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🐔 Animal Ordinances
Pet Limits
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no more than four dogs aged three months or older can be kept in a home on a lot under one acre, or at any business or industrial…
Chickens & Livestock
Significant RestrictionsHaverford Township allows up to four pet chickens for noncommercial egg production in the backyard of a property on less than one acre. Roosters are banned, the coop must sit 20 feet…
Wildlife Feeding
Significant RestrictionsHaverford Township bans feeding, harboring or sheltering feral cats and wild animals, and bans leaving food or water unattended outdoors where it would attract them. Bird baths…
Dog Leash Laws
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, any dog off its owner's property must be on a lead not exceeding six feet, held by a person strong and mature enough to control it. A dog on the owner's premises…
Bird Protection
Light RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, § 126-3L of the Park Ordinance bars anyone from annoying, injuring or killing animals or birds in a Township park, disturbing…
Cat Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township an owner or harborer of a cat or feral cat cannot knowingly or negligently let it defecate or urinate on streets, sidewalks, public areas or any private property…
Exotic Pets
Heavy RestrictionsHaverford Township bans keeping any pig, hog or porcine animal and prohibits a printed list that includes poisonous animals, apes, bears, big cats, coyotes, deer, wolves, crocodilians…
Coyote Management
Significant RestrictionsHaverford Township bans feeding, harboring or sheltering wild animals, which covers coyotes and deer, and bars leaving food or water unattended on property where it can attract them…
Veterinary Clinic Zoning
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, an office of a veterinarian, a veterinary hospital and a kennel are permitted by right only in the C-4 Highway Commercial District. The buildings…
Beekeeping
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania's Bee Law requires all beekeepers to register their colonies annually with the Department of Agriculture for inspection and disease control.
Breed Restrictions
Few RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania state law prohibits municipalities from enacting breed-specific legislation that restricts dogs solely based on their breed or appearance.
🔊 Noise Ordinances
Vehicle Noise
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, unnecessary sounding of horns, sirens, bells or whistles, a motor vehicle with an improper or defective muffler, and backfiring or racing an engine are all…
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
Some RestrictionsHaverford Township has no decibel or clock limit for amplified music. Section 128-3C makes it disorderly conduct to run radios, phonographs, televisions or other mechanical…
Quiet Hours
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Chapter 117 defines nighttime hours as 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and caps sporadic noise at 52 decibels in the 600 to 1,200 cycles per second band at night…
Decibel Limits
Some RestrictionsHaverford Township, Pennsylvania, sets numeric noise limits in § 117-3 as maximum sound pressure levels in eight frequency bands from 20 to 10,000 cycles per second. Separate tables…
Construction Hours
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, noise from construction work and from repair and maintenance of any building or structure is exempt from the Noise chapter only…
Barking Dogs
Some RestrictionsHaverford Township makes it unlawful for an owner, custodian or keeper of a dog, cat, feral cat, bird or other animal to permit excessive noise that disturbs, annoys or frightens…
Leaf Blower Rules
Some RestrictionsDelaware CountyDelaware County sets no leaf-blower rule. Municipalities do. Middletown Township bars power blowers and other domestic yard tools outdoors from one hour after sunset until 8 a.m. the…
🌿 Landscaping Rules
Composting
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, residents can keep compost piles or containers for personal, noncommercial use under Article IV of Chapter 138. They must sit in…
Weed Ordinances
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, it is unlawful to permit weeds to grow in excess of eight inches in height on any premises, improved or vacant, or on any open lot…
Tree Trimming
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, owners of private trees must keep branches at least 12 feet above public walks (nine feet for newly planted trees) and 14 feet…
Tree Removal & Heritage Trees
Significant RestrictionsA tree removal permit from the Haverford Township Manager is required when a tree comes down in connection with land development, subdivision, demolition or earth disturbance over 300…
Water Restrictions
Some RestrictionsDelaware CountyDelaware County publishes no lawn-watering schedule. Mandatory outdoor-water restrictions in Pennsylvania take effect only when the Governor declares a drought emergency; the DEP's…
🔥 Fire Regulations
Fireworks
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, nobody under 18 can possess or use consumer fireworks, and none can be set off within 150 feet of an occupied structure, from or into a motor…
Smoke Detectors
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, owners of one- and two-family dwellings must install smoke detectors on each level and in each bedroom, powered by the building's primary power or a sealed…
Outdoor Burning
Significant RestrictionsHaverford Township bars open fires for destroying refuse or running a salvage operation anywhere outside a building, and separately prohibits burning leaves, twigs and brush…
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township a portable outdoor fireplace must stay 12 feet from a structure and five feet from other combustible material at single- or two-family dwellings, or 15 feet from…
Propane Storage
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
Wildfire Zones
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania'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…
🚗 Parking Rules
Preferential Parking Districts
Significant RestrictionsHaverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, runs a resident sticker program under Article IV of Chapter 175. An owner or lessee of a single-family residence in a designated area…
Snow Removal Parking Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, the Township Manager can declare a snow and ice emergency. Once declared, parking is unlawful on the highways listed in Schedule…
RV & Boat Parking
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, an unoccupied boat, motor home, travel trailer or other recreational vehicle can be parked on a lot only in the rear one-half of the lot and on…
Driveway Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, a paved surface used for off-street parking or drive access cannot exceed 25 feet or 50% of the lot width, whichever is less, at any point…
Commercial & Oversized Vehicles
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, § 175-28 bars parking a truck, trailer, semitrailer or other commercial vehicle at any time on the streets listed in Schedule XVII. Parts of Rising Sun Road and…
Loading Zones
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, commercial lots must provide off-street loading and unloading spaces at the rear of the building, each at least 12 feet wide by 60 feet long…
Street Parking Limits
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Chapter 175 controls parking on public streets. Trailers, motor homes and boats cannot sit in the public right-of-way at any time, no-parking and time-limit…
Overnight Parking
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, § 175-29 bars parking during the hours listed in Schedule XVIII for named streets, and some listings run overnight, such as the west side of Covington Road from…
EV Charging
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, § 175-32 reserves parking spaces with an electric charging station on Township public property for plug-in electric drive vehicles. A parked vehicle must be…
Abandoned Vehicles
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, it is unlawful to leave a disabled motor vehicle on private property for more than 72 consecutive hours. Chapter 178 declares such vehicles a…
Towing & Impound Rights
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaA 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…
🧱 Fence Regulations
Height Limits
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no fence or wall can exceed six feet, except a wall that is part of an approved building or a retaining wall. Side fences on lots…
Fence Permit Requirements
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no fence, wall or retaining wall can be erected until the Zoning Officer approves the work, a permit issues and the required fees…
Retaining Walls
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a retaining wall inside a required front yard cannot exceed 30 inches in height and must be built of masonry, stone or cement…
Neighbor Fence Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, every fence must have its finished side facing the adjacent property owners and/or the street right-of-way, and no fence can split…
Material Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no barbed wire, metal spike or other dangerous fence can be erected or maintained, and no unfinished masonry units can be used in…
🏊 Swimming Pools & Spas
Fencing & Safety Requirements
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, any swimming pool where water can collect deeper than two feet must be completely enclosed by a fence that is at least four feet…
Pool Permits
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no swimming pool can be constructed without a permit secured in advance from the Zoning Officer. The written application must…
🏗️ Accessory Structures
Shed & Carport Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, accessory buildings other than garages are limited to one story or 12 feet in height. They cannot sit in a front yard or in any yard that abuts…
ADU Rules
Some RestrictionsDelaware CountyDelaware County does not regulate accessory dwelling units. Under Pennsylvania's Municipalities Planning Code, zoning (including whether an ADU or in-law suite is allowed) is set by…
💼 Home Business
Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, a home occupation is an accessory use in the R-1 District only if it meets seven special requirements. It must be in the practitioner's own…
Customer Traffic Restrictions
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, a home occupation cannot offer goods or services for sale or lease to the general public on the premises, except business conducted primarily by…
Signage Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, a sign identifying a home occupation in a residential district cannot exceed 108 square inches per street frontage, and only one such sign is…
Home Daycare
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, the R-1 District allows day care for not more than two unrelated children by right. Day care for not more than six unrelated children needs a…
Cottage Food Operations
Some RestrictionsDelaware CountyPennsylvania has no cottage food exemption. To sell home-baked goods you register your home kitchen as a 'limited food establishment' with the PA Department of Agriculture, get…
🔧 Building Safety
Electrical Permits
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no one may perform electrical work without first getting a permit from the Director of Code Enforcement. The Board of…
Building Permits
Some RestrictionsHaverford Township requires a zoning permit before any building or structure is erected, structurally altered or enlarged, before a use or occupancy changes, and before a building is…
Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Some RestrictionsHaverford Township requires an approved carbon monoxide alarm outside each sleeping area in new homes with an attached garage or fuel-fired appliances, hard wired to a 120V circuit…
Fire Sprinkler Requirements
Some RestrictionsHaverford Township requires approved automatic sprinkler systems throughout newly erected institutional buildings, new additions to them, and existing buildings converted to…
Door Locking Hardware
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, every multifamily dwelling and apartment house building must have self-closing locks on all doors giving entrance to any part of the structure, openable from…
Childcare Center Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, day care at a nonresidential facility means care, supervision or instruction of three or more persons under the age of six, and the Code…
🌍 Environmental Rules
Stormwater Management
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no regulated activity may begin until the township approves a stormwater management site plan. Chapter 78, Article II requires…
Erosion Control
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, anyone who grades, fills, strips or paves land needs a permit, and graded surfaces must be seeded, sodded or otherwise protected…
Flood Zones
Heavy RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, no construction, development, fill or other placement of an obstruction can take place within any identified floodplain or flood-prone area…
Flood Elevation Requirements
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, the lowest floor, including the basement, of any new construction or substantial improvement within an identified floodplain area must be at least 1 1/2 feet…
🚷 Public Conduct
Skateboarding Rules
Some RestrictionsSkateboarding, bicycling and roller skating on any sidewalk in a business district or place of public gathering in Haverford Township is unlawful, and so is riding on any street…
Public Alcohol Use
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township it is unlawful to drink alcohol on any public way open to vehicle or pedestrian travel, and an open container on a public way is prima facie evidence of drinking…
Outdoor Smoking Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, all areas of Township parks and playgrounds where children are or may be present are tobacco-free, and smoking any tobacco product in any form is prohibited…
Loud Party Ordinance
Some RestrictionsHaverford Township's disorderly conduct ordinance bars violent, tumultuous, offensive or obstreperous conduct, and it also bars knowingly permitting that conduct on premises you own…
Loitering Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, loafing, loitering or strolling in a street, alley or other public place, at a public gathering, around a store or business, or on private property without…
Public Urination
Some RestrictionsDelaware CountyDelaware County bars urinating or defecating anywhere in a county park except in the restroom facilities the county provides. The rule is a single sentence inside Chapter 141's list of…
Public Marijuana Use
Light RestrictionsDelaware CountyDelaware County treats possessing or smoking 30 grams or less of marijuana in a public space as a civil violation carrying only a $50 fine, not a criminal charge, unless the local…
🎪 Special Events & Permits
Park Event Permits
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, a party or gathering of more than 15 persons in a Township park needs a permit from the Township Secretary first. So do merchandise sales, fireworks, musical or…
Parade Permits
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, § 123-1 makes it unlawful to hold, conduct or participate in any public parade or other outdoor demonstration, meeting or…
Street Fair Rules
Significant RestrictionsHaverford Township requires a Chief of Police license for ticketed shows and carnivals, with off-street parking, security, traffic control and amplified sound limits. Outdoor carnivals…
Block Party Permits
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a block party happens on a street that the Township Manager designates as a play highway. The Police Department supervises the…
Sidewalk Dining & Cafés
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a restaurant that puts outdoor dining on the public sidewalk needs a highway occupancy permit from the Department of Public Works…
🏚️ Property Maintenance
Snow & Sidewalk Clearing
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, property owners and people in possession of premises in the built-up sections must remove snow from the sidewalk in front of their…
Property Blight
Significant RestrictionsChapter 184 of the Haverford Township Code gives the Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, specific tools against owners of properties in serious code violation or regarded as…
Vacant Lot Maintenance
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, owners of vacant land or lots in the vicinity of buildings cannot let them be covered with tall grasses or weeds. After notice…
🩺 Public Health Rules
Rodent Control
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Article II of Chapter 138 requires every business building to be rodentproofed and kept rodent-free to the satisfaction of the…
Food Handler Certification
Light RestrictionsHaverford Township's § 91-9 makes the Pennsylvania Food Employee Certification Act, 3 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6501 through 6510, govern the food protection provisions of its food establishment…
Syringe Disposal
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, needles and syringes are listed as medical waste in Township Code § 95-17(C)(6). They must go into suitable closed containers…
🗑️ Trash & Recycling
Collection Schedule
Some RestrictionsHaverford Township collects residential trash twice weekly, with containers at the curb by 5:00 a.m. but no earlier than dusk the night before, and collections starting at 6:30 a.m…
Bulk Item Disposal
Some RestrictionsHaverford Township collects bulk waste from residential dwellings for a fee, only at the curb, and requests must be paid in full first. Online requests are due by 10:00 a.m. on…
Yard Waste Collection
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, tree trimmings and hedge clippings must be cut to no more than three feet and tied in bundles no more than two feet thick. Yard waste containers cannot exceed 40…
Bin Placement Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, refuse containers go at the curbline where the collector can see them, no later than 5:00 a.m. on collection day, and come off the curbline within…
Pickup Rules & Schedules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, the Township collects residential trash twice weekly under a schedule kept by the Department of Public Works. Township Code § 95-20 sets the…
Holiday Pickup Schedule
Light RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, a week in which a holiday falls on a regular collection day runs on a modified schedule. Township Code § 95-20(D) sends residents to the Township…
Illegal Dumping
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, accumulating municipal solid waste on any property or disposing of it outside Chapter 95 is declared unlawful and a public nuisance by Township…
Recycling Requirements
Significant RestrictionsHaverford Township, Pennsylvania, runs a mandatory source separation program under Township Code § 95-25. Residents must separate aluminum, bimetallic and ferrous cans, glass, plastic…
Recycling Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, commingled recyclables are glass, aluminum cans, bimetallic and ferrous cans and plastic bottles, and plastics are limited to containers numbered 1…
Dumpster Rules
Significant RestrictionsDelaware CountyEvery roll-off or lugger container used to collect waste in Delaware County must be registered with the Solid Waste Management Department and carry a Type R hauling sticker, and using…
🔑 Rental Property Rules
Repairs & Habitability
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, no owner may let a dwelling that misses the minimums in § 104-5 of the Housing Code of 1968: heat to 68° F., hot water capable of 120° F., 600…
Rental Registration
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, no one may lease or rent a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit without first obtaining a permit from the Director of Code Enforcement. The permit fee is paid…
Eviction Notice & Process
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaUnder 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…
Just Cause Eviction
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania Landlord-Tenant Act establishes uniform eviction notice and procedure requirements applicable statewide, governing all residential tenancy terminations universally.
Security Deposit Rules
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania'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…
Squatter's Rights & Adverse Possession
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania'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…
🔍 Rental Inspections
Tenant Complaint Process
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, the Director of Code Enforcement inspects dwellings on weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., serves a written notice of violation, and the notice becomes an…
Inspection Programs
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, no one can occupy or allow occupancy of a vacant rental dwelling unit or rooming unit until the Code Enforcement Department inspects it. Ignoring an inspection…
📢 Noise from Specific Sources
📋 Code Violation Reporting
Response Times
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, the Code prints no fixed number of days for fixing a nuisance. Under § 119-2 the Township Manager or Code Enforcement sets the deadline inside each…
Common Violations
Some RestrictionsSection 119-5 of the Haverford Township Code lists ten conditions that, once brought to the attention of the Township Manager or Code Enforcement, call for a decision on a written…
🌙 Curfew Laws
Park Curfew
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, § 126-2 bars anyone from a Township park or playground outside the hours of 7:00 a.m. and dusk. The exceptions are a permit for…
Juvenile Curfew
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, every person under 18 is subject to a curfew from midnight to 5:00 a.m., seven days a week. The Board of Commissioners adopted it…
🚶 Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules
Sidewalk Repair
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, the owner of every lot abutting a street must keep the sidewalk in front of the property in good order and repair, level with…
Encroachment Permits
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no one can open or excavate a street, or place construction material or debris in it, without a permit from the Township…
Obstruction Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, owners of property abutting a highway must keep the sidewalk free and clear from obstruction to safe and convenient passage. It is…
🏪 Business Licensing & Operations
Towing Companies
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no towing service can remove a vehicle from private property without the owner's consent, and each service needs a Township…
Tobacco Retail License
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a vape shop, smoke shop or other significant tobacco retailer is a conditional use decided by the Board of Commissioners. Section…
🚪 Soliciting & Door-to-Door
Solicitor Permits
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no one outside the listed exemptions can solicit or peddle without a valid license and a registration with the Township Police…
No-Knock Registry
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, commercial soliciting and peddling ends at 7:00 p.m. from October 1 through March 31 and at 8:00 p.m. from April 1 through…
🍔 Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors
Sidewalk & Mobile Vending
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a licensed peddler cannot hawk or cry goods on any street or sidewalk or occupy a fixed location on a street, alley or sidewalk…
Food Truck Permits
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania's Food Code requires all mobile food units to obtain retail food facility licenses through the Department of Agriculture or local health departments.
🌱 Cannabis Regulations
Buffer Zones
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a medical marijuana dispensary cannot be located within 1,000 feet of an institutional zoning district or of a parcel with an…
Dispensary Zoning
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, a medical marijuana dispensary is a conditional use in the C-5 Shopping Center Commercial District, authorized by the Board of Commissioners after Planning…
Home Cultivation
Heavy RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania prohibits home cultivation of cannabis by patients, caregivers, and recreational users. The Medical Marijuana Act limits production to state-permitted growers, and…
📐 Building Setbacks & Zoning
Structure Height Limits
Some RestrictionsHaverford Township, Delaware County, caps buildings in residential districts at 35 feet, with a trade: one extra foot of height for each foot that side yards and the rear yard exceed…
Lot Coverage Limits
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, each residential district caps both building coverage and impervious surface ratio. The R-1 District allows building coverage of 15% maximum and…
Setback Rules
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, yard minimums depend on the residential district. The R-1 District requires a 50 foot front yard, side yards totaling 50 feet with 20 feet…
🗺️ Zoning Overlays & Bonuses
🌳 Tree Protection
Heritage & Protected Trees
Significant RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, a heritage tree is any tree with a DBH of 30 inches or more. Removing one takes a permit from the Township Manager, backed by a written…
Parkway Planting
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, nobody plants, prunes, removes or sprays a public shade tree along a street without a written permit from the Township Manager. Trees stay five feet from the…
🪧 Sign Regulations
Window Signs
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, window signs cannot exceed 15% of the glass area of the window in which they are placed, unless district regulations restrict them further. Temporary signs need…
Digital Billboards
Heavy RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, off-site advertising signs, a term the Code defines to include a billboard, are permitted only on a bench or shelter at a designated public transit stop. They…
Political Signs
Light RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, temporary signs advertising political parties or candidates for election are exempt from sign permits and district sign requirements as long as each sign does…
Garage Sale Signs
Some RestrictionsDelaware CountyDelaware County does not regulate yard-sale signs on private property. Temporary garage-sale signs are governed by your borough or township sign ordinance, which typically limits size…
🛴 Mobility & Curb Rules
E-Bike Classes
Some RestrictionsDelaware CountyMotorized vehicles are banned from Delaware County parks, but the County Parks and Recreation Department carves out pedal-assist e-bikes and motorized mobility scooters on trails…
Golf Carts & Low-Speed Vehicles
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
🚁 Drone Rules
Park Drone Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsDelaware CountyDelaware County bans flying drones, model aircraft, model vehicles and model boats in its parks except in areas the Parks and Recreation Department has designated for that use, or…
Commercial Drones
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaCommercial 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…
Recreational Drones
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
🔫 Firearms
Concealed Carry
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
Local Firearms Preemption
Heavy RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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
Few RestrictionsPennsylvaniaOpen 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…
Firearms in Vehicles
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaUnder 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…
🎰 Gambling & Gaming
Casino Zoning Districts
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
Charitable Bingo and Raffles
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
Social Gambling Rules
Heavy RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania'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…
Sports Betting Law
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
🏘️ HOA Rules
Assessment & Dues
Heavy RestrictionsPennsylvaniaUnder 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…
Board Procedures
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaA 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…
Flag Display Rights
Light RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania'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…
HOA Fines & Enforcement
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
Lien & Foreclosure Limits
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaA 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…
⚖️ Know Your Rights
DUI Checkpoint Legality
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaSobriety 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…
Recording Police
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
Stop & Identify Laws
Light RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
Vehicle Search & Consent
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
🚜 Right to Farm
Agricultural Zoning Protection
Few RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania protects agricultural land through Agricultural Security Areas under Act 43 of 1981 and the Agricultural Area Security Law, working alongside municipal zoning to limit…
Farm Nuisance Protection
Few RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania'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…
🚬 Tobacco & Vaping
Tobacco Age Restrictions
Some RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
Flavored Tobacco Bans
Few RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania does not currently impose a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or menthol cigarettes, though federal FDA marketing rules restrict which flavored vape products and…
🚗 Vehicle Equipment Laws
Underglow & Auxiliary Lighting
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
Dash Cam & Windshield Mounting
Light RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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 & Filtering
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaLane 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…
Plate Covers & Obstruction
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…
Radar Detector Rules
Few RestrictionsPennsylvaniaA 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 Tire & Chain Rules
Light RestrictionsPennsylvaniaStudded 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…
Window Tint Limits
Significant RestrictionsPennsylvaniaPennsylvania 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…