Reading, PA

Reading limits marked loading zones to vehicles actively loading or unloading within the posted time, reserves commercial zones for trucks of 10,000+ pounds GVW, and bans drifting a…

Reading bars parking in any posted no-parking area, treats blocking a driveway as a $70 complaint-based violation, and makes parking against the flow of traffic on one-way or two-way…

When Reading's Mayor, or the Managing Director in the Mayor's absence, declares a snow emergency, parking becomes illegal on every street marked a snow emergency route under § 576-902…

Reading bans storing, parking or placing any unregistered, uninspected, inoperative, unlicensed or nuisance motor vehicle on any premises citywide, whether public or private, under its…

Reading bars parking a commercial vehicle of 10,000 pounds GVWR or more, or a heavy tow truck, car carrier or low-boy trailer, in plain view of the street for more than an hour…

Reading limits parking a boat, camping trailer or recreational vehicle rated DOT Class 5 or higher to 24 hours in plain view of the street in its residential and residential-commercial…

Reading bans stopping or parking at any curb the city has painted yellow, one of eleven standing and parking prohibitions listed in Codified Ordinances § 576-403.B. A first ticket runs…

When Reading tows your car, only a storage garage that City Council has designated may hold it, and that garage may charge only the rate schedule Council approved. Getting the vehicle…

Reading requires every off-street parking area, including driveways, to be permanently paved with concrete, macadam, or approved porous material: dirt and loose stone are barred except…

Reading's Animal Control Officer or police can formally declare a dog aggressive or an animal vicious after a complaint, triggering mandatory registration, a permit, a visible warning…

Reading's zoning code excludes livestock -- including chickens, other poultry, and fowl -- from the definition of household pets and directs owners to the City's animal-control chapter…

Reading caps households at six dogs, six cats, or a combination of six before requiring City registration and a permit for animals over three months old.

Reading requires every dog in a street, sidewalk, park, or other public space to be leashed or chained, or heeled and muzzled; owners face fines up to $1,000 per violation.

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

Pennsylvania requires Exotic Wildlife Possession Permits for keeping bears, big cats, wolves, and other dangerous exotic species under Game Commission rules.

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

Reading bans excessive vehicle sound on public streets, restricts horn use and sound trucks, and separately makes it illegal to remove or disable a car's muffler under its noise…

Owning or harboring an animal or bird that barks, howls or squawks continuously for 10 minutes, or intermittently for a half hour, to another person's disturbance is a Code violation…

Reading's zoning code sets a sliding decibel ceiling for any use's noise at a receiving lot line, tightest for residential districts at night.

Radios, stereos, loudspeakers and other sound-amplifying devices can't create a noise disturbance across a property line at any time, or be plainly audible across one between 10 p.m…

Reading bars loud yelling, shouting and similar disturbing sounds on public streets between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., part of a citywide noise curfew enforced by police under Chapter 387.

Reading's zoning noise-control section exempts aircraft, including helicopters, lawfully operating from the city's maximum sound-level table, leaving overflight noise to the FAA and…

Construction, drilling and demolition equipment can't create a noise disturbance across a residential property line in Reading between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, or…

Reading bars mechanically powered lawn and garden tools, including leaf blowers, from running outdoors in residential areas between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. if they disturb a neighbor.

Reading allows a private garage or carport in the rear setback if the vehicle door sits at least three feet from an alley, capped at 25 feet tall and one story.

Reading zoning caps most residential lots at one dwelling unit and bars converting a garage or other accessory building into a dwelling unit unless another provision of the chapter…

Reading bans igniting consumer fireworks on City streets, sidewalks or property without a Fire Chief permit, and flatly prohibits all aerial fireworks, including mortar shells, mortar…

Reading requires a Fire Code Official permit before anyone ignites, causes to be ignited, or maintains any open burning in the City, under a 2021 amendment to the adopted International…

Existing 3-to-9-unit Group R-2 rental buildings in Reading must have hardwired, interconnected smoke alarms in common areas plus alarms in every sleeping area and story under a local…

Recreational fires are allowed under PA DEP rules (25 Pa Code §129.14 exempts fires 'solely for recreational or ceremonial purposes'), but your Berks municipality sets pit size and…

Pennsylvania regulates propane and LP-gas storage statewide under the Propane and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act (Act 61 of 2002). The Department of Labor and Industry enforces National…

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…

Reading's City Arborist can order a property owner to prune or remove a hazardous private tree; if the owner refuses, the city may do the work itself and bill the owner, with a lien…

Reading permits rain barrels for property owners and consenting tenants, capped at 75 gallons and six feet tall, but the collected water may only go to lawns, gardens, irrigation and…

Reading caps grass, weeds and plant growth on any property at six inches; the City can serve a notice of violation and, if ignored, send a crew to cut the weeds and bill the owner.

Reading requires shade trees to be trimmed to at least 14 feet above the street and 8 feet above the sidewalk, and lets the City Arborist trim any branches that block a streetlight…

Reading's property-maintenance code caps weeds and grass at six inches, but cultivated and managed plantings, including native, pollinator and ornamental gardens, are expressly…

Berks County sets no routine watering schedule. Statewide, when the Governor declares a drought emergency, 4 Pa. Code §119.4 bans nonessential outdoor water use: including watering…

Reading requires a zoning permit for every home occupation. Minor home occupations get a free permit by right; major ones need Zoning Hearing Board special-exception approval, added…

Reading zoning caps in-home family child care and adult care homes at four to six children or up to six adults, requires 480 square feet of dedicated floor space, and bars noisy…

A home business in Reading gets one small identifying sign: a 1.5-square-foot non-illuminated nameplate, or a projecting/ground sign up to 3 square feet and six feet tall instead.

A minor home occupation in Reading can't routinely draw daily customer visits: cross that traffic threshold and the no-fee minor permit becomes a major one needing Zoning Hearing Board…

Pennsylvania never enacted a cottage food law, so there is no sales ceiling to stay under and no exemption to claim. Instead 3 Pa.C.S. § 5734(a) makes it the duty of every person…

Reading allows short-term rentals by right in its commercial districts and by special exception in R-3, but only inside a conforming dwelling meeting district-specific spacing rules…

Reading bars short-term rental guests from disorderly conduct or excessive noise, and holds the owner or manager responsible for stopping it.

Reading requires at least one off-street parking space at every short-term rental, or nearby public parking as a substitute.

Reading caps short-term rental overnight guests at two per bedroom, twelve total, plus day guests up to half the overnight maximum.

Reading allows short-term rentals only in its C-C, C-R, C-N and C-H commercial districts by right, or in R-3 by special exception, spaced 500 to 1,000 feet apart and capped at 12…

Short-term stays in Berks County face a 5% county hotel room rental tax plus Pennsylvania's 6% state hotel occupancy tax, roughly 11% total. The county tax is filed monthly with the…

Every swimming pool in Reading needs a permanent barrier at least four feet tall with no opening wider than four inches, and any gate in that fence must be securely locked whenever the…

In Reading, a portable above-ground pool under 125 square feet and 2 feet deep needs no zoning permit; larger pools must sit in the rear yard with 3 feet of clearance and cost $75 to…

Reading requires a zoning permit before erecting any fence, wall, or similar structure taller than three feet. Height is measured from ground level, so a fence built atop a wall counts…

Reading caps front-yard fences and walls at four feet and caps everything else at six feet, with an extra foot allowed for decorative posts and taller fencing permitted in…

Reading bans barbed wire in residential and certain commercial districts, electrically charged fencing, razor wire outside prisons, broken glass on fences, and fabric or junk used as…

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…

Reading requires every vendor at a permitted street fair or festival to be listed by name and product on the special event application, barred from adult-item sales to minors, and…

Reading requires a permit for any ceremony, musical, theatrical or other entertainment event held in a city park, under the Reading Park Code. Unpermitted sound equipment can be…

Reading flatly bars permanent sidewalk cafe structures: no raised decks, fences or fixed walls in the sidewalk area, and every installation must come down by October 30 each year.

Reading requires a block party permit at least 30 days before the event, filed online or at the Police Department Traffic Office, and the application must include a petition signed by…

Reading requires a City-issued permit before conducting a parade, special event, block party, community site reservation or recreation facility reservation, filed 90 to 180 days ahead…

Reading's lighting-control ordinance requires new billboard illumination to be mounted at the top of the sign and aimed downward, part of a broader rule shielding all sign and wall…

Reading requires off-street parking areas with five or more spaces to be lit for security between sunset and sunrise, but the lighting can't spill onto neighboring properties or shine…

Reading's zoning code requires all outdoor lighting to be shaded and shielded so it does not glare onto neighbors, caps nighttime spillover onto adjoining lots, limits pole height near…

Reading requires a permit from the Electrical Code Official before any electrical installation, alteration, or repair work begins in the city, under the locally adopted and amended…

Reading requires permits under the 2009 International Building Code, but the city stripped out the code's exemptions for electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing work: every trade job…

Reading zoning sets minimum outdoor play area and occupancy standards for child care centers as a special exception use.

Reading doesn't mandate green construction, but it rewards LEED-certified buildings with extra building coverage, exempts vegetated roofs from impervious-area calculations, and lets…

Reading's Plumbing Code lets only a licensed master plumber apply for a plumbing permit, caps each shop at one authorized master plumber, and voids unused permits after six months.

Reading's Property Maintenance Code requires carbon monoxide alarms in dwellings per the International Fire Code and Residential Code, and mandates they stay maintained under NFPA 720…

Reading requires a certificate-of-transfer inspection before any residential, nonresidential or mixed-use property changes hands, with the seller applying at least 30 days ahead and…

Reading requires a City health permit before any tattoo, body piercing, or body art establishment can operate, with mandatory inspections, insurance, and minor-consent rules enforced…

Reading caps what a private towing company can charge to remove an unauthorized vehicle from posted private property: $100 to tow, $50 to drop the car without towing, and $10 a day for…

Running an auto repair business from a house in Reading isn't allowed as a home occupation: the zoning code's home-occupation rules flatly exclude commercial motor vehicle repair from…

Reading confines sexually oriented businesses to HM Heavy Manufacturing zoning and bars them within 1,000 feet of churches, schools, parks, residential district boundaries, or another…

Reading levies an annual $400 municipal license tax on every pawnbroker operating in the city, collected by the Finance Director under the License Tax Ordinance before a pawnbroker can…

Reading requires anyone who acts as a massage therapist to hold a City permit issued by the Health Officer under Chapter 364, with permits denied or revoked for disqualifying criminal…

Every pawnbroker, junk dealer and secondhand-goods dealer in Reading must deliver a daily written report of all items taken in pawn or purchased to the Chief of Police before 10 a.m…

Pennsylvania regulates electronic cigarettes and vape products under Act 84 of 2016, imposing a 40 percent wholesale tax on e-liquids and devices and requiring tobacco product…

Reading requires city review and City Council approval before any monument, statue, marker or plaque can be placed on public property, and currently has a moratorium on new memorials.

Reading's zoning code caps how much of a lot can be covered by buildings and by impervious surfaces, with the exact numbers set district by district in Chapter 600's dimensional…

Berks County does not set building setbacks. Front, side, and rear yard minimums are fixed by your municipality's zoning ordinance under the PA Municipalities Planning Code (53 P.S…

Berks County sets no building-height limit. Maximum structure height is fixed by your municipality's zoning ordinance under MPC 53 P.S. §10603, and differs by zoning district…

Reading makes smoking or consuming any amount of marijuana or hashish in public a civil offense carrying a $150 fine per violation. City Code Chapter 360, adopted in 2025, treats…

Reading bars drinking alcohol in public places unless the law permits it, and bars drinking on private property without the owner's consent. City Code Chapter 127, Part 2 covers…

Reading's disruptive-conduct ordinance targets loud, untimely rental-unit behavior: after two documented incidents in a 12-month period, the property owner must begin eviction within…

In Reading's business district, pedestrians must cross the roadway only in a crosswalk; stepping off the curb mid-block elsewhere is a violation under § 576-1104(A)(1). Ignoring that…

Reading bans loitering that obstructs streets, sidewalks, bridges or public buildings by hindering the free passage of pedestrians or vehicles, enforceable citywide by police.

Reading bans roller-skating, skateboarding and riding a coaster or other toy vehicle on any city street, except to cross the roadway, and on any sidewalk in a business district…

Reading bans panhandling within 25 feet of outdoor cafes, 20 feet of ATMs and public toilets, on private property without consent, and in an aggressively defined manner anywhere in the…

Reading limits parked vehicle idling to 15 minutes per hour within 150 feet of a residence when it creates a noise disturbance across the property line, enforced by police under the…

Reading requires an approved erosion and sediment control plan before any regulated earth disturbance can start, tying local project approval to DEP and Conservation District sign-off.

Reading regulates stormwater under its Watershed Stormwater Management Ordinance, Chapter 505, which applies to development inside the Schuylkill River and Tulpehocken Creek…

Reading requires new construction and substantial improvements in the Zone AE Without Floodway Subdistrict to elevate the lowest floor at least 1.5 feet above the Base Flood Elevation…

Any construction or development anywhere in Reading needs a floodplain zoning permit from the Floodplain Administrator before work starts, under § 600-1803(A) of the Zoning Code's…

Reading's Zoning Ordinance lists boat docks, wharves and marinas as an allowed use only inside the Riverfront Redevelopment Overlay Zone, on tracts over 10 acres with approved…

Reading requires every food establishment to have a certified food employee on staff under a Department of Agriculture certification, with a 90-day grace period for new or lapsed…

City of Reading property owners must exterminate insect and rodent infestations using Health Officer-approved methods, and nonprofessional rodenticide use is limited to anticoagulant…

Reading requires owners of every residential and mixed-use rental parcel to hold a housing registration issued by the Property Maintenance Division, renewed each year by April 1…

Reading's Property Maintenance Code requires every landlord to supply heat maintaining at least 68°F in all habitable rooms from October 1 through May 30, one of the minimum…

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…

Reading requires a Solid Waste Division permit for any permanent dumpster and bars large roll-offs from sidewalks and small dumpsters from streets, with mandatory screening from public…

Every person and property in Reading must source-separate and recycle designated materials under §496-204, not just put out trash. The list runs from glass, aluminum and paper to yard…

Reading requires trash carts, toters and dumpsters to sit in the rear of the property out of public view, be screened if visible from the right-of-way, and be set out no earlier than 5…

Reading collects leaves, garden residue, shrubbery and tree trimmings as 'yard waste' under §496-201, but only in 30-gallon biodegradable Kraft paper bags and only on request. Grass…

Reading limits weekly bulky-item pickup to one item under 200 pounds or a construction/demolition bundle under 100 pounds, and requires every licensed hauler to offer at least one…

Dumping solid waste or recyclable material on vacant or unoccupied property in Reading is a quality-of-life ticket offense, starting at $25-$50 and rising to $100-$250 for repeat…

Reading collects solid waste and recycling 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 6:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays, with no Sunday collection and blocked hours on ten downtown streets.

Every property owner in Reading must have trash and recycling service, either through the City's municipal program or a licensed hauler, and collection is limited to set weekday and…

Before setting curb, opening a sidewalk, or building a vault under one, Reading requires a permit from the Director of Public Works for any private encroachment into the public…

Reading places the duty to build, pave and repair sidewalks squarely on the abutting property owner, who must fix hazards or the City will do it and bill them.

Reading's code bars placing or erecting any obstruction on a sidewalk, alley, street, bridge or public passageway anywhere in the city. Temporary barriers or warning signs put up to…

Reading requires street trees to be Arborist-approved species set back at least 40 feet from intersections, 15 feet from driveways or light poles, and 10 feet from utility lines, with…

Reading allows yard and garage sale signs on utility poles only three days before the sale, requires the address and date on the sign, and demands removal within 24 hours after it ends.

Reading limits how fast electronic message signs can change (once every six to ten seconds), bans scrolling text on larger signs, and curfews illuminated off-premises signs near homes…

Reading requires a written City Arborist permit before hanging lights or any other seasonal or holiday display on a shade tree in a public street, park, right-of-way or other public…

Storefronts in Reading's commercial zoning districts, including the Commercial Neighborhood District, can cover only 30% of show window glass, or 600 square inches, whichever is…

Reading allows political campaign signs up to 32 square feet without a permit, but they must come down within two weeks after the relevant election and can't go on trees or public…

Loading or unloading boxes, crates, containers, building materials and garbage cans between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. is barred in Reading if it creates a noise disturbance across a…

Reading's Welcoming City ordinance bars city officials and police from asking about immigration status or supporting ICE detainers absent a warrant or court order.

Reading confines sidewalk vending to the Downtown Improvement District: vending on public property anywhere outside the DID is flatly prohibited, and a permit is required to vend even…

Mobile food vendors in Reading need a license before operating anywhere, and the code steers licensed vendors specifically to the Pagoda parking area, where only two vendors may…

Reading requires mobile food vendors to file a detailed license application with the Property Maintenance Division, including unit photos, a sale-items list, health permits and a…

Reading City Council declared the zoning ordinance invalid for lacking data center standards and imposed a 180-day moratorium on July 13, 2026, halting new data center zoning approvals…

Reading bans distributing, cultivating or propagating any invasive plant or noxious weed listed by the state, and makes it a violation to conceal one from inspection or ignore a state…

Reading's property maintenance code defines blighted property to include public nuisances, two-year tax-delinquent vacant lots, and unfit dwellings, letting the City record a formal…

Reading requires vacant land and structures to be kept clean, safe, secure and sanitary so they don't cause blight: the same code that limits weeds to six inches on every lot.

Reading requires sidewalks cleared of snow and ice within 2 hours downtown or 4 hours citywide after snowfall stops, backed by escalating $25 to $250 fines.

Reading requires a zoning permit before installing any solar energy system, with an application covering system description, drawings, setbacks, and a signed acknowledgment about…

Reading places every registered rental property into a routine inspection cycle, requiring a Property Maintenance Division inspection at least once every five years and no more often…

Reading's Property Maintenance Division can inspect a registered rental any time a complaint or a code official's finding reports a violation, separate from the routine…

Reading caps residential yard and garage sales at four per year per lot, two days each, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., used items only, and the required zoning permit is free.

Reading bars anyone under 18 from public streets, parks, or other public places between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. absent a reasonable necessity, with defenses for errands, work, and…

Berks County parks open at 8:00 a.m. daily year-round and close on a seasonal schedule, from 4:30 p.m. in December to 9:00 p.m. in June and July. Being in a county park outside these…

Reading taxes gross receipts of every business at 1.5 mills, but drops to 1 mill for wholesale dealers and vendors on their wholesale sales.

Reading requires anyone canvassing or soliciting door-to-door to obtain a police permit at least 10 business days in advance, bars the activity outside 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and fines…

Reading's Transit-Oriented Development Overlay lets developers add one market-rate unit for every workforce housing unit, up to a 20% density increase.

Reading has no separate hotel or room occupancy tax. Hotels, motels and rooming houses instead pay the citywide Business Privilege Tax on room, meal and service receipts, currently 1½…

Every tenant and resident in Reading has the right to report suspected property maintenance code violations to the Property Maintenance Division, and a landlord cannot evict a tenant…

Wood, pellet, and charcoal smokers are legal in Berks County. A smoker is a cooking fire, expressly exempt from PA's open-burning rule (25 Pa Code §129.14) and allowed even during a…

Grilling with propane, natural gas, or charcoal is allowed in Berks County and is expressly exempt from open-burning bans. Fire-code limits mainly affect apartments and decks: many…

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 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 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…

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…