Every town writes its own rules, and Sharon, Pennsylvania's live in its municipal code — 190 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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- 1. Sharon, Pennsylvania
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHARON PENNSYLVANIA
- 3. CERTIFICATION
- 4. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2025)
- 5. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 6. TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 7. HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA
- 8. PREAMBLE
- 9. ARTICLE I. NAME AND BOUNDARIES
- 10. ARTICLE II. POWERS OF THE CITY
- 11. ARTICLE III. CITY COUNCIL
- 12. ARTICLE IV. OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES OF COUNCIL
- 13. ARTICLE V. CITY MANAGER
- 14. ARTICLE VI. FINANCIAL OFFICER
- 15. ARTICLE VII. CITY CLERK
- 16. ARTICLE VIII. CITY SOLICITOR
- 17. ARTICLE IX. BUDGET AND FISCAL MATTERS
- 18. ARTICLE X. CONTRACTS
- 19. ARTICLE XI. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
- 20. ARTICLE XII. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE
- 21. ARTICLE XIII. INVESTIGATIVE HEARINGS BY COUNCIL
- 22. ARTICLE XIV. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 23. ARTICLE XV. CITIZEN'S RIGHTS AND PARTICIPATION
- 24. ARTICLE XVI. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
- 25. ARTICLE XVII. TRANSITION
- 26. PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
- 27. TITLE TWO - General Provisions
- 28. CHAPTER 202 Codified Ordinances
- 29. CHAPTER 204 Official Standards
- 30. CHAPTER 206 Wards and Boundaries
- 31. CHAPTER 208 Real Estate Registry
- 32. CHAPTER 209 General Fee Schedule
- 33. TITLE FOUR - Legislation
- 34. CHAPTER 210 Council
- 35. CHAPTER 212 Ordinances, Resolutions and Contracts
- 36. TITLE SIX - Administration
- 37. CHAPTER 220 Administration in General (Repealed)
- 38. CHAPTER 222 Mayor (Repealed)
- 39. CHAPTER 224 City Solicitor (Repealed)
- 40. CHAPTER 226 City Clerk
- 41. CHAPTER 228 City Treasurer (Repealed)
- 42. CHAPTER 230 Tax Collection
- 43. CHAPTER 232 City Controller (Repealed)
- 44. CHAPTER 234 City Assessor (Repealed)
- 45. CHAPTER 236 Department of Accounts and Finance (Repealed)
- 46. CHAPTER 238 Department of Public Safety
- 47. CHAPTER 240 Department of Fire-Rescue
- 48. CHAPTER 242 Department of Public Works
- 49. CHAPTER 244 Department of Public Affairs
- 50. CHAPTER 246 Police Department
- 51. CHAPTER 248 Office of Code Enforcement
- 52. CHAPTER 249 Emergency Management
- 53. TITLE EIGHT - Authorities, Boards and Commissions
- 54. CHAPTER 250 Authorities
- 55. CHAPTER 252 City Planning Commission
- 56. CHAPTER 254 Economic and Community Development Commission
- 57. CHAPTER 256 Civil Service Board
- 58. CHAPTER 258 Wage and Rate Review Committee (Repealed)
- 59. CHAPTER 260 Fair Employment Practice Commission (Repealed)
- 60. CHAPTER 262 Recreation Commission
- 61. CHAPTER 264 Human Relations Commission
- 62. CHAPTER 266 Board of Health
- 63. CHAPTER 268 Zoning Hearing Board
- 64. CHAPTER 270 Code Appeals Board
- 65. CHAPTER 272 Library Board of Directors (Repealed)
- 66. CHAPTER 274 Historic Preservation Commission
- 67. CHAPTER 276 Library Authority
- 68. CHAPTER 277 Arts Commission
- 69. CHAPTER 278 Land Bank
- 70. TITLE TEN - Employment Provisions; Pensions
- 71. CHAPTER 280 Employees Generally
- 72. CHAPTER 284 Municipal Employee's Retirement System
- 73. CHAPTER 286 Police Employees' Pension Plan
- 74. CHAPTER 287 Police Employees’ Pension Plan - New Hires Addendum
- 75. CHAPTER 288 Firefighters' Pension Plan
- 76. CHAPTER 289 Firefighters' Pension Plan - New Hires Addendum
- 77. TITLE TWELVE - Judicial
- 78. CHAPTER 290 District Justice
- 79. PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
- 80. TITLE TWO - Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 81. CHAPTER 420 General Provisions and Penalty
- 82. CHAPTER 422 Impounding
- 83. TITLE FOUR - Public Ways
- 84. CHAPTER 440 Special Uses of Public Ways
- 85. CHAPTER 442 Pedestrians
- 86. CHAPTER 444 Traffic Control Devices
- 87. TITLE SIX - Vehicles and Operation
- 88. CHAPTER 460 Abandoned and Junk Vehicles
- 89. CHAPTER 462 Pedalcycles
- 90. CHAPTER 464 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 91. CHAPTER 466 Emergency Vehicles
- 92. CHAPTER 468 Operation Generally
- 93. TITLE EIGHT- Parking
- 94. CHAPTER 480 Parking Generally
- 95. CHAPTER 482 Parking Meters and Off-Street Sites
- 96. PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 97. CHAPTER 604 Animals
- 98. CHAPTER 612 Drugs
- 99. CHAPTER 620 Handbills and Advertising
- 100. CHAPTER 622 Hazardous Spills, Releases or Discharges
- 101. CHAPTER 624 Human Relations
- 102. CHAPTER 636 Peace Disturbances
- 103. CHAPTER 644 Property Offenses
- 104. CHAPTER 652 Railroads
- 105. CHAPTER 660 Safety
- 106. CHAPTER 664 Sanitation and Health Nuisances
- 107. CHAPTER 666 Sex Offenses
- 108. CHAPTER 668 Snow and Ice Removal
- 109. CHAPTER 676 Trees
- 110. CHAPTER 684 Weapons and Explosives
- 111. CHAPTER 692 Weeds and Grass
- 112. PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
- 113. TITLE TWO - Business Regulation
- 114. CHAPTER 820 Ambulance Services
- 115. CHAPTER 822 Auctions
- 116. CHAPTER 823 Cable Television Systems
- 117. CHAPTER 824 Contractors
- 118. CHAPTER 825 Distress Sales
- 119. CHAPTER 826 Fumigators
- 120. CHAPTER 827 Garage Sales
- 121. CHAPTER 828 Public Eating and Drinking Places
- 122. CHAPTER 829 Non-Owner Occupied Property Licensing Ordinance.
- 123. CHAPTER 830 Solicitors and Peddlers
- 124. CHAPTER 832 Street Shows, Carnivals and Circuses
- 125. CHAPTER 834 Theaters and Motion Picture Houses
- 126. TITLE FOUR - Taxation
- 127. CHAPTER 840 Earned Income Tax
- 128. CHAPTER 844 Juke Box Tax
- 129. CHAPTER 848 Per Capita Tax
- 130. CHAPTER 852 Local Services Tax.
- 131. CHAPTER 856 Pool Table and Mechanical/Electronic Amusement Device Tax
- 132. CHAPTER 860 Realty Transfer Tax
- 133. CHAPTER 864 Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance
- 134. CHAPTER 868 Deteriorated Areas Tax Exemption
- 135. CHAPTER 872 Deteriorated Real Property Tax Exemption
- 136. CHAPTER 876 Real Estate Tax
- 137. CHAPTER 880 Keystone Opportunity Zones
- 138. CHAPTER 898 Local Taxpayers' Bill of Rights
- 139. PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 140. TITLE TWO - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 141. CHAPTER 1020 Excavations
- 142. CHAPTER 1022 Vacating of Streets and Alleys
- 143. CHAPTER 1024 Naming Highways
- 144. CHAPTER 1028 Sidewalk Construction Permits
- 145. CHAPTER 1032 Sidewalk Construction Notices
- 146. TITLE FOUR - Utilities
- 147. CHAPTER 1040 Sewers Generally
- 148. CHAPTER 1041 Sewer Rates and Charges
- 149. CHAPTER 1044 Water
- 150. CHAPTER 1048 Gas
- 151. CHAPTER 1052 Electricity
- 152. CHAPTER 1054 Pretreatment Program
- 153. TITLE SIX - Other Public Services
- 154. CHAPTER 1060 Residential Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- 155. CHAPTER 1064 Licensed Haulers and Disposers of Garbage and Rubbish
- 156. CHAPTER 1068 Parks and Playgrounds
- 157. CHAPTER 1069 Public or Private Events on Public Property
- 158. CHAPTER 1072 Sharon Free Public Library
- 159. PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 160. TITLE TWO - Planning
- 161. CHAPTER 1220 City Planning Commission
- 162. CHAPTER 1222 Mercer County Subdivision Regulations
- 163. CHAPTER 1224 Mercer County Regional Planning Commission
- 164. TITLE FOUR - Zoning
- 165. PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
- 166. TITLE TWO - Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 167. CHAPTER 1420 Code Enforcement
- 168. CHAPTER 1422 Licensing of Contractors
- 169. TITLE FOUR - Building Standards
- 170. CHAPTER 1440 BOCA Basic Building Code
- 171. CHAPTER 1442 BOCA Basic Plumbing Code
- 172. CHAPTER 1444 BOCA Basic Mechanical Code
- 173. CHAPTER 1446 National Electrical Code
- 174. Chapter 1448 Uniform Construction Code
- 175. TITLE SIX - Miscellaneous Building Regulations
- 176. CHAPTER 1458 Covered Multifamily Dwellings
- 177. CHAPTER 1460 Floodplain Regulations
- 178. CHAPTER 1462 Historic Preservation
- 179. CHAPTER 1474 Sand Blasting
- 180. CHAPTER 1476 Stormwater Management
- 181. CHAPTER 1478 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- 182. TITLE EIGHT - Housing
- 183. CHAPTER 1480 APHA-CDC Housing Maintenance and Occupancy Code (Repealed)
- 184. CHAPTER 1482 BOCA Basic Housing and National Property Maintenance Code (Repealed)
- 185. CHAPTER 1483 International Property Maintenance Code
- 186. CHAPTER 1484 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- 187. CHAPTER 1486 Housing Rehabilitation Program Policy
- 188. CHAPTER 1488 City Housing Code
- 189. PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 190. CHAPTER 1604 Open Burning