Millcreek, PA Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

Millcreek Township adopted the International Property Maintenance Code, 2015 Edition (the IPMC), as its Property Maintenance Code in § 29-78 of Chapter 29, Part 5. The Township's amendments, collected in Appendix 2, are incorporated as if set forth verbatim, and § 29-79 makes the IPMC's tables and commentary part of the adopted code. The Board of Supervisors decides whether to employ or retain an entity or persons as the code official (Section 103.1 as restated) and sets fees by schedule, and § 29-81 gives it authority over administration and enforcement.

Several amendments reach rental housing directly. Section 602.3 is amended so heating is supplied to leased premises from September 1 to April 30, and Section 602.4 sets the same dates for occupiable work spaces. Section 304.14 requires insect screens to be supplied from May 1 to September 30. Under Section 308, the owner of every occupied premises supplies approved, leakproof containers with close-fitting covers, and the owner of every premises has to enter into the contract Chapter 110 requires for collection of municipal waste, recyclable materials and leaf waste. Section 304.3 requires address numbers visible from the street, with minimum size standards of three-inch-high, one-half-inch-stroke numerals on single-family and two-family dwellings and six-inch-high numerals on other buildings.

Entry is limited. The Township's amendment to Section 104.3 (Right of Entry) says recourse shall be pursued only with authorization by the Board of Supervisors and then only in cases posing a serious threat to fire or other safety or issues relating to number of residents in a dwelling.

Notices follow Section 107.3 as amended: personal delivery, certified mail to the last known address, posting plus first-class mail when a letter is returned, or posting on the main entrance plus publication one time in two separate publications when the owner or an encumbrance holder cannot be found. Appeals go to a Board of Appeals of a minimum of three members who are not Township employees, appointed solely by the Board of Supervisors under Section 111.2, with decisions in writing under Section 111.6.1.