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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The City of Lancaster prohibits loud, disturbing, or unnecessary noise across the city, with stricter standards during nighttime quiet hours of 10:00 PM to 7...
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Lancaster regulates on-street parking through Chapter 263 of the City Code and the Lancaster Parking Authority. Most downtown blocks are metered or permit-on...
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Lancaster's Zoning Code caps residential fences at 4 feet in front yards and 6 feet in side and rear yards, with extra rules in the city's designated Heritag...
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Lancaster requires dogs to be leashed and under control of their owner whenever off the owner's property. Chapter 97 of the City Code works in tandem with th...
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Lancaster requires property owners to keep grass and weeds under 10 inches in height on all residential and commercial lots. Chapter 235 (Property Maintenanc...
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