Haverford, PA Code Violation Reporting: Common Violations (2026)

The ten conditions in § 119-5 are: noxious or offensive manufacture, art or business; dangerous buildings or structures; buildings damaged by reason of fire or other cause; improper or unsafe construction, repair or alteration; discharge or draining of harmful oils or fluids on lands or into streams; improper accumulation of debris, refuse, garbage or manure; improper sanitation facilities, dumps or cesspools; dumping, storage or accumulation of junk; dangerous excavations, holes or pits; and dangerous accumulation of water or other liquids.

When one is reported, the Township Manager shall, in his or her discretion, see whether an order of abatement should be made. The section says the list is not meant to be all-inclusive and that other conditions, although not listed, can lead the Manager or Code Enforcement to proceed the same way. The process begins with the written determination of nuisance in § 119-1, which covers a nuisance in fact, a menace to health or a threat to public safety, followed by the order under § 119-2.

Section 119-4 lets the Manager or Code Enforcement enter at any time any premises suspected of being a nuisance to examine, inspect, correct or abate it. Under § 119-6, where Chapter 119 imposes greater restrictions than another statute, ordinance or regulation, Chapter 119 controls, and where the other provision is stricter, that one controls.

Article II of the chapter separately addresses chronic nuisance property, defined in § 119-10 as a property that had three or more nuisance activities during any sixty-day period. Other chapters cover related complaints, including Chapter 111 on littering, Chapter 138 on property maintenance and Chapter 117 on noise.