Pennsylvania's Land Bank Act enables municipalities statewide to acquire, hold, and dispose of vacant and tax-delinquent lots through dedicated land bank entities.
The Pennsylvania Land Bank Act (Act 153 of 2012, 68 Pa.C.S. Sec. 2101 et seq.) allows counties, cities, boroughs, and townships of 10,000+ residents to create land banks. Land banks can acquire tax-delinquent and vacant properties, extinguish municipal liens on owned properties, and convey them at below-market value for redevelopment. Land banks may receive 50% of property tax revenues from rehabilitated properties for five years. The framework applies statewide and overrides standard tax sale procedures for participating land banks.
Properties acquired by land banks lose prior ownership claims after the statutory process. Failure to clear tax liens may forfeit property to the land bank inventory.
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Harrisburg enforces citywide quiet hours from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM under Harrisburg City Code Chapter 3-503. During these hours, sound audible at the property...
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Harrisburg administers on-street parking under City Code Title 10 with day-to-day operations contracted to Park Harrisburg (SP+ Municipal Services). Resident...
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Harrisburg caps residential fence height at 4 feet in front yards and 6 feet in side and rear yards under Zoning Code Ch. 7-301. Corner lots are subject to a...
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Harrisburg requires every dog in a public space to be leashed and under the control of a person physically able to restrain it, with a maximum leash length o...
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Pennsylvania Act 43 of 2017 legalized consumer-grade (1.4G) fireworks statewide for adults 18+. Harrisburg uses its home rule authority and the 150-foot rule...
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Harrisburg requires owners to maintain grass and weeds on residential lots at or below 10 inches in height under Property Maintenance Code Ch. 5-301. Violati...
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