Delaware County has no countywide blight code. Each of the 49 boroughs, townships and cities enforces exterior-property and blight standards, most via the International Property Maintenance Code. Upper Darby, for example, enforces Chapter 417 (Property Maintenance) through its Code Enforcement Division.
Pennsylvania counties do not set property-maintenance or blight rules; land use is municipal under the Municipalities Planning Code (Act 247, 53 P.S. §10101 et seq.). Delaware County's 49 municipalities each adopt their own property-maintenance code, typically the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), which requires exteriors, structures and yards be kept safe, sanitary and free of debris. Upper Darby Township enforces Chapter 417 Property Maintenance and addresses trash, debris, unsafe structures, graffiti and dumping. To learn the exact standard where you live, contact your borough or township code-enforcement office. Media, Radnor, Chester and Upper Darby all publish their codes online.
Municipal code enforcement issues a written notice of violation citing the code section, required corrective action and a compliance deadline; unresolved cases lead to fines or citation before a magisterial district judge.
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