Every town writes its own rules, and Lehighton's live in its municipal code — 72 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
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- Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-15)
- Ch 5 — Capital Reserve Fund (§ 5-1 – § 5-3)
- Ch 7 — Drug Task Force Agreement, Municipal (§ 7-1 – § 7-11)
- Ch 8 — Emergency Management Plan
- Ch 11 — Fire Department (§ 11-1 – § 11-21)
- Ch 13 — Joint Board of Appeals (§ 13-1 – § 13-7)
- Ch 15 — Local Government Trust Fund (§ 15-1 – § 15-4)
- Ch 19 — Officers and Employees (§ 19-1 – § 19-12)
- Ch 21 — Parks and Recreation Board (§ 21-1 – § 21-9)
- Ch 23 — Pensions and Employee Benefits (§ 23-1 – § 23-31)
- Ch 26 — Planning Commission (§ 26-1 – § 26-4)
- Ch 28 — Police Department (§ 28-1)
- Ch 31 — Purchasing (§ 31-1)
- Ch 33 — Records, Public Access to (§ 33-1 – § 33-7)
- Ch 35 — Salaries and Compensation (§ 35-1 – § 35-4)
- Ch 38 — Sewerage Authorities (§ 38-1 – § 38-9)
- Ch 40 — Standing and Special Committees (§ 40-1 – § 40-4)
- Ch 42 — Water Authority (§ 42-1 – § 42-3)
- Ch 47 — Alarm Systems (§ 47-1 – § 47-15)
- Ch 49 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 49-1 – § 49-5)
- Ch 51 — Attorney Fees (§ 51-1 – § 51-2)
- Ch 54 — Bicycles (§ 54-1 – § 54-12)
- Ch 58 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 58-1 – § 58-4)
- Ch 63 — Building Permits and Flood Damage Prevention (§ 63-1 – § 63-32)
- Ch 65 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 65-1 – § 65-3)
- Ch 69 — Burning, Outdoor (§ 69-1 – § 69-15)
- Ch 73 — Carriages, Horse-Drawn (§ 73-1 – § 73-11)
- Ch 75 — Circuses and Carnivals (§ 75-1 – § 75-4)
- Ch 78 — Construction Code, Uniform (§ 78-1 – § 78-6)
- Ch 80 — Curfew (§ 80-1 – § 80-6)
- Ch 85 — Dogs and Other Animals (§ 85-1 – § 85-17)
- Ch 92 — Electrical Service (§ 92-1 – § 92-57)
- Ch 98 — Excavations, Grading and Fills (§ 98-1 – § 98-10)
- Ch 101 — Fees (§ 101-1)
- Ch 104 — Firearms (§ 104-1 – § 104-2)
- Ch 107 — Fire Insurance Claims (§ 107-1 – § 107-5)
- Ch 111 — Fireworks (§ 111-1 – § 111-14)
- Ch 113 — Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 118 — Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse (§ 118-1 – § 118-34)
- Ch 125 — Handicapped Parking (§ 125-1 – § 125-8)
- Ch 127 — Hazardous Wastes (§ 127-1 – § 127-4)
- Ch 130 — Key Lock Boxes (§ 130-1 – § 130-3)
- Ch 131 — Keystone Opportunity Zone (§ 131-1 – § 131-3)
- Ch 134 — Lehigh Canal Recreation Commission (§ 134-1 – § 134-8)
- Ch 138 — Littering (§ 138-1 – § 138-18)
- Ch 143 — Moving Permits (§ 143-1 – § 143-4)
- Ch 149 — Noise (§ 149-1 – § 149-10)
- Ch 152 — Nuisances (§ 152-1 – § 152-24)
- Ch 156 — Parades and Processions (§ 156-1 – § 156-10)
- Ch 159 — Parks (§ 159-1 – § 159-2)
- Ch 162 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 162-1 – § 162-19)
- Ch 168 — Pornography (§ 168-1 – § 168-5)
- Ch 171 — Property Maintenance (§ 171-1 – § 171-18)
- Ch 173 — Public Property (§ 173-1 – § 173-7)
- Ch 176 — Real Estate Registry (§ 176-1 – § 176-4)
- Ch 178 — Rental Property (§ 178-1 – § 178-17)
- Ch 180 — Rooming Houses and Boardinghouses (§ 180-1 – § 180-12)
- Ch 182 — Secondhand Dealers and Transient Merchants (§ 182-1 – § 182-4)
- Ch 185 — Sewers (§ 185-1 – § 185-100)
- Ch 186 — Sex Offenders (§ 186-1 – § 186-7)
- Ch 187 — Signs (§ 187-1 – § 187-4)
- Ch 188 — Smoking and Tobacco Use (§ 188-1 – § 188-9)
- Ch 190 — Stormwater Management (§ 190-1 – § 190-38)
- Ch 192 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 192-1 – § 192-38)
- Ch 196 — Subdivision and Land Development (§ 196-1 – § 196-91)
- Ch 198 — Tattoo Establishments (§ 198-1 – § 198-6)
- Ch 201 — Taxation (§ 201-1 – § 201-59)
- Ch 205 — Trees (§ 205-1 – § 205-14)
- Ch 213 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 213-1 – § 213-99)
- Ch 215 — Water Conservation (§ 215-1 – § 215-14)
- Ch 218 — Zoning (§ 218-1 – § 218-188)
- Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)