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- 1. Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
- 3. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2025)
- 4. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 5. EXPLANATION OF TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 6. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
- 7. TABLE B - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 8. TABLE C - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
- 9. TABLE D - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
- 10. TABLE E - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 11. ORIGINAL CHARTER OF THE CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
- 12. HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF JOHNSTOWN
- 13. PREAMBLE
- 14. ARTICLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 15. ARTICLE II. ELECTED OFFICIALS
- 16. ARTICLE III. COUNCIL-POWERS, DUTIES, LIMITATIONS AND LEGISLATION
- 17. ARTICLE IV. OPERATIONS AND ORDINANCES OF COUNCIL
- 18. ARTICLE V. MAYOR
- 19. ARTICLE VI. CITY MANAGER
- 20. ARTICLE VII. CITY CLERK
- 21. ARTICLE VIII. CITY SOLICITOR
- 22. ARTICLE IX. PERSONNEL
- 23. ARTICLE X. FINANCIAL PROCEDURES
- 24. ARTICLE XI. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
- 25. ARTICLE XII. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
- 26. ARTICLE XIII. TRANSITION
- 27. PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
- 28. TITLE TWO - General Provisions
- 29. CHAPTER 202 Codified Ordinances
- 30. CHAPTER 204 Official Standards
- 31. CHAPTER 206 Boundaries and Wards
- 32. TITLE FOUR - Legislation
- 33. CHAPTER 210 Council
- 34. CHAPTER 211 Mayor
- 35. CHAPTER 212 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 36. TITLE SIX - Administration
- 37. CHAPTER 220 Administration Generally
- 38. CHAPTER 222 Mayor
- 39. CHAPTER 223 City Manager
- 40. CHAPTER 224 City Solicitor
- 41. CHAPTER 226 City Clerk
- 42. CHAPTER 228 City Controller
- 43. CHAPTER 230 City Treasurer
- 44. CHAPTER 232 City Engineer
- 45. CHAPTER 234 Ordinance Officer
- 46. CHAPTER 236 Department of Finance
- 47. CHAPTER 238 Department of Public Works
- 48. CHAPTER 240 Department of Public Affairs
- 49. CHAPTER 242 Department of Police
- 50. CHAPTER 244 Department of Fire
- 51. CHAPTER 245 Department of Recreation (Repealed)
- 52. CHAPTER 246 Department of Community and Economic Development
- 53. CHAPTER 247 Department of Codes & Permits
- 54. CHAPTER 248 Emergency Management Agency
- 55. TITLE EIGHT - Authorities, Boards and Commissions
- 56. CHAPTER 260 Authorities, Boards and Commissions Generally
- 57. CHAPTER 262 Authorities
- 58. CHAPTER 264 Planning Commission
- 59. CHAPTER 266 Zoning Hearing Board
- 60. CHAPTER 268 Board of Health
- 61. CHAPTER 270 Civil Service Board
- 62. CHAPTER 272 Advisory Recreation Commission
- 63. CHAPTER 273 Shade Tree Commission
- 64. CHAPTER 274 Board of Plumbing Examiners
- 65. CHAPTER 275 Ethics Code; Board of Ethics
- 66. CHAPTER 276 Johnstown Area Arts Council
- 67. CHAPTER 277 Redevelopment Authority Designated as Land Bank
- 68. CHAPTER 278 Vacant Property Review Committee
- 69. CHAPTER 280 Human Relations Commission
- 70. CHAPTER 282 Board of Trustees of the Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund
- 71. CHAPTER 283 Loan Review Committee
- 72. CHAPTER 284 Waste Water Appeal Board
- 73. TITLE TEN - Pensions and Employment Provisions
- 74. CHAPTER 284.5 Pensions and Retirement Generally
- 75. CHAPTER 285 Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund
- 76. CHAPTER 286 Officers' and Employees' Retirement System
- 77. CHAPTER 287 New Officers' and Employees' Pension Plan
- 78. CHAPTER 288 Police Pension Fund
- 79. CHAPTER 289 New Police Pension Plan
- 80. CHAPTER 290 Firemen's Pension Fund
- 81. CHAPTER 291 New Firemen's Pension Plan
- 82. CHAPTER 292 Bureau of Sewage Pension Fund
- 83. CHAPTER 293 Bureau of Sewage New Pension Plan
- 84. CHAPTER 294 Officers and Employees Generally
- 85. TITLE TWELEVE - Judiciary
- 86. CHAPTER 298 District Magistrates and Court of Common Pleas
- 87. PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
- 88. TITLE TWO - General Provisions, Administration and Enforcement
- 89. CHAPTER 420 Traffic Control
- 90. CHAPTER 422 Enforcement and Penalty
- 91. TITLE FOUR - Public Ways
- 92. CHAPTER 440 Obstructions and Special Uses of Public Ways
- 93. CHAPTER 442 Pedestrians
- 94. TITLE SIX - Vehicles and Operation
- 95. CHAPTER 460 Operation Generally
- 96. CHAPTER 462 Vehicle Equipment
- 97. CHAPTER 464 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 98. CHAPTER 466 Pedalcycles
- 99. CHAPTER 468 Junked and/or Abandoned Motor Vehicles
- 100. TITLE EIGHT - Parking
- 101. CHAPTER 480 Bureau of Parking
- 102. CHAPTER 482 Parking Generally
- 103. CHAPTER 484 Parking Meters
- 104. CHAPTER 486 Snow Emergency Parking and Vehicle Operation
- 105. PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 106. CHAPTER 610 Alcoholic Beverages
- 107. CHAPTER 614 Animals
- 108. CHAPTER 622 Drugs
- 109. CHAPTER 630 Human Relations
- 110. CHAPTER 642 Labor Disputes
- 111. CHAPTER 646 Minors
- 112. CHAPTER 650 Offenses Against the Flag
- 113. CHAPTER 652 Offenses Relating to Persons
- 114. CHAPTER 654 Offenses Relating to Property
- 115. CHAPTER 658 Peace Disturbances
- 116. CHAPTER 662 Railroads
- 117. CHAPTER 666 Safety
- 118. CHAPTER 670 Sex Related Offenses
- 119. CHAPTER 674 Sunday Trading
- 120. CHAPTER 690 Weapons and Explosives
- 121. CHAPTER 692 Disruptive Properties
- 122. PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
- 123. TITLE TWO - Business Regulation
- 124. CHAPTER 803 Registration of Businesses
- 125. CHAPTER 804 Mechanical Amusement Devices
- 126. CHAPTER 806 Cabarets
- 127. CHAPTER 807 Cable Television
- 128. CHAPTER 808 Dances and Dance Halls
- 129. CHAPTER 832 Parking Lots
- 130. CHAPTER 834 Vendors and Solicitors
- 131. CHAPTER 836 Photographers
- 132. CHAPTER 840 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 133. CHAPTER 844 Shows and Exhibitions
- 134. CHAPTER 846 Slaughterhouses
- 135. CHAPTER 850 Transient Retail Businesses
- 136. CHAPTER 852 Special Events
- 137. TITLE FOUR - Taxation
- 138. CHAPTER 870 Amusement Tax
- 139. CHAPTER 872 Business Privilege Tax
- 140. CHAPTER 874 Earned Income Tax
- 141. CHAPTER 876 Exemptions for Improvement of Deteriorated Residential Property
- 142. CHAPTER 877 Property Tax Exemption for Certain Underutilized, Blighted, or Deteriorated Industrial, Commercial, or Other Business Property
- 143. CHAPTER 878 Exemptions for Improvement of Deteriorated Nonresidential Property
- 144. CHAPTER 879 Flat Rate Occupation Tax
- 145. CHAPTER 880 Mercantile License Tax
- 146. CHAPTER 882 Local Services Tax
- 147. CHAPTER 883 Per Capita Tax
- 148. CHAPTER 884 Real Estate Tax
- 149. CHAPTER 888 Realty Transfer Tax
- 150. CHAPTER 890 Residence Tax
- 151. CHAPTER 892 Tax Incremental Financing Program
- 152. CHAPTER 898 Penalties and Interest on Delinquent Taxes
- 153. CHAPTER 899 Local Taxpayer Bill of Rights
- 154. PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 155. TITLE TWO - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 156. CHAPTER 1020 Streets
- 157. CHAPTER 1022 Sidewalks and Curbs
- 158. CHAPTER 1024 Excavations
- 159. CHAPTER 1026 Trees
- 160. TITLE FOUR - Utilities
- 161. CHAPTER 1040 Utilities Generally
- 162. CHAPTER 1042 Sewers Generally
- 163. CHAPTER 1048 Inner City Sewerage System
- 164. CHAPTER 1050 Interceptor Sewage Service
- 165. CHAPTER 1052 Water
- 166. TITLE SIX - Other Public Services
- 167. CHAPTER 1060 Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- 168. CHAPTER 1062 Parks, Public Property and Public Facilities
- 169. CHAPTER 1064 Johnstown Municipal Golf Course
- 170. CHAPTER 1066 Police and Fire Charges for Tax-Exempt Properties
- 171. CHAPTER 1068 Recycling
- 172. PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 173. TITLE TWO - Planning Code
- 174. CHAPTER 1220 General Provisions and Definitions
- 175. CHAPTER 1222 Planning Commission
- 176. CHAPTER 1224 Comprehensive Plan
- 177. CHAPTER 1225 Comprehensive Recreation, Park and Open Space Plan
- 178. CHAPTER 1226 Official Map
- 179. CHAPTER 1228 Subdivision and Land Development Standards
- 180. CHAPTER 1230 Zoning Standards
- 181. CHAPTER 1232 Planned Residential Development (Repealed)
- 182. TITLE FOUR - Subdivision Regulations
- 183. CHAPTER 1240 General Provisions and Definitions
- 184. CHAPTER 1242 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 185. CHAPTER 1244 Plans
- 186. CHAPTER 1246 Design Standards and Improvements
- 187. APPENDIX A CERTIFICATES, AFFIDAVITS AND APPROVALS
- 188. TITLE SIX - Zoning Code
- 189. CHAPTER 1260 Zoning Ordinance
- 190. PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
- 191. TITLE TWO - Building and Housing Standards
- 192. CHAPTER 1420 International National Building Code
- 193. CHAPTER 1422 International Plumbing Code
- 194. CHAPTER 1424 ICC Electrical Code - Administrative Provisions
- 195. CHAPTER 1426 International Mechanical Code
- 196. CHAPTER 1428 International Property Maintenance Code
- 197. CHAPTER 1430 International Residential Code
- 198. CHAPTER 1432 International Existing Building Code
- 199. CHAPTER 1434 International Energy Conservation Code
- 200. CHAPTER 1436 ICC Performance Code for Buildings and Facilities
- 201. TITLE FOUR - Building and Housing Administration
- 202. CHAPTER 1440 Codes Administrator
- 203. CHAPTER 1442 Inspections, Permits, Fees and Certificates
- 204. CHAPTER 1444 Variances and Appeals
- 205. CHAPTER 1446 Board of Plumbing Examiners
- 206. CHAPTER 1448 Registration of Plumbers
- 207. TITLE SIX - Miscellaneous Regulations
- 208. CHAPTER 1460 Demolition of Buildings
- 209. CHAPTER 1464 Flood Plain Regulations
- 210. CHAPTER 1468 Numbering of Buildings
- 211. CHAPTER 1472 Residential Moving (Repealed)
- 212. CHAPTER 1480 Vacant Property/Structures
- 213. CHAPTER 1482 International Urban-Wildland Interface Code
- 214. CHAPTER 1484 Residential Rental Property Registration and Inspection
- 215. PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 216. PART EIGHTEEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
- 217. CHAPTER 1820 Food and Beverage Establishments
- 218. CHAPTER 1860 Privy Vaults, Cesspools, Reservoirs and Wells
- 219. CHAPTER 1890 Weeds