An Ordinance is a local law of general or permanent nature. As a local law, an Ordinance stands until it is amended or repealed by another Ordinance enacted by a later Borough Council. Penalties, which can be enforced in court, may be attached for failure to obey Ordinances.
All Ordinances must be passed by Borough Council by majority vote. If approved, an Ordinance is then presented to the Mayor for his/her approval or veto. The Mayor may then sign the Ordinance, let it become effective without signing it after 10 days, or veto it and return it to Borough Council with his/her objections. Borough Council then has 10 days to override the veto and approve the Ordinance by a 2/3 vote.
To download a summary of the most common Ordinances, click on the links below:
Summary of Ordinance Regulations
Ordinance Reminders
To file a formal complaint about an Ordinance violation, click on the link below:
To download any or all of the borough Ordinances, click on the links below:
Chapter 7 Auditor
Chapter 17 Fireman’s Relief Association
Chapter 22 Inter-municipal Agreements
Chapter 24 Investment Trust
Chapter 33 Officers and Employees
Chapter 35 Pensions
Chapter 39 Salaries and Compensation
Chapter 42 Sewage Authority
Chapter 44 Shade Tree
Chapter 51 Amusement/Amusement Devices
Chapter 53 Animals
Chapter 57 Brush, Grass, & Weeds
Chapter 61 Building Construction
Chapter 64 Burning, Outdoor
Chapter 69 Public Entertainment
Chapter 71 Curfews for Minors
Chapter 72 Erosion and Sediment Control
Chapter 76 Firearms and Weapons
Chapter 78 Fire Insurance Escrow
Chapter 79 Fire Prevention
Chapter 82 Fire Suppression Systems
Chapter 83 Fire Prevention Rapid Entry Key Box Systems
Chapter 86 Flood Control
Chapter 89 Gargage and Yard Sale Regulations
Chapter 90 Garage, Rubbish and Refuse
Chapter 93 Gasoline Stations
Chapter 97 Heating Equipment
Chapter 103 Junkyards
Chapter 108 Littering
Chapter 112 Massage Parlors
Chapter 114 Mobile Homes
Chapter 117 Obscenities
CHAPTER 120 Parks and Recreation
Chapter 122 Peddling and Soliciting
Chapter 125 Property Maintenance
Chapter 130 Rental Properties
Chapter 135 Sewers
Chapter 138 Smoke Detectors
Chapter 141 Snow and Ice Removal
Chapter 142 Solid Waste
Chapter 143 Storm Water Management Chapter 143 APPENDIX A
Chapter 144 Streets and Sidewalks
Chapter 149 Taxation
Chapter 156 Vehicles, Abandoned and Junk
Chapter 159 Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 163Zoning
2021 Ordinances/Resolutions:
Wireless Comm FacilitiesHazard Mitigation Resolution 1-2021Resolution 2-2021 Sheetz Transfer Liquor LicenseResolution 3-2021 Green Light Go AgreementRESOLUTION 4-2021 Fee Schedule for Wireless Communications Facilities (003).docxResolution 5-2021 Disposition Public RecordsResolution 6-2021 Establishing 2022 Real Estate RateResolution 7-2021 Addendum Agreement Teamsters
2020 Ordinances/Resolutions:
Ordinance 2020-1 Intergovernmental Cooperation GGSA Ordinance 2020-2 Dissolving Community Commission & Recreation Board Ordinance3-2020 Storm Water Management Resolution 2020-1 Real Estate Tax RatesResolution 2020-2 Stormwater State HighwaysResolution 2020-3 disposition public recordsResolution 2020-4 Rental RatesResolution 2020-5 Census DayResolution 2020-6 Property Relief Tax Provisions of Act 15Resolution 7-2020 Winer Service AgreementResolution 8-2020 Bucket TruckResolution 9-2020 Police Dispatch ServicesResolution 10-2020 2021 Real Estate Tax Rate
2019 Ordinances:
Ordinance 1-2019 Garbage truck purchase Ordinance 2-2019 Park Commission & Recreation Ordinance 3-2019 Amending Chapter 125 Ordinance 4-2019 Retirement Plan Ordinance 5-2019 Amending Non Uniform Retirement Resolutions 1 thru 7 of 2019