Bristol Township, PA

In residential zones of Bristol Township, Bucks County, noise becomes an excessive disturbance above 55 dBA between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and above 45 dBA between 10:00 p.m. and…

Bristol Township's noise chapter bans playing radios, audio equipment, amplifiers and instruments in a way that creates a noise disturbance or annoys people nearby, and bans…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, keeping an animal or bird that makes noise continuously or persistently for 15 minutes or more, in a way that disturbs or annoys any person at any…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, no one can run construction, drilling, blasting, demolition, excavation or stone extraction work between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Township Council…

Bristol Township Code § 129-3 caps car engines and post-1982 motorcycles at 86 decibels, requires motorcycles driven in the Township to carry a muffler meeting Pennsylvania inspection…

Bristol Township does not name leaf blowers, but § 129-3 F bars mechanically powered lawn or garden tools and similar devices used out of doors between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when…

Bristol Township sets measured noise limits in residentially zoned areas: 55 dBA between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and 45 dBA between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., measured from 30 feet…

In Bristol Township, grass and/or weeds growing in excess of a height of 10 inches are a declared nuisance under Township Code § 134-2 A. The rule covers public and private property…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, no one can cut, prune, break, injure or remove a shade tree on a public highway without first getting a written permit from the Shade Tree…

In Bristol Township, shade trees must be trimmed so the minimum height over any public walk or road is nine feet, and private owners must keep branches over a public highway at that…

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Services Code authorizes the Governor to impose mandatory statewide drought water-use restrictions that override local rules during declared…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, the Township Code bans outdoor burning of municipal waste, yard waste and recyclable materials for purposes of disposal. Recreational fires in…

The recreational fire provision in the Bristol Township code, § 140-5, sits in the Township parks chapter. Recreational fires may only be built in designated areas, must be continually…

In Bristol Township, a facility selling fireworks must be licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, stand alone in a building of no more than 12,000 square feet, and sit…

Pennsylvania regulates propane and LP-gas storage statewide under the Propane and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act (Act 61 of 2002). The Department of Labor and Industry enforces National…

Pennsylvania's Forest Fire Protection Law makes it a crime to set fire to any woodlot, forest, or wild land anywhere in the Commonwealth. Accidental ignition is a misdemeanor…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, an abandoned vehicle cannot remain on public or private property more than 48 hours, and a junked or inoperative vehicle kept on exterior property…

Bristol Township's Property Maintenance Code requires recreational vehicles, boats and trailers kept on a property to be registered, inspected and insured, and to be parked on the…

Bristol Township Council can designate, revise or repeal residential parking districts, but only in residential zones where nonresident vehicles fill 30% or more of legal curb…

In Bristol Township, vehicles must be off Township streets within two hours after snow or sleet covers the street surface, regardless of measured accumulation. Posted snow routes are…

Bristol Township Code Chapter 191, Article IV bars leaving a vehicle idling unattended, requires parking wholly inside marked spaces, prohibits all parking on bridges and on the…

Bristol Township Code § 191-24C bars parking a commercial vehicle, truck or trailer over 7,000 pounds gross weight on any public or private property in the Township's residential…

Bristol Township Code § 205-122 requires off-street loading facilities for any new or enlarged use in Bristol Township, Bucks County, that customarily receives or distributes goods by…

Bristol Township's Property Maintenance Code requires motor and recreational vehicles to be parked on the premises' driveway. An existing paved driveway can be extended with a gravel…

Bucks County requires an annual license for every commercial electric vehicle charging station (EVCS) output in the county, at $90.00 per output for 2026. Ordinance No. 176 folded EVCS…

Section 6(A)(1) of the Bucks County Park System Rules and Regulations bars parking any vehicle inside a county park between sunset and sunrise, unless the Department posts different…

A Pennsylvania private parking lot cannot tow you unless it is posted. Under 75 Pa.C.S. § 3353(b)(2) the trespass-parking rule does not reach a private parking lot at all unless the…

Bristol Township bars any animal from running at large and requires every dog to be on a leash in public, with the leash capped at six feet. Dogs are allowed in Township parks only at…

Bristol Township regulates dangerous dogs by conduct, not breed. Chapter 57 defines a vicious animal as one that has attacked without cause or caused property damage, orders protective…

Bristol Township caps a household at two animals. The Code Enforcement Officer can issue a permit for more after an application and inspection, and breeders with a kennel license under…

Bristol Township bans keeping a wild or exotic animal anywhere except a zoological park, veterinary facility, Humane Society, circus, sideshow, amusement show or educational or…

Bristol Township prohibits keeping cattle, swine, sheep, goats or fowl except where zoned and designated for them, with prior approval of the Township official. The agriculture use…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a veterinary office with an associated kennel is Use D14 under the Township Council's zoning ordinance. Outside animal shelters, kennels and runs…

Pennsylvania's Bee Law requires all beekeepers to register their colonies annually with the Department of Agriculture for inspection and disease control.

Pennsylvania Game Commission regulations prohibit intentionally feeding bears and elk statewide, with deer feeding restricted in chronic wasting disease zones.

Bristol Township Code § 205-134 caps residential fences in Bristol Township, Bucks County, at six feet in a rear or side yard and four feet in the front yard. Nonresidential fences top…

Bristol Township Code § 205-134(C) bars electrified, barbed wire and razor wire fences in Bristol Township, Bucks County, with two exceptions: barbed wire on farms for restraint of…

Under Pennsylvania's 1905 Line Fence Act (29 P.S. § 41), adjoining owners of improved and occupied land must build and maintain equal halves of any boundary or division fence, and…

In Bristol Township, an outdoor swimming pool, whether in-ground, aboveground or on-ground, and any hot tub or spa, must have a fence or barrier that completely surrounds it. The…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a building permit is required to locate, construct or maintain a swimming pool, which the zoning chapter defines as a structure designed to contain a…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a storage shed, bathhouse or private greenhouse must stand in the required side and/or rear yard, not less than three feet from any property line. A…

Bristol Township calls an accessory dwelling an accessory apartment: a separate dwelling unit subordinate in size to a single-family detached home. Only one is allowed per lot, it can…

In Bristol Township, a home occupation cannot alter a house's residential character through signs or advertising visible outside the premises, other than a sign permitted under Article…

In Bristol Township, a no-impact home-based business cannot involve customer, client or patient traffic, vehicular or pedestrian, or pickup, delivery or removal functions beyond those…

Bristol Township treats a home occupation as an accessory use clearly subordinate to the residence, carried on wholly indoors in the practitioner's bona fide residence or an accessory…

In Bristol Township, family day care means care for four to six children, or up to four disabled and/or elderly persons, who are not relatives of the caregiver, in a residence. Use G1e…

Pennsylvania never enacted a cottage food law, so there is no sales ceiling to stay under and no exemption to claim. Instead 3 Pa.C.S. § 5734(a) makes it the duty of every person…

When a booking platform like Airbnb or Vrbo collects payment for a Bucks County short-term rental and acts as the lodging operator, Ordinance No. 158 requires that booking agent to…

Bristol Township, Bucks County, PA requires new construction and substantial improvements in AE, A1-30 and AH flood zones to have the lowest floor, including the basement, at or above…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, PA, Chapter 68 of the Township Code makes it unlawful to undertake any construction or development anywhere in the Township without a permit from the…

Bristol Township Code § 129-3 G bars running a stationary motor vehicle, or auxiliary equipment attached to it, for longer than five minutes in any hour, unless the cause is traffic…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, Chapter 173 requires regulated activities in the Delaware River South Watershed to submit a drainage plan to the Township, keeps natural watercourses…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, regulated activities in the Delaware River South Watershed cannot start until the Township approves an erosion and sediment control plan. A DEP plan…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, the Township Manager is the repository for all complaints regarding Township services. Under Bristol Township Code § 5-15, the Manager investigates…

Bristol Township Code § 134-2 lists the nuisance conditions that draw notices: junk and debris accumulations, junked or unlicensed vehicles left outside more than seven days, and…

Bristol Township sets its code-enforcement clock in Chapter 134. A written notice to abate must give a reasonable time of not less than 10 days, or 10 days after receipt to request a…

Bristol Township, Bucks County, PA enforces red light cameras under Chapter 60 of the Township Code, adopted by Township Council on 12-19-2024. Cameras operate only at four listed…

Bucks County limits bicycles, e-bikes and e-scooters in its Park System to trails and paved roads specifically marked for that use. Riders must yield to pedestrians on every path…

Bucks County defines an e-bike as a pedal-equipped, two- or three-wheel vehicle under 100 pounds with a motor of 750 watts or less and a 20 mph motor-only top speed. On non-motorized…

Bucks County defines an e-scooter as a stand-on device under 100 pounds with handlebars and an electric motor, and § 7 limits e-scooter riding to designated trails and paved roads…

Pennsylvania draws a hard line between a golf cart and a neighborhood electric vehicle. Chapter 77A of the Vehicle Code makes it unlawful to operate a golf cart on any highway at all…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, anyone who builds or develops anywhere in the Township needs a permit under Chapter 68, and § 68-9 requires the Floodplain Administrator or another…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, § 84-5(B) requires an automatic sprinkler system throughout buildings with a Group R-1 fire area, with an exception allowing a residential sprinkler…

In Bristol Township, no structure can be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, added to, razed or removed, and no building occupied or changed in use, until the necessary…

In Bristol Township, a day-care center serves four or more children, disabled persons and/or elderly. In residential districts the building must look like a single-family detached…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, § 87-4 makes it unlawful for anyone 17 or younger to be or remain on the streets at night until 6:00 a.m., starting at 10:00 p.m. for ages 11 and…

Township parks and recreational facilities in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, are open daily from 7:00 a.m. to sundown under § 140-1. The Department of Parks and Recreation can approve…

Bristol Township, Bucks County, PA, sorts mercantile taxpayers into three classes under Code § 180-29: wholesale vendors at one mill, retail vendors and restaurants at 1 1/2 mills, and…

No one in Bristol Township, Bucks County, can run a massage business without a massage business license from the Office of Licenses, Zoning and Inspections, and every massagist or…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a wrecker cannot join the police tow rotation or offer towing to the Township without an annual license from the Bristol Township Managing Director…

Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, requires a license from its Licenses and Inspections Department for each location where a pawnbroker operates, plus an annual registration fee set by…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a secondhand dealer or antique dealer is any business, including an itinerant merchant, that buys or appraises used goods for resale or refining…

Operating an adult business in Bristol Township takes a permit from the Code Enforcement Officer under Chapter 49, and the permit expires after one year. Zoning adds hard spacing: no…

Bristol Township's nuisance chapter, enacted by Township Council, permits a vehicle to undergo repair only if the work is performed inside a structure or similarly enclosed area…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, tattooing and body piercing fall under Use D23 Personal Service Establishment. The building must sit at least 1,000 feet from any residential use or…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a premises with more than 250 square feet dedicated to cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco or other tobacco products and paraphernalia…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, a burglar alarm in or on any building or motor vehicle is a nuisance unless it shuts off within 10 minutes of being activated. The rule sits in the…

Bristol Township, Bucks County, bans smoking, vaping and all tobacco use in every Township park, in park facilities and in the parking lots next to them. Chapter 167 of the Township…

Bristol Township bans drinking liquor or malt beverages on public streets, sidewalks, parks, school grounds and parking lots open to the public, and bans carrying an open container in…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, § 127-2A makes it loitering to gather, alone or with other persons, for an unlawful or malicious purpose on public property, a public right-of-way…

Bucks County's Park System Rules flatly ban relieving yourself anywhere in county parks except in a restroom or other facility built for that purpose. Section 9.27(D) applies parkwide…

Bucks County's Park System Rules bar consuming or possessing marijuana or any other controlled substance anywhere within the Park System. Section 9.18(A)(1) points to Pennsylvania's…

Bucks County bans peddling, business solicitation and charity fundraising anywhere in the county Park System unless the Director gives written permission first. The rule, Ordinance No…

Bucks County confines skateboards, in-line skates and similar wheeled equipment to designated skate parks or paved roadways within the county Park System. Section 9.27(H) of the Park…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, the Township or its contractor collects source-separated recyclables from residential properties, and every resident must separate recyclables from…

Bristol Township sets specific curb rules for household recycling: containers go out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before collection, come in by 10:00 p.m. on collection day…

Bristol Township requires residents to separate yard waste from trash for on-site mulching, on-site composting or a composting facility. Owners of multifamily, commercial…

In Bristol Township, the Township or its contractor collects all residential municipal waste, and owners must make waste available at the times and dates set by regulation. Residents…

Bristol Township will not collect household garbage that is not inside the Township or hauler roll-out container with the lid closed, and the owner must remove it. Containers belong to…

Bristol Township allows garbage containers at the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the evening before collection and requires empty containers off the curb by 10:00 p.m. on collection…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, throwing trash onto a street, public place or another person's land is prohibited under the Anti-Littering Ordinance, and operating an open dump is…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, § 126-3 requires refuse stored on the outside of any building to be in metal containers with tightly fitting covers, kept in good condition at all…

Bristol Township Code § 134-2 C declares filthy, littered or trash-covered vacant lots, vacant areas, houses, buildings and premises a nuisance. The Township serves written notice with…

Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania requires the owner, occupant or tenant of property along any Township street to clear snow, ice or sleet from abutting sidewalks within 24…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a dwelling that fails Chapter 120 badly enough to endanger occupants or the public is declared substandard housing and a public nuisance under §…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, no one can open or break the surface of a street, sidewalk, footpath or curb without first obtaining a permit under § 175-17…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, construction materials cannot block a sidewalk below four feet of free passage, cannot sit within 25 feet of a fire hydrant, and…

In Bristol Township, property owners are responsible for the maintenance and repair of curbs and sidewalks at their own expense. The Office of Licenses, Zoning and Inspection inspects…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, no one can solicit or peddle in a public place or on private property without a license from the Bristol Township Office of Licenses, Zoning and…

In Bristol Township, a licensed solicitor or peddler cannot enter or stay on a home or business property when the owner posts a No Soliciting sign, asks the person to leave, or has…

Bristol Township bars a licensed peddler from occupying any fixed location on a street, highway, alley or sidewalk, with or without a stand or counter, except as the chapter allows…

Bristol Township sends temporary selling from a roadside stand, vacant lot or temporary structure to Chapter 205, Zoning, and names ice cream trucks in summer and lunch trucks that go…

Pennsylvania's Food Code requires all mobile food units to obtain retail food facility licenses through the Department of Agriculture or local health departments.

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, growing bamboo in a way that lets it spread onto a neighbor's property is a declared nuisance under the Township Council's nuisance chapter. The…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, group use of parks and recreational facilities runs through scheduling procedures set by the Department of Parks and Recreation under § 140-3. Any…

Any fair, carnival, circus or traveling show in Bristol Township must register with the Township at least 30 days before opening, post a $10,000 bond, carry liability insurance and put…

Any parade, procession, demonstration, picket line, or rally on Bucks County park property needs a Department permit under § 9.8 of the Park System Rules and Regulations, unless the…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a lot in the R-1 Residence District needs a 35-foot front yard, a 25-foot rear yard, and two side yards that total 30 feet with neither under 12…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, every residence district caps building height at 35 feet: R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 each print the same limit in their area and dimensional section…

In Bristol Township's R-1 Residence District, maximum building area is 20% and the maximum impervious surface ratio is 30%. Neighboring residential districts allow more: 25% and 35% in…

Bristol Township Code § 177-51 requires street trees along both sides of every street in a land development or subdivision, spaced 50, 40 or 25 feet apart by tree size and alternating…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, no one can occupy a dwelling or let it to another if it fails the minimum maintenance standards of Chapter 120, the Minimum Housing Standards…

Landlords in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, report their rentals every year. Section 181-2 requires each lessor to give the Managing Director a written list of rented and available…

Under 68 P.S. Section 250.501, a Pennsylvania landlord must serve a written notice to quit before eviction: 10 days for nonpayment of rent, and 15 days (term of one year or less) or 30…

Pennsylvania Landlord-Tenant Act establishes uniform eviction notice and procedure requirements applicable statewide, governing all residential tenancy terminations universally.

Pennsylvania's Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 caps a residential security deposit at two months' rent during the first year and one month's rent in the second and later years…

Pennsylvania's general adverse possession period is 21 years under 42 Pa.C.S. Section 5530. A shorter 10-year period applies under 42 Pa.C.S. Section 5527.1 to a parcel of one-half…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, § 120-10C splits the duty to exterminate between occupant and owner. An occupant handles insects, rodents or other pests in the unit or yard, but the…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a medical marijuana dispensary or grower/processor cannot be located on a parcel within 1,000 feet of a parcel containing a public, private or…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a medical marijuana dispensary is Use D31, a conditional use in the C Commercial District authorized by Township Council. It needs Department of…

Pennsylvania prohibits home cultivation of cannabis by patients, caregivers, and recreational users. The Medical Marijuana Act limits production to state-permitted growers, and…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, every licensed rental unit needs a certificate of approval, issued once the Township determines the unit meets Chapter 120 and its other regulatory…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, § 120-11 directs the Building Official to investigate complaints alleging violations of the Chapter 120 housing standards. Inspectors enter during…

Under Bristol Township Code § 205-114, every use in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania must minimize light, heat and glare that is perceptible beyond its property line, and…

Bristol Township Code § 205-141 names a homeowners' association as one of five ways to own and maintain required open space in residential developments in Bristol Township, Bucks…

Under Pennsylvania's Uniform Planned Community Act, 68 Pa.C.S. § 5315, an association has an automatic lien on a unit for unpaid assessments and fines from the time they become due…

A Pennsylvania association's bylaws must call at least one owners' meeting a year, and notice has to go out not less than ten and not more than 60 days before it, stating the time, the…

Pennsylvania's American, Commonwealth and Military Flag Act overrides any HOA covenant that bans flags. Whatever the declaration says, an association may not stop a unit owner from…

Pennsylvania sets no dollar ceiling on a homeowners association fine. Under the Uniform Planned Community Act, 68 Pa.C.S. § 5302(a)(11), an association may levy "reasonable fines" for…

A Pennsylvania planned community association gets a lien on a lot the moment an assessment or fine falls due, and 68 Pa.C.S. § 5315(a) lets it foreclose that lien in a like manner as a…

In Bristol Township, a garage or yard sale on a residentially used property is limited to three days per occurrence and four occurrences in a calendar year, with at least a thirty-day…

In Bristol Township, signs advertising garage or yard sales must meet Article XXIX of the zoning chapter. In the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and EH Districts, the Article's temporary sign rule…

Bristol Township's zoning chapter has no separate digital billboard section, but it prohibits animated signs and treats any sign whose message changes more than eight times a day as…

In Bristol Township, window signs cannot cover more than 25% of the total window area in the CN, P-O and MS Districts, and no more than 15% in the C and CS Districts. The same 15% cap…

In Bristol Township, freestanding signs along Interstate 95 and the PA Turnpike get a special 25-foot height limit in the C, CS, M-1, M-2 and P-I Districts, with area capped at 60…

Placing a political sign, banner, or any advertising matter within the legal limits of a Pennsylvania state highway is unlawful without PennDOT's written consent under Section 425 of…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, Use D24 Agriculture covers crops, dairy, livestock, poultry and bee raising, and it needs a minimum site area of two acres. Livestock and poultry are…

Pennsylvania's Right to Farm Act (Act 133 of 1982, 3 P.S. §951 et seq.) protects established agricultural operations from local nuisance lawsuits and overly restrictive municipal…

In Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, every zoning permit, subdivision and land development application must disclose any historic structure on the site. Under § 205-143, a…

Bucks County bars personally owned grills from its parks under Section 9.12(C)(2), except a camp stove used in a designated camping area. Any propane tank over 1 pound needs the…

Bucks County charges a 5% lodging room rental tax on every hotel, motel, inn, guesthouse or bed-and-breakfast stay countywide. Ordinance No. 158 set the rate effective January 22…

Flying a drone, model aircraft or similar remote-controlled device from or above Bucks County park property requires a permit or must occur only in a designated area, and only in a…

Commercial drone operators in Pennsylvania must hold an FAA Part 107 certificate and comply with state crimes under Act 78 of 2018 (18 Pa.C.S. Section 3505). That law preempts local…

Pennsylvania Act 78 of 2018 (18 Pa.C.S. Section 3505) criminalizes drone surveillance of a private place, menacing operation, and contraband delivery, and preempts most local drone…

Pennsylvania is a shall-issue state requiring a License to Carry Firearms (LTCF) issued by the county sheriff for concealed carry or carry in a vehicle, with statewide rules under 18…

Pennsylvania law comprehensively preempts local regulation of firearms under 18 Pa.C.S. §6120. Cities and counties cannot regulate lawful ownership, possession, transfer, or…

Open carry of firearms is generally legal in Pennsylvania for adults 18 or older without a permit outside Philadelphia, but a License to Carry Firearms is required statewide for…

Under 18 Pa.C.S. Section 6106, carrying a firearm in a vehicle anywhere in Pennsylvania generally requires a valid License to Carry Firearms, with limited exceptions for unloaded…

Pennsylvania caps mini-casinos at ten Category 4 slot machine licenses statewide under 4 Pa.C.S. § 1305.1, each barred from sitting within 25 linear miles of an existing Category 1, 2…

Pennsylvania nonprofits can't run raffles, punchboards, or 50/50 drawings for charity until their own municipality's voters approve it in a referendum. Once approved, the county…

Pennsylvania's gambling code has no social-game or private-residence exception. 18 Pa.C.S. § 5513 makes it a first-degree misdemeanor to let people 'collect and assemble for the…

Pennsylvania channels all sports wagering through Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board certificates, and only an existing slot machine licensee can hold one under 4 Pa.C.S. § 13C11…

Sobriety checkpoints are lawful in Pennsylvania, and the authority is a single clause in 75 Pa.C.S. § 6308(b) permitting an officer to stop a vehicle whenever he is engaged in a…

Pennsylvania is an all-party consent state, and 18 Pa.C.S. § 5703 grades an intentional interception of an oral communication as a felony of the third degree, one of the harshest…

Pennsylvania has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute, so a person stopped on the street in this Commonwealth has no statutory duty to state a name or produce…

Pennsylvania does not require an officer to obtain written consent before searching a car, and it does not require a warning that you may refuse. Since 5 December 2025 it does require…

Pennsylvania Act 112 of 2019 raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco and e-cigarettes to 21, aligning with the federal Tobacco 21 law (Dec 2019). The state law covers all tobacco…

Pennsylvania does not currently impose a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or menthol cigarettes, though federal FDA marketing rules restrict which flavored vape products and…

Pennsylvania allows a passenger vehicle or light truck exactly one pair of approved auxiliary driving lamps and fog lamps, mounted at least 20 inches apart from center to center and no…

Pennsylvania has never written a dash cam allowance into the Vehicle Code. 75 Pa.C.S. § 4524(a) bars nontransparent material on the front windshield that materially obstructs the…

Lane splitting is expressly illegal in Pennsylvania. Section 3523(c) of the Vehicle Code says no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or…

Pennsylvania flatly prohibits a tinted registration plate cover. Section 1332(b)(5) of the Vehicle Code makes it unlawful to display a plate that "has a tinted plate cover," with no…

A radar detector is legal in a private passenger vehicle in Pennsylvania. The full text of Title 75, the Vehicle Code, contains no occurrence of the word "detector" at all, and the…

Studded snow tires are legal in Pennsylvania only between November 1 and April 15 of the following year, and the studs may project no more than two thirty-seconds of an inch beyond the…

Pennsylvania sets no separate front-and-rear tint percentages the way most states do. 75 Pa.C.S. § 4524(e)(1) simply bars driving with any sun screening device that does not permit a…