Berks County sets no countywide grass-height limit; your municipality does. Reading's property-maintenance code requires grass and weeds be kept under 6 inches throughout the entire property. Townships and boroughs set their own limits (commonly 6-12 inches).
Pennsylvania has no state grass-height law and Berks County has no countywide weed ordinance. Reading, enforcing the International Property Maintenance Code, requires that grass and weeds be maintained at less than 6 inches across the whole property, front to back. This applies to occupied and vacant parcels. Other Berks municipalities (Wyomissing, Spring, Muhlenberg, Exeter, boroughs like Kutztown and Boyertown) set their own tall-grass thresholds and complaint-based enforcement. If you get a mowing notice, it comes from your municipality's code office, not the county.
Municipal. Reading issues Notices of Violation for grass/weeds over 6 inches; unaddressed overgrowth can be mowed by the city with costs billed to the owner, plus fines.
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Reading's zoning code does not require neighbor consent for a boundary fence under § 600-1301, but Pennsylvania's partition-fence statute (53 P.S. § 46202) a...
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Reading Zoning Code § 600-1301 requires a permit from the Zoning Administrator for any fence, wall, or similar structure greater than three feet in height. F...
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Reading Code Section 141-220 effectively caps a household at six dogs and/or cats combined. Owning more than six requires a permit from the Reading Animal Co...
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