Lower Paxton, PA

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, § 68-4 makes it unlawful to feed a wild animal unless licensed to do so. Small seed eating birds, squirrels and chipmunks are excepted…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Chapter 68 makes it unlawful to permit any dog, cat, pet or other livestock to run at large on the public streets, on another…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, § 68-5 allows feeding feral cats only as part of a feral cat management project that includes trap, neuter and release, or another program…

Lower Paxton Township's zoning chapter treats a veterinary clinic as an animal hospital and veterinarian services use: medical or surgical treatment of animals, with boarding limited…

Lower Paxton Township's zoning chapter defines an animal grooming facility as a retail establishment for bathing, trimming and grooming small domestic animals, with no medical…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, § 132-3 bars anyone but authorized Township staff from killing, trapping, hunting, pursuing or deliberately disturbing any wild bird or animal…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a parcel can hold no more than two hives, each hive must sit at least 12 feet from every lot line, and a flyaway barrier at…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, hens need a permit from the Department of Community Development, roosters are prohibited, and each parcel is limited to four…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, residents of each dwelling unit can keep a maximum combined total of five dogs and cats over six months of age. Any greater…

Pennsylvania state law prohibits municipalities from enacting breed-specific legislation that restricts dogs solely based on their breed or appearance.

Pennsylvania requires Exotic Wildlife Possession Permits for keeping bears, big cats, wolves, and other dangerous exotic species under Game Commission rules.

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA, every premises and its exterior property must stay free of weeds or plant growth taller than 10 inches, and noxious weeds are banned…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, Chapter 165 protects composting as a use of yard waste. Section 165-12.H lets residents keep yard waste past the next collection for the purpose…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, no one can plant, cut, trim or remove a shade tree in the public right-of-way without written approval from the Shade Tree Commission…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, branches of shade trees must stay trimmed to a minimum height of 12 feet over a street and eight feet over a sidewalk. Owners of private trees…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, the Sanitation and Health Code names rain barrels and cisterns in one place: § 110-14 bars anyone from maintaining one in a condition where…

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

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA, no vehicle of any condition may be parked or stored in the front yard of a premise zoned R-1, R-2 or RC, unless it sits on a driveway…

Lower Paxton Township runs a resident permit parking program under § 196-25.1 for residential streets crowded by nonresidential parkers. A street counts as impacted when parked…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, no one can park or leave a vehicle standing where official signs or parking regulations prohibit it, and the no-parking zones are listed in…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Chapter 119 treats any premises with one or more junked motor vehicles as a junkyard. A vehicle without a current registration…

In Lower Paxton Township the Township Manager or a designee can declare a snow emergency when snow or ice on streets causes or will cause serious traffic congestion. The code also bars…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, any use that receives or ships material or merchandise by tractor-trailer must provide off-street loading berths under Lower…

Lower Paxton Township Code § 203-910 sets design rules for electric vehicle charging stations in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Equipment must meet the National Electric Code, outlets…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Township Code § 203-517 lets an owner park a recreational vehicle on a paved off-street area for no more than 72 continuous…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Township Code § 203-516 bars trucks over one ton capacity, tractor-trailers, tractors, advertising vehicles and construction or…

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…

In Lower Paxton Township, a retaining wall required for grade changes in a subdivision or land development must be designed and certified by a Pennsylvania professional engineer. Walls…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, residential fences are capped by yard under Township Code § 203-511: four feet or three feet in a front yard depending on how…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Township Code § 203-511 does not permit barbed wire fences in conjunction with a residential use. Commercial building fencing…

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 Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, § 68-3 bars any person from allowing a dog or other domestic animal, or a nondomesticated animal confined on the premises, to make a loud or…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, sound from repair or installation of utilities or construction of structures, sidewalks or streets is exempt from the Chapter 131 decibel…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, leaf blowers sit in the Chapter 131 exemption for lawn mowers, snowblowers and household power tools between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. The…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Chapter 131 caps sound at 60 dBA by day and 55 dBA at night, Sundays and named holidays at the lot line of a home in a residential district. A…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, the Chapter 131 Noise Ordinance exempts vehicles operating on a public street, railroads and aircraft from its sound level limits. Chapter 131…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, § 90-2 requires the owner of every dwelling unit, including each apartment in a multiple dwelling, to provide Underwriters' Laboratories…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Chapter 106 Article IV prohibits open burning of refuse and recyclables, including leaf waste, and declares trash burning in cans, barrels and…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, a recreational fire needs no permit but must stay three feet or less in diameter and two feet or less in height. It must sit at least 25 feet…

Lower Paxton Township lets anyone 18 or older buy, possess and use consumer fireworks, but Chapter 107 bans discharge on Township property, within 150 feet of an occupied structure, on…

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 Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a short-term rental is a permitted use only by special exception under Lower Paxton Township Code § 203-737. The applicant must…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a short-term rental must provide 1 off-street parking space per bedroom under Table 1 of § 203-903. Section 203-737(A)(3)…

Pennsylvania charges a 6% state hotel occupancy tax on every short-term rental booked for fewer than 30 days to the same guest, whether arranged directly or through an online broker…

In Lower Paxton Township, a home occupation sign can carry only the name and address of the occupant and their occupation, with no logos or other advertising. Chapter 203 bars other…

Section 203-617 allows a home occupation in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, only as a special exception that shall not significantly intensify vehicular or pedestrian traffic…

Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, applies the home occupation standards of § 203-617 to day care homes other than those defined in Article II, plus three extras: a fenced outdoor…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Township Code § 203-519 sets two tiers of home business standards. A no-impact home based business can employ only resident…

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…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a residential shed must sit at least 7.5 feet from every property line, cannot be occupied as living space, and is capped at 15…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, an accessory dwelling unit is a separate living space attached to or detached from the primary dwelling. Section 203-314(A)…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, no part of an accessory garage can be occupied as a residential living area. Detached private garages must sit at least five…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, an in-ground pool in any zoning district must be enclosed by a fence at least four feet high with a gate and a lock, under…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, the adjacent property owner must maintain the sidewalks, curbs and mowing strips along the property and remove any condition the Township…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, no one can place utility facilities or other structures in, or open the surface of, a street, highway, sidewalk or public right-of-way without…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, shade tree branches must stay at least eight feet above any sidewalk they overhang and 12 feet above any street. Owners of private trees carry…

Lower Paxton Township does not publish a list of banned plant species. Its landscaping standards require that all invasive and noxious weeds and trees be deadened and removed from a…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, any earth disturbance over 5,000 square feet (agriculture excepted) needs an erosion and sedimentation control plan approved by the County…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, a Township stormwater management permit is required for 5,000 square feet or more of earth disturbance, all land development, and 80 square feet…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, no one can undertake construction or development without a permit from the floodplain administrator, who is the Township Manager. In mapped…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, new construction or substantial improvement in AE, A1-30 and AH flood zones must put the lowest floor, basement included, at or above the…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a developer building a Traditional Neighborhood Development must write legally enforceable architectural provisions, have a…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, neighborhood design communities under Zoning Code § 203-308 must place common open space under a legally binding homeowners association…

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 Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, the site lighting code requires full-cutoff fixtures in parking areas, shields, visors or hoods where needed, and bars floodlights aimed…

Lower Paxton Township caps light spilling onto a neighbor at 0.10 horizontal footcandles at the property line for adjacent residential uses and 0.50 for adjacent commercial and…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, anyone who wants to reserve a Township-owned park facility must obtain a permit and carry it at the facility during the permitted dates and…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, any outdoor fair, exhibit or special event needs an occupancy permit under Township Code § 203-507. Nonprofit-sponsored fairs…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, smoking, vaping, juuling and the use of any other form of e-cigarettes is prohibited on all recreation, park and conservation lands, including…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, bicycles, skateboards and roller blades are not permitted on park ballfields, ball courts, pavilions, benches and tables, or the Heroes Grove…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, it is unlawful for any person in a Township recreation, park or conservation area to carry, possess or drink any alcoholic beverages. The ban is…

Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, regulates aggressive solicitation through Chapter 137, Peddling and Soliciting. Section 137-12 bars hard-sell tactics when selling…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, § 203-1202 requires a zoning permit before a change in use or the erection, construction, improvement or alteration of any structure, applied…

A child day care center in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, is a permitted use by special exception under § 203-713. It needs a Pennsylvania license with proof delivered before a…

Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, runs a mandatory recycling program under § 165-14. Residents of single-family homes and multifamily buildings, businesses, institutions and event…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, carts must be at the collection site before 6:00 a.m. on collection day. They can go out up to eight hours earlier and must be off the…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, recyclables must be kept separate from trash and set out at the times and places the Township authorizes. Once placed, they become Township…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, residential trash and recycling go in the Township-provided carts of 32/35, 64/65 or 95/96 gallons, with no bags set out as a standalone…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, carts must be at the collection site before 6:00 a.m. on collection day, can go out up to eight hours earlier, and must come off the…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, it is unlawful to deposit waste for collection at an address where it was not generated, to bring waste into the Township to use the…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, bulk waste the weekly collection does not take cannot be stored outside a building for more than 14 days pending special handling. It cannot…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, yard waste means tree trimmings, shrubbery and other organic landscape vegetation, and it can be stored until the next scheduled collection or…

Section 203-521 of the Lower Paxton Township zoning chapter (Dauphin County, Pennsylvania) allows dumpsters only in side or rear yards, bars them from required parking spaces, and…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, flying a drone in a Township recreation, park or conservancy site counts as a special activity that is permitted only at locations or trails…

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…

Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, has no rental-specific habitability chapter. Chapter 148 adopts the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code for all buildings…

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 Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, no one can solicit or peddle without a valid license from the Township. Applicants apply to the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors, supply a…

In Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, licensed solicitors and peddlers cannot work before 8:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., or at any time on Sundays or Township-recognized holidays…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, minors 17 or younger are barred from streets and public property from 12:00 midnight to 5:00 a.m. Minors 15 or younger face an…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, recreation, park and conservation areas are open daily from official sunrise to official sunset. Lighted courts and fields stay open until…

Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, prints no separate mobile food unit permit. A vendor selling goods from a vehicle is a transient retail merchant under Chapter 137…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a transient retail vendor has no exclusive right to a street, alley or sidewalk spot and cannot hold a stationary location…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Chapter 137, Article III controls pawnbrokers through records, daily police reports and a seven-day hold. Under § 137-32 a…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, junk, antique and secondhand dealers must keep every article on their premises, in original condition, for seven days after the…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, vehicle repair cannot be run as a home occupation. Section 203-617 lists vehicle or equipment rental, repair, or sales and…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, an adult-oriented business is a permitted conditional use decided by the Board of Supervisors. Section 203-603 sets 1,000 lineal feet from…

Pennsylvania regulates electronic cigarettes and vape products under Act 84 of 2016, imposing a 40 percent wholesale tax on e-liquids and devices and requiring tobacco product…

Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, fights blight through Chapter 152. Owners must register vacant property within 30 days, pay a $300 semiannual fee that rises to…

In Lower Paxton Township, every property owner, tenant, agent in charge or occupier must clear snow, ice, slush and other matter from the sidewalks in front of and along the property…

Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, treats a medical marijuana dispensary as a permitted conditional use under § 203-618, decided by the Board of Supervisors after a public hearing…

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

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, new shade trees in the right-of-way must be spaced 25 to 40 feet apart, sit at least 15 feet from a fire hydrant or light standard, and come…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, any accessory solar-energy facility needs zoning approval before construction, and the zoning permit application must show the…

Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, places farming in the AR Agricultural Residential District, where Table 2 of Zoning Code § 203-305 warns newcomers to expect odors, dust…

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…

Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania reviews demolition of historic buildings under Zoning Code § 203-306. The rule covers any principal building in the V Village District not known to…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, a night club is a conditional use that must stay in an enclosed building with doors and windows closed while open, and entrances facing homes…

The Towne Centre District in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania caps floor area ratio at 1.5 with no bonus. Zoning Code § 203-309(F) adds FAR bonuses of 0.5 for experiential commerce…

Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania sets mandatory design standards for the Towne Centre (TC) District in Zoning Code § 203-309(E). Blank walls facing a street are banned…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, minimum yard setbacks are set district by district in Table 2 of Lower Paxton Township Code § 203-305. The Conservation District…

Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania caps building coverage and impervious coverage separately, district by district, in Table 2 of Zoning Code § 203-305. The CO Conservation District…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the R-1, R-2 and R-3 residential districts all cap building height at 3 stories or 40 feet, whichever is more restrictive, in…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, garage, yard and auction sale signs can go up not more than 10 days before the event and must come down within one day after it…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, opinion and election campaign signs are exempt from zoning permit requirements under Lower Paxton Township Code §…

Lower Paxton Township Code § 203-1008 confines billboards in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania to the CG, LI and GI Districts, at least 500 feet from any residence and 1,000 feet from…

In Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, window signs that can be legibly read from adjacent property or a public street count as building signs, and no more than 30% of…

Lower Paxton Township Code § 203-1011 lets Dauphin County, Pennsylvania residents and businesses display noncommercial seasonal decorations in every zoning district for not more than…

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 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…

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…