (a) General rule.--In addition to the restrictions made by other...

Section 12803 - Title acquired - Except as otherwise provided by law, if land or other...

Section 12824 - Assessment awards - In proceedings to assess damages and benefits, one of the...

Chapter 129 - Streets

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 129 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 12901 - Map of streets - (a) General rule.--Council may authorize and approve a comprehensive map...

Section 12902 - Laying out streets - (a) General rule.--A city may lay out streets by any...

Section 12903 - Effect of laying out street - With regard to land not previously used by the city...

Section 12904 - Improvements within laid-out streets - (a) General rule.--No permit shall be issued for any building...

Section 12915 - Power to open and alter streets - (a) General rule.--With regard to any street or any part...

Section 12916 - Ordinances when no petition is presented - (a) General rule.--An ordinance shall be enacted for the opening,...

Section 12917 - Erection of improvements restricted - (a) General rule.--Any ordinance widening or straightening any street shall...

Section 12918 - Petition for opening - (a) Presentment to council.--A petition may be presented to council...

Section 12919 - Notice of petition - (a) General rule.--After a petition has been presented in accordance...

Section 12922 - Assessment of damages and benefits - If necessary, in any proceedings to exercise one of the...

Section 12930 - Power to grade, pave and macadamize - (a) General rule.--A city may grade, pave, macadamize or otherwise...

Section 12931 - Payment of cost of improvement - (a) General rule.--The costs and expenses of the improvements done...

Section 12938 - Preparation of streets for paving or repairing - (a) General rule.--Council may provide, by ordinance, for the laying,...

Section 12939 - Highways in cities - (a) Power over highways.--Powers, rights and duties given to a...

Section 12950 - Grade crossing - (a) Railroad crossings.--A city constructing a street across a railroad...

Section 12955 - Acquisition of unobstructed views - Any city may acquire, by purchase or by the right...

Section 12960 - Use of abutting lands for embankments, slopes, fills and culverts - (a) General rule.--In the grading of any street, a city...

Section 12970 - Appropriation for connections with highways - A city may, singly or jointly with other political subdivisions,...

Section 12975 - Street closings and detours - (a) General rule.--The following shall apply to the closing of...

Section 12985 - Maintenance of streets forming boundaries - (a) General rule.--A street on the boundary line between a...

Section 12986 - Streets, the center line of which is the boundary between city and another municipal corporation - (a) General rule.--A city may enter into a contract with...

Section 12988 - Streets more than half of whose width is within city - (a) Authority to improve entire street.--Whenever any street, more than...

Section 12989 - Assessment for improvements on property outside limits where street entirely within city - Whenever any street, entirely within the limits of any city,...

Chapter 130 - Sidewalks

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 130 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 13001 - Power to lay out and grade sidewalks and compel construction of sidewalks - (a) General rule.--Any city may lay out, ordain and establish...

Section 13002 - Construction by cities upon failure of owner and collection of cost - (a) General rule.--Upon failure of any owner of property abutting...

Section 13002.1 - Ordinances - All reconstruction, repaving and recurbing of sidewalks may be included...

Section 13003 - Emergency repairs - (a) General rule.--Any city may make emergency repairs to sidewalks,...

Chapter 131 - Bridges

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 131 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 13101 - Construction and maintenance of bridges - (a) General rule.--Cities may locate, build and maintain bridges, wholly...

Section 13102 - Ordinance for location of bridges - (a) General rule.--Cities may enact ordinances fixing the location and...

Section 13103 - Right to appropriate property - (a) Failure to agree on damages.--A city that has not...

Section 13110 - Agreement for joint construction and maintenance - (a) General rule.--The city may enter into an agreement with...

Section 13114 - Recording of contract - Any of the contracts provided for under this chapter may...

Section 13115 - Power to construct boundary bridges - Whenever a creek over which a bridge may be necessary...

Section 13135 - Acquisition of existing bridges - (a) General rule.--A city may purchase, condemn, maintain and use...

Chapter 132 - Sanitary Sewers

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 132 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 13201 - Construction of sanitary sewers, cost and eminent domain - (a) General rule.--A city shall have the power to construct...

Section 13201.1 - Required connection and fees - (a) General rule.--In addition to paying for the cost and...

Section 13206 - Construction of sanitary sewage treatment works - (a) General rule.--A city may construct, or cause to be...

Section 13213.1 - Rental fees or charges - (a) General rule.--All persons whose property is connected to a...

Section 13222.1 - Acquisition of existing sanitary sewer systems - (a) General rule.--A city may, by ordinance, acquire all or...

Section 13230 - Sewers outside cartway and curb lines - (a) General rule.--Cities may require and permit sanitary sewers and...

Section 13240 - Building joint sewers - (a) General rule.--Cities may, jointly with other municipalities or municipal...

Section 13241 - Approval of Department of Environmental Protection - No sewer or plant shall be constructed until plans and...

Section 13245.1 - Connection to existing municipal sanitary sewer - (a) General rule.--A city may, by agreement, connect with an...

Section 13250 - Sewers extended outside of city - (a) General rule.--A city with a sanitary sewer system may...

Chapter 134 - Watercourses, Flood Protection Projects and Storm Water Systems

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 134 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 13401 - Establishing and changing watercourses, flood protection projects and storm water systems - (a) General rule.--Subject to obtaining, if required, the authorization of...

Section 13407 - Assessment of benefits and liens - (a) General rule.--With regard to improvements made pursuant to section...

Section 13408 - Waters excepted - Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to any watercourse...

Chapter 135 - Utility Service

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 135 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 13501.1 - Right to furnish water, lighting, electric, gas or other similar utility service - (a) Authority of city.--A city may supply water, lighting, electric,...

Section 13540.1 - Power to furnish utilities to consumers outside city - A city that provides utility service in accordance with section...

Section 13585 - Payment of cost of extensions - When an extension of pipes, wires or conduits is made...

Section 13587 - Fixing rates - Council shall fix, or may delegate to a city department...

Section 13588 - Collection of utility charges - (a) Authority for ordinance.--Council shall provide, by ordinance, for the...

Section 13590 - Disposition of revenues - The revenues derived from the city's furnishing of water, light,...

Chapter 136 - Public Buildings and Works

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 136 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 13601 - Public buildings generally - (a) Authority of city.--With regard to a public building, a...

Section 13603 - Payment of erection and maintenance costs - A city may: (1) Appropriate money and incur debt in...

Section 13605 - Donation of land by city for library purposes and contributions toward maintenance - In addition to the power to make an appropriation, donation...

Section 13606 - Rental of public auditorium and disposition of proceeds - In the case of a public auditorium, a city may,...

Section 13607 - Long-term improvement lease - (a) Authority of city.--A city may lease city real estate...

Chapter 137 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 137 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 13703 - Acquisition of lands and buildings - By purchase, gift or right of eminent domain, a city...

Section 13703.1 - Powers of council and delegation - (a) Council.--Council may equip, operate, supervise and maintain a recreation...

Section 13705 - Creation and composition of recreation board - (a) Establishment.--Council may establish in the city a recreation board....

Section 13706 - Organization of board - The members of a recreation board established under this chapter...

Section 13707 - Joint ownership and maintenance - A city may acquire, jointly with one or more other...

Section 13708 - Borrowing - Council may borrow money and incur debt in accordance with...

Section 13709 - Maintenance and tax levy - An expense incurred in the maintenance and operation of a...

Section 13709.1 - City trust - (a) Authority of city and council.--The following shall apply: (1)...

Section 13718 - Park rangers - (a) Authority of council.--Under the provisions of this chapter, council...

Chapter 141A - Uniform Construction Code, Property Maintenance Code and Reserved Powers

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 141A was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 141A01 - Primacy of certain codes - (a) Applicability.--The Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and the Uniform Construction...

Section 141A02 - Changes in Uniform Construction Code - A city may propose and enact an ordinance to equal...

Section 141A03 - Public nuisance - A building, housing or property erected, altered, extended, reconstructed, removed...

Section 141A04 - Property maintenance code - (a) Enactment.--Notwithstanding the primacy of the Uniform Construction Code, a...

Section 141A05 - Reserved powers - If, as a result of legislative action or final order...

Chapter 142 - Aeronautics

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 142 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 14201 - Power to acquire land for aeronautical purposes and maintenance of municipal airports - A city may establish and maintain a municipal airport and...

Section 14203 - Leasing of land acquired for aeronautical purposes - A city acquiring land for aeronautical purposes may lease the...

Section 14204 - Operation of facilities jointly - A city may operate and maintain a municipal airport, landing...

Section 14205 - Appropriation for support of air navigation facilities - A city that does not own, lease or operate a...

Chapter 143 - Pensions

Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 143 was added November 24, 2015, P.L.242, No.67,...

Section 14300 - Definitions - (a) Chapter.--The following words and phrases when used in this...

Section 14301 - Police pension fund - (a) Establishment.--By ordinance, a city shall establish a police pension...

Section 14302 - Retirement and final discharge - (a) Requirements for ordinance.--With regard to continuous service and minimum...

Section 14302.1 - Limited vested benefit - (a) Ordinance.--The ordinance establishing a police pension fund may provide...

Section 14303 - Allowance and service increments - (a) Allowance.--A payment for an allowance shall only be a...

Section 14303.1 - Increase of allowances after retirement - (a) Increase of allowance.--Upon the recommendation of the persons having...

Section 14303.2 - Total disability - (a) Injury sustained in the line of duty.--Notwithstanding any provision...

Section 14304 - Inalienable rights in fund - Whenever an individual becomes entitled to receive an allowance from...

Section 14305 - Payments to police pension fund by city - Unless otherwise required by the act of December 18, 1984...

Section 14306 - Management of police pension fund - Only a person designated in accordance with section 14301(b)(4) (relating...

Section 14307 - Trust for benefit of police pension fund - By gift, grant, devise or bequest, a city may take...

Section 14308 - Repayment before retirement - (a) Refund.--If a contributing member of the police pension fund...

Section 14319 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...

Section 14320 - Firefighters pension fund, management and annuity contracts - (a) Duty of city.--Except as provided in this subchapter, a...

Section 14320.1 - Limited vested benefit for firefighters - (a) Ordinance.--The ordinance establishing a firefighters pension fund may provide...

Section 14321 - Retirement and final discharge - (a) Ordinance.--With regard to continuous service and minimum age requirements,...

Section 14322 - Pensions and service increments - (a) Payments.--The following apply: (1) Payments of pensions shall only...

Section 14322.1 - Increase of allowances after retirement - (a) Recommendation.--A city may, at any time, at its discretion...

Section 14323 - Causes for forfeiture of rights in fund and other employments - (a) Requirement.--Whenever an individual becomes entitled to receive a pension...

Section 14324 - Payments to firefighters pension fund by city - Unless otherwise required by the act of December 18, 1984...

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