Lancaster, PA — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2024-12-23. Official source: https://ecode360.com/LA1674

Every town writes its own rules, and Lancaster's live in its municipal code — 92 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Lancaster code

• Ch C — Charter (§ 1.01 – § 13.15)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-22)
• Ch 5 — Administrative Departments and Bureaus (§ 5-1 – § 5-32)
• Ch 9 — Annexations (§ 9-1 – § 9-3)
• Ch 13 — Assessment (§ 13-1 – § 13-3)
• Ch 17 — Authorities, Municipal (§ 17-1 – § 17-14)
• Ch 22 — Boards, Commissions, Etc. (§ 22-1 – § 22-51)
• Ch 26 — Bonds (§ 26-1 – § 26-4)
• Ch 30 — Budgets and Control (§ 30-1 – § 30-5)
• Ch 32 — Central Market Trust (§ 32-1 – § 32-8)
• Ch 34 — Civil Service (§ 34-1 – § 34-5)
• Ch 36 — Claims, Municipal (§ 36-1 – § 36-10)
• Ch 42 — Fire Bureau (§ 42-1 – § 42-7)
• Ch 44 — Flags (§ 44-1 – § 44-8)
• Ch 48 — Land Bank Authority (§ 48-1 – § 48-14)
• Ch 55 — Officers and Employees (§ 55-1 – § 55-21)
• Ch 59 — Ordinances and Resolutions (§ 59-1)
• Ch 64 — Pensions and Retirement (§ 64-1 – § 64-43)
• Ch 67 — Police Bureau (§ 67-1 – § 67-14)
• Ch 71 — Social Security (§ 71-1 – § 71-2)
• Ch 74 — Welcoming City Rating (§ 74-1 – § 74-7)
• Ch 76 — Adult Entertainment (§ 76-1 – § 76-4)
• Ch 80 — Advertising and Bill Posting (§ 80-1 – § 80-2)
• Ch 84 — Alarms (§ 84-1 – § 84-16)
• Ch 88 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 88-1 – § 88-23)
• Ch 92 — Amusements and Amusement Devices (§ 92-1 – § 92-5)
• Ch 96 — Animals (§ 96-1 – § 96-43)
• Ch 100 — Bicycles (§ 100-1 – § 100-15)
• Ch 105 — Brush, Grass and Weeds (§ 105-1 – § 105-8)
• Ch 109 — Building Construction and Floodplain Management (§ 109-1 – § 109-22)
• Ch 112 — Buildings, Naming of (§ 112-1 – § 112-5)
• Ch 113 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 113-1 – § 113-8)
• Ch 114 — Business Registration (§ 114-1 – § 114-15)
• Ch 116 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 116-1 – § 116-10)
• Ch 117 — Contractors (§ 117-1 – § 117-14)
• Ch 121 — Curfew (§ 121-1 – § 121-13)
• Ch 125 — Discrimination (§ 125-1 – § 125-18)
• Ch 129 — Disorderly Conduct (§ 129-1 – § 129-15)
• Ch 132 — Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia (§ 132-1 – § 132-5)
• Ch 136 — Emergency Management (§ 136-1 – § 136-10)
• Ch 140 — Firearms and Weapons (§ 140-1 – § 140-3)
• Ch 142 — Fire Prevention (§ 142-1 – § 142-25)
• Ch 143 — Fireworks (§ 143-1 – § 143-7)
• Ch 146 — Graffiti (§ 146-1 – § 146-7)
• Ch 150 — Health Standards (§ 150-1 – § 150-10)
• Ch 155 — Historic Districts (§ 155-1 – § 155-31)
• Ch 169 — Housing (§ 169-1 – § 169-49)
• Ch 173 — Insurance (§ 173-1 – § 173-15)
• Ch 177 — Junkyards (§ 177-1 – § 177-10)
• Ch 182 — Lead Poisoning Prevention and Lead Hazard Control (§ 182-1 – § 182-14)
• Ch 186 — Licenses and Permits (§ 186-1 – § 186-23)
• Ch 192 — Meat and Meat Products (§ 192-1 – § 192-22)
• Ch 194 — Milk and Milk Products (§ 194-1 – § 194-19)
• Ch 198 — Noise (§ 198-1 – § 198-11)
• Ch 200 — Panhandling (§ 200-1 – § 200-3)
• Ch 202 — Parking Lots (§ 202-1 – § 202-13)
• Ch 210 — Parks (§ 210-1 – § 210-10)
• Ch 213 — Personal Delivery Devices (§ 213-1 – § 213-2)
• Ch 215 — Plumbing (§ 215-1 – § 215-20)
• Ch 219 — Property, Personal (§ 219-1 – § 219-2)
• Ch 223 — Property Maintenance (§ 223-1 – § 223-4)
• Ch 228 — Public Markets (§ 228-1 – § 228-4)
• Ch 229 — Public Nuisances (§ 229-1 – § 229-11)
• Ch 232 — Real Property, Sale of (§ 232-1 – § 232-5)
• Ch 236 — Refrigerators, Abandoned (§ 236-1 – § 236-3)
• Ch 238 — Rental Property (§ 238-1 – § 238-20)
• Ch 240 — Restaurants (§ 240-1 – § 240-39)
• Ch 249 — Sewers (§ 249-1 – § 249-48)
• Ch 255 — Signs (§ 255-1 – § 255-22)
• Ch 256 — Skateboards (§ 256-1 – § 256-7)
• Ch 258 — Solid Waste (§ 258-1 – § 258-55)
• Ch 260 — Stormwater Management (§ 260-101 – § 260-1001)
• Ch 261 — Stormwater Management Fee (§ 261-1 – § 261-16)
• Ch 262 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 262-1 – § 262-59)
• Ch 263 — Right-Of-Way Management (§ 263-1 – § 263-6)
• Ch 265 — Subdivision and Land Development (§ 265-1 – § 265-59)
• Ch 267 — Swimming Pools (§ 267-1 – § 267-3)
• Ch 269 — Tattoos and Body Piercings (§ 269-1 – § 269-9)
• Ch 270 — Taxation (§ 270-1 – § 270-57)
• Ch 271 — Telephone Companies (§ 271-1 – § 271-10)
• Ch 273 — Trees (§ 273-1 – § 273-17)
• Ch 279 — Utilities (§ 279-1 – § 279-6)
• Ch 282 — Vacant and Abandoned Property (§ 282-1 – § 282-19)
• Ch 285 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 285-1 – § 285-157)
• Ch 287 — Vehicles for Hire (§ 287-1 – § 287-10)
• Ch 288 — Vehicles, Hazardous (§ 288-1 – § 288-8)
• Ch 291 — Vending (§ 291-1 – § 291-17)
• Ch 293 — Violation Tickets (§ 293-1 – § 293-10)
• Ch 295 — Water (§ 295-1 – § 295-88)
• Ch 300 — Zoning (§ 300-1 – § 300-88)
• Ch A305 — Cable Television Franchise (§ A305-1 – § A305-2)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)