Title 11, CITIES

With regard to a city fire bureau, council shall have the authority to: (1) establish and organize a fire bureau by ordinance; (2) make appropriations for the maintenance of the fire bureau; (3) promulgate regulations for the governing of the officers and companies belonging to t…

The mayor, by and with approval and consent of council, shall appoint the fire chief who may be demoted without cause but not to any rank lower than the rank which the fire chief held within the fire bureau at the time of designation as fire chief. In the event that no qualified …

When a paid fire bureau is organized by any city, council, except as provided by section 12101.1 (relating to appointment and demotion of fire chief), may provide for the election or appointment of the officers and companies belonging to the fire bureau by ordinance in accordance…

(a) General rule.--The director of the department having charge of the fire bureau in a city may divide the officers and members of companies of the uniformed fire force in the employ of the city, and any other firefighters and drivers regularly employed and paid by the city, exc…

(a) General rule.--A city may, by ordinance, provide for the creation of the office of fire marshal who shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the approval and consent of council, biennially. (b) Powers.-- (1) The fire marshal and any authorized assistant shall inspect all …

(a) General rule.--It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or prevent or attempt to obstruct or prevent the fire marshal in the discharge of the fire marshal's duties. (b) Penalties.--Council may, by ordinance, establish the types or grades of the criminal conduct and may…

The mayor of any city may issue a subpoena in the name of the Commonwealth to an individual requiring the attendance of the individual before the mayor or the fire marshal at the time and place as may be named in the subpoena, then and there to testify, under oath or affirmation,…

The fire chief of a city shall be ex-officio fire marshal if the office is not separately filled pursuant to ordinance in the city, and, in that case, all the powers and duties given to or imposed upon the fire marshal under this chapter shall be enjoyed and exercised by the fire…

A city may make appropriations to secure insurance or compensation for volunteer firefighters killed or injured while engaged in the performance of their duties or as special fire police.

A fire chief or head of a fire department of a city who has been removed from bargaining units under the act of June 24, 1968 (P.L.237, No.111), referred to as the Policemen and Firemen Collective Bargaining Act, by rulings of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board shall receive …

(a) General rule.--For the purpose of conducting a survey as may be required by council, the city engineer or other registered professional engineer employed by the city may: (1) enter and survey a mine or colliery within the limits of the city, in whole or in part, at all reason…

The owner, operator or superintendent of a coal mine or colliery within the limits of the city, in whole or in part, shall, at the request of council, make or cause to be made and furnished to the city engineer an accurate map or plan of the workings or excavations of each coal m…

(a) Duty to update.--Not less than once every three months, a map that has been provided to a city, at the request of council, pursuant to section 12204 (relating to operators to furnish maps and contents) shall be updated at the direction of the mine owner, operator or superinte…

It shall be unlawful for an individual, partnership, association or corporation to dig, mine, remove or carry away the coal, rock, earth or other minerals or materials forming the natural support of the surface beneath the streets and places of a city to an extent and in a manner…

An individual, corporation or association violating the provisions of this chapter concerning surface support of streets and places within the city commits a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not t…

Council may enact ordinances necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and provide penalties for the violation.

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: "Public nuisance" or "nuisance." A nuisance detrimental to the public health, unless a different meaning is specified.

A city shall have a board of health. Council may, by ordinance, create a board of health or council shall be the board of health. If council is the board of health, members of council shall receive no additional compensation for serving on the board.

(a) General rule.--Council shall appoint five members to a board of health created by ordinance. Appointed members shall serve without compensation. Except in the case of an appointed member who is a licensed or certified health care professional with a principal office in the ci…

(a) General rule.--Each member of the board of health shall take the oath of office prescribed in section 10905 (relating to oath of office, violation of oath and penalty). (b) Organization.--The board of health shall organize annually on the first Monday of January and shall ele…

The secretary of the board shall: (1) Keep the minutes of the proceedings of the board and accurate accounts of the expenditures of the board. (2) Draw all requisitions for the payment of money on account of the board of health from appropriations made by council to the board and…

(a) Selection and oath.-- (1) Council shall, by ordinance, determine the manner and method of selection of a health officer who shall be an individual with experience or training in public health work and who shall be or shall become certified for the office of health officer by …

(a) General rule.--The health officer shall: (1) Attend all regular and special meetings of the board of health. (2) Be available for the prompt performance of the health officer's official duties. (3) Quarantine places of communicable diseases in accordance with law and with the…

(a) General rule.--The board of health shall prevent or diminish the introduction or further spread of infectious or contagious diseases and otherwise to protect and increase the public health by: (1) regulating access to places of infection or contagion; (2) isolating carriers o…

The board of health shall: (1) If authorized by council, employ agents and employees at rates of compensation approved by council. (2) Enter upon any premises within the city, as a body or by committee or by its agents or employees, which are suspected of infectious or contagious…

Rules and regulations adopted by the board of health shall be presented to council for its approval subject to the following: (1) Council may approve, by ordinance, the rules and regulations submitted by the board of health. (2) Upon approval by council, the rules and regulations…

All fees and penalties collected or received by the board of health or a board officer acting in an official capacity shall be paid to the city treasurer for use by the city.

The proceedings of the board of health shall be public and its journal of proceedings shall be open to public inspection.

(a) General rule.--A condition or usage in a city, whether public or private, determined by the board of health to be detrimental to the public health shall constitute a public nuisance. (b) Powers.--The powers of investigation and entering upon premises vested in the board of he…

(a) Duty to report.--If, in accordance with this subchapter, the board of health determines that a public nuisance exists, it shall report its determination, along with any request for summary abatement, to the department designated by council in section 127A02 (relating to repor…

(a) General rule.--Council may, by ordinance, appoint the members of a board of directors of a nonprofit corporation as the board of health for the city for a term of five years, provided that the nonprofit corporation: (1) Has as its principal purpose to substantially preserve a…

The board of health under this subchapter shall have all the power and authority and perform the duties prescribed by law upon boards of health of cities.

Pursuant to section 12305(b) (relating to health officer), council may appoint the manager or chief administrator of a nonprofit corporation as the principal health officer of the city.

The secretary of the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation under this subchapter may serve as secretary of the board of health.

(a) General rule.--Council may appoint successors for vacancies on the board of health that occur: (1) As five-year terms of board members expire. The successors shall serve for five-year terms. (2) For any other reason, but a successor appointment shall be for the unexpired port…

The members of the board of health under this subchapter shall serve without compensation from the city.

This subchapter shall be effective only under the circumstances set forth in section 12330 (relating to board of directors of corporation to be appointed members of board of health).

Any person who: (1) violates any provision of this chapter or any order or regulation of the board of health made under the authority of this chapter; (2) violates any law, regulation or ordinance referred to or authorized by this chapter; (3) obstructs or interferes with any per…

(a) General rule.--A city is declared to be a body corporate and politic, shall have perpetual succession and may: (1) Sue and be sued. (2) Have and use a corporate seal and alter the seal. The seal shall have upon it the word "Pennsylvania," the name of the city and the year of …

(a) General rule.--In exercising its discretion to make decisions that further the public interest under terms it deems most beneficial to the city, council may, subject to any restrictions, limitations or exceptions stated in this chapter: (1) Purchase, hold, use and manage real…

Council may provide for the payment of the debts and expenses of the city and appropriate money for the payment.

(a) Capital reserve fund.-- (1) Council may create and maintain a separate capital reserve fund for any anticipated capital expenses, which shall be designated for a specific purpose or purposes when created. The money in the fund shall be used for no other purpose unless council…

Council may provide for and regulate the manner of hiring and discharging employees and the fixing of their salaries or compensation, consistent with applicable Federal and State law.

In addition to the city departments established in accordance with Chapter 111 (relating to the executive department), council may create any city office, public board, bureau or commission, which it may deem necessary for the good of government and interests of the city, and, wi…

(a) General rule.--Council may provide for lockup facilities as deemed necessary for the detention and confinement of individuals. (b) Restriction.--No city shall erect or construct a city jail or lockup or use any existing building or lockup for the first time that will be or is…

Council may: (1) Purchase, lease and own ground for marketplaces. (2) Erect, maintain and establish marketplaces. (3) Provide for and enforce suitable general market regulations. (4) Contract with any person for the erection and regulation of marketplaces on terms and conditions …