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Pennsylvania Statutes, Title 11

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Title 11, CITIES

46 chapters · 482 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 11482 Ch 110, Council50 Ch 124, Corporate Powers48 Ch 143, Pensions41 Ch 129, Streets23 Ch 123, Public Health22 Ch 119, Contracts19 Ch 118, Accounts and Finances16 Ch 144, Civil Service15 Ch 109, City Officers and Employees12 Ch 127A, Nuisance Abatement12 Ch 102, Procedures for Incorporation11 Ch 104, Creation and Division of Wards11 Ch 114, City Treasurer11 Ch 126, Licenses and License Fees11

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 11✕Ch 127A✕

11 Pa.C.S. § 127A01 Definitions
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The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Abatement." The removal, stoppage or destruction by any reasonable means of the cause or constitution of a public nuisa…
11 Pa.C.S. § 127A02 Report and investigation of public nuisance
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(a) Designation of department.--Council shall designate the department to which reports of the existence of a possible public nuisance shall be made. (b) Criteria for investigating reports.--The department shall establish criteria for investigating reports to determine the existe…
11 Pa.C.S. § 127A03 Summary abatement
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(a) General rule.--A city shall have the power to utilize summary abatement in accordance with this section. (b) Conditions.--In the case of a reported public nuisance, the department shall have authority to utilize summary abatement if all of the following occur: (1) The departm…
11 Pa.C.S. § 127A04 Prior notice of abatement
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(a) Abatement authority.--The department shall have the authority to abate a public nuisance with prior notice as provided by this section if, after inspecting the property or condition reported to be a public nuisance, subject to constitutional standards in a similar manner as p…

11 Pa.C.S. § 127A05 Abatement by owner

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(a) Duty of owner.--Within 30 days after written notice has been provided pursuant to section 127A04(b)(1) or (2) (relating to prior notice of abatement), the owner shall remove and abate the nuisance. (b) Extension.--The department, upon written application by the owner within t…

11 Pa.C.S. § 127A06 Appeal after notice and hearing

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(a) Hearing.--A city shall, by ordinance, provide a procedure by which an owner of the property who has been served with a notice pursuant to section 127A04(b)(1) or (2) (relating to prior notice of abatement) may request and have a timely hearing on the question of whether a pub…

11 Pa.C.S. § 127A07 Abatement by city after notice and statement of costs

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(a) Abatement by city after notice.--If a public nuisance has not been abated at the expiration of 30 days after notice has been provided or within additional time as the department or appeals board may grant, taking into consideration the provisions of section 127A06(c) (relatin…

11 Pa.C.S. § 127A08 Assistance in abatement

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In abating a public nuisance, the department may call upon any of the city departments or divisions for assistance, as shall be deemed necessary, or may abate the public nuisance by private contract.

11 Pa.C.S. § 127A09 Salvage of material

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If deemed practicable by the department, the department may salvage and sell at private or public sale any material derived from an abatement of a public nuisance. Pursuant to ordinance, all of the following shall apply to the proceeds obtained from the sale of any material salva…

11 Pa.C.S. § 127A10 Notice of assessment and appeal of charges

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(a) Notice of assessment.--Upon receipt of the statement of costs from the department, either for a summary abatement pursuant to section 127A03 (relating to summary abatement) or for an abatement with notice pursuant to section 127A04 (relating to prior notice of abatement), the…

11 Pa.C.S. § 127A11 Personal liability of owner

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Notwithstanding the right of the city to utilize in rem proceedings to pursue collection of the costs, fees and penalties in the statement of costs as a municipal claim, the person who is the owner of the property at the time of a summary abatement at which the notice required is…

11 Pa.C.S. § 127A12 Administrative fee and civil penalties

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Whenever a public nuisance is abated by the city, the statement of the costs of the public nuisance shall include the city's actual cost of abatement, plus an administrative fee, not to exceed 10%, and a civil penalty. For the first abatement of a public nuisance upon any owner's…