York County has no countywide weed ordinance. Noxious weeds and overgrown vegetation are declared a nuisance and abated by your borough, the City of York, or your township under local codes authorized by the Municipalities Planning Code.
Weed and overgrown-vegetation control in York County is a municipal function. Pennsylvania boroughs, cities, and townships adopt weed and nuisance ordinances under their general police power and the Municipalities Planning Code (Act 247, 53 P.S. §10101 et seq.); the county does not enforce lawn-weed rules on private property. A typical York-area ordinance declares grass, weeds, or noxious vegetation over a set height (commonly 6 to 12 inches) a public nuisance, requires the owner to abate after written notice, and authorizes municipal cutting billed to the owner. Pennsylvania's Noxious Weed Control Law (3 Pa.C.S. Ch. 15) separately targets specific state-listed invasive species, administered by the PA Department of Agriculture, but routine tall-weed complaints are handled through your local code office.
Enforcement is by your municipality. After a written notice and a short compliance period, the borough or township may abate the weeds and charge the owner, filing a citation before a Magisterial District Judge; unpaid costs can attach as a
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