Ordinances

Township Code (ordinances) through 2013 are available for viewing below or at the Township Offices. The descriptions below are not all inclusive, so please view the code sections or index. Also be sure to view the previous year’s or current year’s ordinances (if any) as they will update the various sections of the Code listed below.

All Township Codes are for reference purposes only.

• Index

PART TWO – ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

Title Two – General Provisions

• • 202 – Codified Ordinances
  • 204 – Official Standards
  • 206 – Wards and Boundaries
  • 208 – Investments

Title Four – Legislation

• • 220 – Board of Commissioners
  • 222 – Ordinances and Resolutions

Title Six – Administration

• • 230 – Treasurer
  • 232 – Assessor
  • 234 – Auditor (Repealed)
  • 236 – Secretary
  • 238 – Solicitor
  • 240 – Engineer
  • 242 – Police Department
  • 244 – Volunteer Fire Department
  • 246 – Department of Zoning and Building

Title 8 – Boards, Commissions, and Authorities

• • 260 – Planning Commission
  • 262 – Zoning Hearing Board
  • 264 – Shade Tree Commission
  • 266 – Recreation Board
  • 268 – Civil Service Commission
  • 270 – Police Pension Fund Committee
  • 272 – East Erie Suburban Recreation and Conservation Authority

Title Ten – Employment Provisions

• • 280 – Employees Generally
  • 282 – Police Pension Plan

Title Twelve – Judiciary

• • 290 – District Justice and Court of Common Pleas

PART 4 – TRAFFIC CODE

• 410 – Administration, Enforcement, and Penalty
• 420 – Special Uses of Public Ways
• 430 – Operation of Vehicles Generally
• 460 – Parking

PART 6 – GENERAL OFFENSES CODE

• 610 – Alcoholic Beverages
• 616 – Animals
• 650 – Offenses Relating to Property
• 656 – Peace Disturbances
• 668 – Safety, Sanitation, and Health
• 678 – Weapons and Explosives

PART 8 – BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE

• 814 – Cable Television
• 816 – Unconventional Gas Wells
• 840 – Mechanical Amusement Devices
• 864 – Rental Unit and Tenant Registration
• 866 – Sexually Oriented Businesses
• 870 – Transient Retail Businesses
• 880 – Earned Income Tax
• 884 – Local Services Tax
• 888 – Real Estate Transfer Tax
• 892 – Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance

PART 10 – STREETS, UTILITIES, AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE

Title Two – Street and Sidewalk Areas

• • 1020 – Excavations
  • 1022 – Trees

Title Four – Utilities

• • 1040 – Sewers Generally
  • 1042 – Pretreatment Regulations
  • 1043 – Stormwater Management
  • 1044 – Sewer Rates and Charges
  • 1046 – Water
  • 1048 – Electricity
  • 1050 – Gas

Title Six – Other Public Services

• • 1060 – Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
  • 1061 – Recycling
  • 1062 – Parks and Recreation Areas
  • 1064 – Use of Township Facilities and Services

PART 12 – PLANNING AND ZONING CODE

Title Two – Planning

• • 1220 – Planning Commission

Title Four – Subdivision Regulations

• • 1240 – General Provisions and Definitions
  • 1242 – Administration, Enforcement, and Penalty
  • 1244 – Plan Processing Procedures
  • 1246 – Plan Specifications
  • 1248 – Design Standards
  • 1250 – Improvements

Title Six – Zoning

• • 1260 – General Provisions and Definitions
  • 1262 – Administration, Enforcement, and Penalty
  • 1264 – Zoning Hearing Board
  • 1266 – Districts Generally and Zoning Map
  • 1268 – R-1 Residential Districts
  • 1270 – R-2 Residential Districts
  • 1272 – B-1 Business Districts
  • 1274 – I-1 Industrial Districts
  • 1276 – F-P Flood Plain Districts
  • 1278 – C-1 Conservation Districts
  • 1279 – Airport District Overlay
  • 1280 – Lot, Height, and Yard Requirements
  • 1282 – Nonconforming Uses
  • 1284 – Conditional Uses
  • 1285 – Signs
  • 1286 – Supplementary Regulations

PART 14 – BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE

Title Two – Building

• • 1420 – Flood Control
  • 1426 – Bluff Setbacks
  • 1426 – Numbering of Buildings
  • 1428 – Uniform Construction Code

Title Four – Housing

• • 1440 – General Provisions and Definitions
  • 1444 – Administration, Enforcement, and Penalty
  • 1448 – General Requirements

PART 16 – FIRE PREVENTION CODE

Chapter 1610 – Fire Protection and Other Emergency Services

• • 1610.01 – Purpose and Scope of Authority
  • 1610.02 – Definitions
  • 1610.03 – Fire Company Recognized
  • 1610.04 – Authorized Duties and Permitted Activities of Fire Company
  • 1610.05 – Other Activities of Fire Fighters
  • 1610.06 – Insurance Coverage Benefits
  • 1610.07 – Interference with Fire-Suppression Forces
  • 1610.08 – Control of Equipment and Funds
  • 1610.09 – Annual Financial Reporting; Fire Company Reporting, Appropriations and Disbursements
  • 1610.10 – Election of Officers
  • 1610.11 – Delinquency of Fire Service
  • 1610.12 – Municipal Liability
  • 1610.13 – Fire Prevention Code
  • 1610.14 – Enforcement of the Fire Prevention Code
  • 1610.15 – Storage Limits
  • 1610.16 – Motor Vehicle Routes for Transporting Explosives
  • 1610.17 – Fire Lanes
  • 1610.18 – Amendments to the Fire Prevention Code
  • 1610.19 – Modifications of the Fire Prevention Code
  • 1610.20 – Appeals
  • 1610.21 – New Materials, Processes or Occupancies Which May Require Permits
  • 1610.22 – Fee for Permit
  • 1610.23 – Violations of the Fire Prevention Code
  • 1610.24 – Penalty for Violation of the Fire Prevention Code
  • 1610.25 – Saving Clause
  • 1610.99 – Violations and Penalties