Scranton, PA — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-16. Official source: https://ecode360.com/SC1588

Every town writes its own rules, and Scranton's live in its municipal code — 82 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 Scranton code

• Ch C — Charter (Section 101 – Section 1501)
• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-17)
• Ch 6 — Administrative Code (§ 6-1 – § 6-25)
• Ch 12 — Ambulance and Emergency Service (§ 12-1 – § 12-3)
• Ch 18 — Boards and Commissions (§ 18-1 – § 18-63)
• Ch 30 — City Classification (§ 30-1)
• Ch 35 — Code (§ 35-1)
• Ch 53 — Employee Benefits (§ 53-1 – § 53-18)
• Ch 59 — Fire, Bureau of (§ 59-1 – § 59-2)
• Ch 65 — Funds and Trusts (§ 65-1 – § 65-27)
• Ch 82 — Oaths (§ 82-1)
• Ch 94 — Parking Authority (§ 94-1 – § 94-2)
• Ch 99 — Pensions (§ 99-1 – § 99-103)
• Ch 105 — Police, Bureau of (§ 105-1 – § 105-26)
• Ch 108 — Property Disposal (§ 108-1 – § 108-2)
• Ch 111 — Reimbursements (§ 111-1 – § 111-3)
• Ch 113 — Responsible Contracting (§ 113-1 – § 113-8)
• Ch 117 — Signature Stamp (§ 117-1)
• Ch 123 — Solicitor (§ 123-1)
• Ch 129 — Special Accounts
• Ch 140 — Advertising and Bill Posting (§ 140-1 – § 140-8)
• Ch 146 — Air Pollution (§ 146-1 – § 146-11)
• Ch 152 — Alarms and Alarm Systems (§ 152-1 – § 152-9)
• Ch 158 — Alcoholic Beverages (§ 158-1 – § 158-6)
• Ch 169 — Animals (§ 169-1 – § 169-26)
• Ch 172 — Gaming Machines (§ 172-1 – § 172-4)
• Ch 175 — Bicycles (§ 175-1 – § 175-11)
• Ch 187 — Building Construction (§ 187-1 – § 187-45)
• Ch 193 — Buildings, Numbering of (§ 193-1 – § 193-7)
• Ch 201 — Construction Codes, Uniform (§ 201-1 – § 201-3)
• Ch 203 — Contractors, Permits and Inspections (§ 203-1 – § 203-23)
• Ch 212 — Day Care (§ 212-1 – § 212-6)
• Ch 213 — Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia (§ 213-1 – § 213-12)
• Ch 218 — Engine Brake Retarders (§ 218-1 – § 218-2)
• Ch 221 — Explosives and Blasting Agents (§ 221-1 – § 221-2)
• Ch 226 — Fees, Miscellaneous (§ 226-1 – § 226-25)
• Ch 232 — Firearms and Weapons (§ 232-1 – § 232-12)
• Ch 237 — Fire Hydrants (§ 237-1 – § 237-3)
• Ch 243 — Fire Prevention (§ 243-1 – § 243-5)
• Ch 245 — Fireworks (§ 245-1 – § 245-5)
• Ch 256 — Food and Food Handlers (§ 256-1 – § 256-11)
• Ch 263 — Gambling (§ 263-1 – § 263-5)
• Ch 269 — Gasoline Service Stations (§ 269-1 – § 269-3)
• Ch 275 — Graffiti (§ 275-1 – § 275-3)
• Ch 278 — Hazardous Substances (§ 278-1 – § 278-16)
• Ch 296 — Human Relations and Discrimination (§ 296-1 – § 296-7)
• Ch 298 — Insurance (§ 298-1 – § 298-5)
• Ch 301 — Junk and Junkyards (§ 301-1 – § 301-11)
• Ch 303 — Lackawanna River Levee (§ 303-1 – § 303-3)
• Ch 305 — Littering (§ 305-1 – § 305-16)
• Ch 309 — Loitering (§ 309-1 – § 309-6)
• Ch 317 — Noise (§ 317-1 – § 317-11)
• Ch 324 — Obscene Material (§ 324-1 – § 324-6)
• Ch 328 — Parking Garages and Lots (§ 328-1 – § 328-6)
• Ch 332 — Parks and Recreation (§ 332-1 – § 332-29)
• Ch 336 — Peace and Good Order (§ 336-1 – § 336-10)
• Ch 340 — Peddling and Soliciting (§ 340-1 – § 340-33)
• Ch 343 — Personal Care Boarding Home Facilities (§ 343-1 – § 343-3)
• Ch 349 — Right-Of-Way Management (§ 349-1 – § 349-11)
• Ch 359 — Condemned Property (§ 359-1 – § 359-4)
• Ch 360 — Property Maintenance (§ 360-1 – § 360-21)
• Ch 366 — Records (§ 366-1 – § 366-11)
• Ch 373 — Rental Property (§ 373-1 – § 373-12)
• Ch 375 — Rooming Houses (§ 375-1 – § 375-8)
• Ch 379 — Secondhand Goods and Dealers (§ 379-1 – § 379-6)
• Ch 383 — Sewers (§ 383-1 – § 383-28)
• Ch 386 — Sex Offenders (§ 386-1 – § 386-5)
• Ch 394 — Skateboarding and Rollerblading (§ 394-1 – § 394-3)
• Ch 400 — Solid Waste (§ 400-1 – § 400-38)
• Ch 405 — Stormwater Management (§ 405-1 – § 405-50)
• Ch 412 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 412-1 – § 412-62)
• Ch 417 — Strikebreakers (§ 417-1 – § 417-2)
• Ch 423 — Subdivision and Land Development (§ 423-1 – § 423-77)
• Ch 428 — Taxation (§ 428-1 – § 428-130)
• Ch 434 — Trees and Weeds (§ 434-1 – § 434-29)
• Ch 437 — Vehicles, All-Terrain and Snowmobiles (§ 437-1 – § 437-7)
• Ch 438 — Vehicles, Abandoned and Junk (§ 438-1 – § 438-15)
• Ch 439 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 439-1 – § 439-95)
• Ch 441 — Vehicles for Hire (§ 441-1 – § 441-23)
• Ch 445 — Zoning (§ 445-1 – § 445-79)
• Ch 446 — Sexual Orientation and Gender Conversion Efforts (§ 446-1 – § 446-7)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)