Pottstown, PA

Pottstown Borough Code Section 202 makes it unlawful to keep any wild animal in the Borough, however it was acquired, and names foxes, bears, deer, monkeys, raccoons, opossums, skunks…

Pottstown Borough Code Sections 205 and 206 let animal rescue groups and volunteer feral cat caregivers trap, sterilize, vaccinate, ear-tip and return feral cats rather than treat them…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 201 bans keeping any pig or other farm animal within Borough limits, expressly naming chickens, roosters, ducks and geese along with donkeys, cows…

Pottstown bans letting any animal run at large and requires dogs on the street to be leashed with a lead no longer than six feet, under Sections 103 through 105 of Chapter 2. Violators…

Pottstown's Zoning Ordinance treats a veterinary office and kennel as a distinct land use: permitted by right in the Highway Business (Contemporary) District under Section 337 and…

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

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

Pennsylvania sets no statewide cap on how many dogs or cats a household may keep. The line that matters is the Dog Law's kennel definition in § 102: any establishment in or through…

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

Pottstown bars radios, stereos, musical instruments and sound amplifiers from creating a noise disturbance or carrying more than 25 feet from a motor vehicle or hand-carried speaker…

Pottstown's noise ordinance bars machinery, equipment and hand tools from running loud enough to carry beyond the property line between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., pushed back to 9:00…

Pottstown Borough Code § 303 bars operating a motor vehicle's sound amplification system, radios, tape or CD players, or loudspeakers, so loudly that it is audible 25 feet or more from…

Pottstown treats a persistently barking dog as disorderly conduct: keeping any animal in a way that disturbs the peace and quiet of the immediate neighborhood by barking or crowing is…

Pottstown's Property Maintenance Code amendment, Section 302.8, bars keeping any inoperative, unregistered, uninspected or unlicensed motor vehicle on a premises, and caps major…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 402.3 makes it unlawful to use cones, garbage cans, chairs, or any other object to block or reserve a parking space on a public street or alley, for any…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 404, Subsection 1, bars parking any truck, truck tractor, bus, or other vehicle with a registered gross or combination weight over 14,000 pounds in a…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 407 bars stopping, standing or parking on the roadway side of a vehicle already parked at the curb, in effect a double-parking ban, except at a long list…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 402, Subsection 1, lists fourteen lettered situations where parking or standing is banned everywhere in the Borough at all times, including blocking…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 802 bars parking anywhere on a designated snow emergency route once the Borough Manager declares a snow emergency under Section 801, and requires any…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 409 creates residential permit parking zones, including the PDIDA District and areas outside it, to protect residents on mixed business-and-residential…

Painting a public sidewalk or curb in Pottstown is off-limits to private residents and businesses under Section 213 of Chapter 21; only Borough authorities may paint curbs, and only…

Pottstown's zoning code lets a Conservation or Gateway District driveway sit in the side or front yard only when the Zoning Officer finds a rear-yard driveway infeasible, and even then…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 404, Subsection 2, bars parking or placing a truck, bus, trailer, motor home, boat, storage container, dumpster, recreational vehicle or similar…

Vehicles cannot stay overnight in a Pottstown park's parking area. Section 102(H) of the Parks and Recreation chapter makes it a violation to park or leave a vehicle in a designated…

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…

Pottstown's abandoned-property maintenance standard, Borough Code § 1507, lists artificial turf or sod 'designed specifically for residential installation' as an acceptable ground…

Pottstown's zoning code lets property owners plant a native-species managed meadow instead of mowed turf, but only on lots of half an acre or larger, and it must be kept out of sight…

Pottstown's solid waste code does not set backyard bin standards, but it does build composting into the ordinance: Section 208(1)(B) waives the mandatory yard-waste separation and…

A Pottstown property owner cannot remove a street tree without a Public Works Director permit under Chapter 25, Section 106, and a permit issues only for a dangerous, dying, diseased…

Pottstown property owners must keep trees on their land trimmed to a 14 foot clearance over any street or alley and seven feet over any sidewalk under Chapter 25, Section 105. Corner…

Pottstown's Property Maintenance Code amendment, Section 302.4, requires every premises and exterior property within 100 feet of a habitable structure to stay free of weeds taller than…

Montgomery County does not set a watering schedule. Pennsylvania is not under permanent western-style outdoor-watering rules. During dry spells, the PA Department of Environmental…

Pottstown's zoning code caps a residential storage shed at 120 square feet and eight feet in height, and requires every shed to sit in the rear yard at least three feet off the…

Montgomery County does no land-use zoning. Whether an accessory dwelling unit is allowed, and its size and setbacks, is decided by your borough or township under the PA Municipalities…

Montgomery County has no garage-conversion rule. Whether you can convert a garage to living space is governed by your borough or township zoning ordinance plus the statewide Uniform…

Montgomery County has no tiny-home rule. Whether a tiny house on a foundation is allowed depends on your borough or township zoning and minimum-dwelling standards, plus the statewide…

Pottstown requires a Licensing and Inspections permit before building or replacing any residential pool, though a storable pool re-erected at the same spot and size does not need a new…

Pottstown's zoning code requires a fence or wall around the pool area or the whole yard where a pool sits, bans front-yard pools, and sets side and rear setbacks that differ for…

Pottstown treats family child or adult day care for up to six people as a major home occupation. That classification requires conditional-use approval from Borough Council, not a…

A Pottstown home occupation may post exactly one identification sign, capped at two square feet, under Zoning Section 504(2)(Q). The sign still must meet every general standard in…

A by-right home occupation in Pottstown cannot generate customer or delivery traffic beyond what a normal residence sees, while a major home occupation can bring somewhat more client…

Pottstown allows no-impact home occupations by right in every zoning district, capped at 25% of a dwelling's floor area or 500 square feet, while a larger major home occupation needs a…

Pennsylvania has no traditional cottage-food law. Home food producers must register as a Limited Food Establishment with the PA Department of Agriculture and pass an inspection of the…

Electrified fences are barred everywhere in Pottstown, and barbed wire or concertina wire is allowed only in nonresidential zoning districts, and only starting seven feet above ground…

Pottstown requires a zoning permit before building or installing a fence anywhere in the Borough, under Chapter 27, Section 200. Fences and sheds proposed in the Conservation or…

Pottstown's Zoning Ordinance sets a 4-foot maximum for fences in front yards and in side yards facing a street, rising to 6 feet in interior side and rear yards, under Section 317. No…

Pottstown's grading code lets cut and fill slopes go no steeper than 2:1 unless a retaining wall or cribbing holds them up, under § 9-112(E)(1) of Chapter 9's grading standards. Owners…

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…

Pottstown's Fire Code amendments set installation standards for propane and other aboveground storage tanks holding 499 gallons of water capacity or more. Section 3404.3.2.4 requires a…

Pottstown bans burning municipal waste, including household rubbish, brush, leaves and yard trimmings, anywhere in the Borough except as Chapter 20 allows. Yard debris may be burned in…

Pottstown limits legal fireworks use, as defined by Pennsylvania state law, to specific holiday windows: July 2-4, New Year's Eve, Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend. Section…

Every existing multifamily building in the Borough of Pottstown must be protected by smoke detectors under Chapter 7, Part 1 of the Borough Code. The rule dates to 1981 and sets device…

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…

Pottstown requires an annual inspection and license for short-term rentals, which the Property Maintenance Code defines as rooming houses, hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts or similar…

Montgomery County has no countywide STR parking rule. Off-street parking requirements for short-term rentals are set by each borough or township zoning ordinance, and many Pennsylvania…

Montgomery County does not require short-term-rental insurance. Liability-insurance conditions, where they exist, are set by your borough or township and attached to the local STR…

Montgomery County imposes a 4% hotel room rental tax on stays under 30 days, collected by the County Treasurer for the Convention and Visitors Bureau. On top of that, Pennsylvania's 6%…

Montgomery County sets no countywide occupancy cap for short-term rentals. Maximum guest counts are a municipal zoning matter under the PA Municipalities Planning Code, and many Montco…

Montgomery County sets no cap on how many nights a year a short-term rental may operate. Any limit on length of stay or number of stays per year is a municipal zoning choice made by…

Montgomery County imposes no primary-residence requirement on short-term rentals. Whether an STR must be the owner's primary residence is decided by each borough or township zoning…

Pottstown's zoning code flatly excludes vehicle and boat repair or painting shops from the home occupation rules, alongside clinics, kennels and mortuaries. There is no permit or…

No one may run a pawnbroker business in Pottstown without a license issued under Chapter 13, Sections 301(B) and 601 of the Borough Code. Pawnbrokers must keep a daily journal of every…

Chapter 15, Part 7 of the Pottstown Borough Code limits removal and impoundment of illegally parked vehicles to Class I licensed towers, who must be based in the Borough (or within two…

Pottstown zones tattoo, piercing, branding, and scarification services as "Personal Care Business - B." The use is permitted by right in the Highway Business (Contemporary) district…

A vape shop, smoke shop or tobacco store can open in Pottstown only as a Special Exception use in the Highway Business (Contemporary) District, and only after a Zoning Hearing Board…

A massage therapy center in Pottstown is a conditional use under the zoning code, and every therapist must hold a valid Commonwealth license under the Pennsylvania Massage Therapy Law…

Pottstown confines adult entertainment businesses to the HM Heavy Manufacturing zoning district and keeps them at least 500 feet from churches, schools and residential districts under…

New buildings in Pottstown's Conservation District must stay within 15 percent of neighboring buildings' perceived height under Chapter 27, Section 310, rather than a flat height cap…

Inside Pottstown's Conservation District, new buildings must match their block's existing setback pattern under Chapter 27, Section 308, rather than a fixed number: street, side and…

Montgomery County sets no lot-coverage limit. Maximum building and impervious-surface coverage are set by each borough and township zoning code under the PA Municipalities Planning…

Pottstown closes every Borough park between sunset and sunrise. Section 102(E) of the Parks and Recreation chapter bars anyone from park property overnight without written permission…

Pottstown Borough Code § 103 bars anyone under 18 from public streets, parks and other public places between 9:30 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11:00 p.m. to 5:00…

Pottstown requires a grading permit before any construction, land disturbance or drainage change on more than 499 square feet, under Chapter 9, Part 1's Soil Erosion, Sedimentation and…

Pottstown regulates stormwater runoff under the Borough of Pottstown MS4 Stormwater Management Ordinance, Chapter 9, Part 2. Any regulated earth-disturbance or land-development…

Pottstown overlays a Floodplain Conservation District on any FEMA-mapped Zone A or AE area under Chapter 8 of the Borough Code, and it is unlawful to build or develop there without a…

Pottstown requires new construction and substantial improvements in the floodplain to sit above the base flood elevation plus a mandatory 1.5-foot freeboard, defined in Chapter 8 as…

Pottstown's five-member Blighted Property Review Committee, created under Chapter 1 Part 9 Article E, can certify any property in the Borough as blighted, order the owner to eliminate…

Pottstown gives property owners and single-unit tenants 12 hours of daylight after snow stops falling or ice forms to clear the abutting sidewalk under Section 212 of Chapter 21. The…

Pottstown bans skateboarding, roller-skating, roller-blading and toy-vehicle riding on any street except to cross it, and on sidewalks in the business district, including the west side…

Pottstown Borough Code § 502 makes it disorderly conduct to remain idle in one public location intending to cause public inconvenience or alarm while fighting, blocking pedestrians or…

Pottstown has no ordinance targeting 'aggressive' panhandling specifically; instead, Borough Code § 301 folds begging into its general disorderly conduct ban, prohibiting 'loafing…

Pottstown Borough Code § 202 makes it unlawful to possess an open container of, or drink, liquor, wine or beer on any public sidewalk, street, alley, park or other public place in the…

In Pottstown's business district, pedestrians must cross the roadway inside a marked crosswalk; stepping into the roadway anywhere else in that district is a summary offense. Section…

Pottstown's noise ordinance bars operating a motorcycle, truck, automobile or other motor vehicle in a way that causes a noise disturbance, and Section 803, Subsection 2.H says that…

Businesses running a permitted or pre-existing legal nonconforming use in Pottstown's Downtown Zoning District are exempt from the Borough's noise rules from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m…

Pottstown Borough Code § 303(A)(2) defines 'audible,' for purposes of the Borough's 25-foot vehicle sound system limit, to include 'bass reverberations whether or not words are…

Pottstown bars garbage and recycling trucks from picking up in the Borough between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (9:00 a.m. on Sundays/holidays), and separately bars loading, opening or…

Motor vehicles, including motorcycles, motorized scooters and minibikes, cannot drive in a Pottstown bike lane or two-way cycle track marked with painted lines, lane delineators or…

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…

Before a Pottstown dwelling changes hands, Section 113 requires a Property Transfer Use and Occupancy Certificate: a code-compliance inspection, a buyer notification of pending…

Pottstown adopted the 2009 International Plumbing Code as its Plumbing Code under Section 401 of Chapter 5, Part 4, and every plumbing installation, alteration or repair needs a permit…

Pottstown adopted the ICC Electrical Code, Administrative Provisions, as its Electrical Code under Section 501 of Chapter 5, Part 5, so every electrical installation, alteration or…

Pottstown requires a zoning permit before you build or install any structure, including signs, fences and storage buildings, before you change the use of land or a building, or before…

Pottstown's Fire Code amendment, Section 603.4.2, requires a permit before installing any unvented, gas-fired space heater and mandates a carbon monoxide detector mounted near the…

Pottstown Borough Council adopted the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code by reference under Borough Code §§ 1101-1102, governing energy-efficient building envelopes and…

Property owners abutting a Pottstown right-of-way must repair their sidewalk or curb once the Department of Licensing and Inspection issues written notice, per Section 208 of Chapter…

Pottstown bars buildings, steps, railings and areaways from projecting past the building line into the public sidewalk, with narrow carve-outs in Section 209 of Chapter 21…

Pottstown limits public sidewalks to passage: Section 214 of Chapter 21 makes any other use unlawful unless the Borough's own code, including Chapter 27 Zoning, already authorizes it…

Every residential rental unit in Pottstown Borough needs a residential rental license, renewed every two years, and the Licensing and Inspections Department inspects each licensed unit…

A tenant complaint triggers an inspection in Pottstown: Section 801 of Chapter 5, Part 8 requires the Licensing and Inspections Officer to fully inspect a rental unit upon a complaint…

Anyone planning a parade or an assembly of 50 or more people on a Pottstown street or sidewalk needs a permit from the Borough Manager under Section 107 of the traffic code, applied…

Restaurants in Pottstown need a Borough permit to operate a sidewalk or outdoor dining area under Zoning Ordinance Section 507, and the permit must stay visibly posted. The rules fix…

Pottstown requires every licensed residential rental unit to pass a biennial inspection under Chapter 11, § 206, and to meet minimum room-size standards before that license issues. A…

Every owner of residential rental property in Pottstown must register it with the Department of Licensing and Inspections, a requirement Section 701 of Chapter 5, Part 7 first imposed…

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…

Pottstown limits every property to one electronic sign, bans video, animation and scrolling text, caps brightness at 0.5 footcandle at the property line, and requires each message to…

In Pottstown's Downtown, Downtown Gateway, Gateway East, Gateway West and Traditional Town Neighborhood districts, Section 714 caps permanent window signage at 25% of a storefront's…

Pottstown exempts yard sale signs from the zoning sign permit under Section 706, but Section 500 bans residential yard sales, sign and all, in the Downtown, Gateway East and Gateway…

Pottstown's Zoning Code exempts political signs from the sign permit process entirely under Section 706. That exemption doesn't erase every rule: political signs still can't sit in the…

Pottstown's land-development design standards bar exterior lighting that throws glare or light spillage onto neighboring properties. Section 512(1) of Chapter 22 requires every outdoor…

Pottstown requires downcast or cutoff-type fixtures on new development and subdivision projects reviewed under Chapter 22 of the Borough Code. Section 512 of the Subdivision and Land…

Solar panels are allowed as an accessory use in every Pottstown zoning district, but only after the Zoning Officer approves a zoning permit application with photos, renderings and an…

Section 208(1) of the Borough Code spells out how Pottstown residents, churches and mixed-use properties must handle recyclables: separate them from trash, store them for pickup, and…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 206 makes recycling mandatory, not optional, for every residence, church and mixed-use property that receives Borough waste collection. The Borough-run…

Commercial, industrial and larger multifamily properties in Pottstown cannot use residential can service; Section 213(2) requires a Borough Manager-approved dumpster sized for the…

Pottstown Borough Code Section 208(1)(B) requires every house, apartment and church to separate yard materials, prunings, leaves and other yard debris, from household trash unless the…

Section 214 of the Borough Code flatly bans burying, burning or dumping municipal waste on any street, alley, public place or private property in Pottstown, and Section 222 lets the…

Section 213 makes municipal waste collection mandatory for Pottstown residences, churches and mixed-use properties, caps what goes to the curb at four cans or bags per pickup, and…

Pottstown collects bulk waste items through a Special Collection program the Borough Manager schedules under Section 220 of Chapter 20, run through the Borough's existing municipal…

Pottstown bars putting trash or garbage out for collection before 4:00 p.m. the night before the scheduled pickup, and every can or cart used for garbage or trash must be pulled back…

Pottstown's noise ordinance, not its solid waste chapter, sets the actual pickup-hour limit: Section 803(2)(C) bars garbage and recycling trucks from collecting anywhere in the Borough…

Pottstown Water Department customers must promptly repair leaks in their own service pipe under Chapter 26, Section 107(3). If a leak is not fixed after detection, the Authority or its…

Anyone soliciting orders door to door for future delivery of goods or services in Pottstown needs an annual license under Chapter 13, Section 301(G) of the Borough Code, and non-exempt…

Pottstown regulates every tree planted in a street right-of-way under Chapter 25, Part 1. Before a resident plants a street tree, the Public Works Department must research underground…

Pottstown's property maintenance code bans noxious weeds on every premises borough-wide, while its zoning code exempts and defines allowed naturalized landscaping by tying it to two…

Pottstown's Fire Prevention Code amendment, Section 308.3.1.2, prohibits storing a portable LPG cylinder of 20 pounds or less, the standard size used for gas grills and campers, inside…

Pottstown's zoning code sets no annual limit or duration cap on yard sales anywhere else in the Borough, but it bans them outright on residential property in three specific districts…

Pottstown's older neighborhoods and downtown-adjacent areas sit inside a Conservation District overlay that applies formal design guidelines to new construction and demolition, under…

The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act establishes statewide siting rules for dispensaries, including a 1,000-foot setback from schools and daycares, while allowing reasonable local…

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

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

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…

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…

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 protects agricultural land through Agricultural Security Areas under Act 43 of 1981 and the Agricultural Area Security Law, working alongside municipal zoning to limit…

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…

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…