Title 73, TOWNSHIPS

Money necessary for the purchase of a tract shall be appropriated in the same manner as appropriations for township purposes. Money may be provided from the current revenue or by the proceeds of a sale of general obligation bonds.

Upon acquisition of a forest or land suitable for a forest, the board of commissioners may promulgate regulations governing the proper administration of the acquired forestry as necessary to produce continuing township revenue by the sale of forest products. The regulations may p…

Money necessary for the administration, maintenance, protection and development of forests shall be appropriated and applied for township purposes. The revenue and the return on the revenue arising from the forests shall be paid into the township treasury to be used for general t…

A township forest may be used by the public as general outing or recreation grounds subject to the regulations under section 7334 (relating to regulations).

(a) Determination.--If the board of commissioners deems it expedient to sell or lease a township forest, a part of a township forest or a product from a township forest, the board of commissioners shall pass an ordinance specifying the facts and conditions relating to the propose…

The board of commissioners may appropriate money from the township treasury: (1) to a forest protection association cooperating in forest work with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; or (2) to be expended in direct cooperation with the department in forest work…

(a) Payment.--A penalty or assessment under this chapter shall be paid to the township treasurer. (b) Use.--The township treasurer shall keep penalties and assessments in a separate fund and utilized only for the purposes authorized by this chapter.

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: "Pennsylvania Construction Code Act." The act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construct…

(a) Applicability.--The Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and the Uniform Construction Code shall apply to the construction, alteration, repair and occupancy of the buildings and structures within a township. (b) Primacy.--This section and an ordinance passed or a rule or regula…

The board of commissioners may pass an ordinance to equal or exceed the minimum requirements of the Uniform Construction Code in accordance with and subject to the requirements of section 503 of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act. An ordinance exceeding the provisions of the …

(a) Abatement.--Except as provided under subsection (b), any building, housing or property or a part of any building, housing or property erected, altered, extended, reconstructed, removed or maintained, contrary to the provisions of an ordinance passed for the purposes specified…

(a) Property maintenance code.-- (1) Notwithstanding the primacy of the Uniform Construction Code, the board of commissioners may pass a property maintenance code ordinance in either of the following manners: (i) Pass, as the property maintenance code ordinance, a standard or nat…

(a) Scope.--This section applies if the Uniform Construction Code, or a replacement code, is no longer applicable in townships as a result of: (1) legislative action; or (2) a final judicial order: (i) for which the time for appeal has expired, and no appeal has been taken; or (i…

(a) Authority.-- (1) The board of commissioners shall pass ordinances in accordance with this chapter and the laws of this Commonwealth in which the powers of the township shall be exercised: (i) as deemed beneficial to the township; and (ii) to provide for the enforcement of the…

(a) Requirements.--Except as provided under this chapter or other statutory provision, the board of commissioners must publish a proposed ordinance once in one newspaper of general circulation at least seven days and not more than 60 days prior to passage. Publication of a propos…

(a) Recording.--A township ordinance and a township resolution pertaining to tax levies shall, within 30 days after enactment, be recorded by the township secretary in an ordinance book. Failure to record within the time provided shall not be deemed a defect in the process of ena…

(a) Authority.--The board of commissioners may prepare a codification or revision of the general body of township ordinances or of the ordinances on a particular subject. (1) The codification or revision may be enacted as an ordinance of the township. The required advertised noti…

(a) Legality.--A complaint as to the legality of an ordinance or a resolution must be made to a court of common pleas under 42 Pa.C.S. § 5571.1 (relating to appeals from ordinances, resolutions, maps, etc.). (b) Legality and propriety.--For an ordinance laying out streets over pr…

(a) Incorporation by reference.-- (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) or the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, the board of commissioners may incorporate by reference a standard or nationally recognized code or a portion of the standard or code in an ordinance. (2) A portio…

(a) Authority.--A township ordinance shall prescribe fines and penalties for violations as follows: (1) A civil penalty may not exceed $600 per violation. (2) A criminal fine may not exceed $1,000 per violation. A criminal penalty may prescribe imprisonment to the extent allowed …

An individual arrested for the violation of a township ordinance may, pending hearing or trial, be committed to the township lockup, or if there is no suitable township lockup, a county correctional facility. Cross References. Section 7712 is referred to in section 7713 of this t…

If section 7712 (relating to commitment pending trial) applies, the expenses of maintaining the prisoner during confinement shall be paid by the township, and the county shall not be liable for the maintenance.

(a) Assumpsit.-- (1) If a township has a municipal claim for making an improvement, providing water or sewer service or removing a nuisance, the township may collect the claim by an action in assumpsit against the person that owned the property at the time of the completion of th…

(a) Revival.--Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to revive a repealed statutory provision. (b) Repeals.--(Reserved).