Pennsylvania has no statewide ban or upon-request rule for plastic straws, and following the lapse of single-use plastic preemption in 2024 cities may again adopt straw-on-request or ban policies.
Pennsylvania has not enacted a statewide ban on plastic drinking straws or a statewide upon-request requirement for food-service establishments. The 2020 to 2024 statutory moratorium on local single-use plastic ordinances limited municipal action; that preemption ended with Act 87 of 2024. Philadelphia's plastic straw upon-request rule and similar local ordinances are now clearly enforceable, and other municipalities are free to adopt comparable rules. There is no state agency administering a straw-specific program, and food-service establishments outside cities with their own rules face no straw-specific obligations under state law.
Where local ordinances apply, fines are typically issued by city code enforcement; no state penalty exists.
Bristol, PA
Bristol Borough regulates construction noise through general excessive noise ordinance (Ch. 10). No separate construction hour limits found; general prohibit...
Bristol, PA
Bristol Borough Ch. 10 (Excessive Noise) prohibits unnecessary or excessive noise detrimental to health, safety, or public peace. Truck idling restricted 10 ...
Bristol, PA
Bristol Borough Ch. 2, Part 3 (Noisy Animals, Ord. 1005, 7/14/1986) regulates excessive animal noise. Borough Council declared excessive sound detrimental to...
Bristol, PA
Bristol Borough Ch. 27 requires unlicensed vehicles/trailers in commercial/industrial zones to be stored in enclosed buildings. Off-street loading requiremen...
Bristol, PA
Bristol Borough Ch. 27 limits RVs to one per residential lot in R-1, R-1A, and R-2 districts, max 9% of lot area. RVs may not be used for living or sleeping....
Bristol, PA
Bristol Borough Ch. 27 requires off-street parking per Table 27-7-A by use type. All parking areas must be separated from roads by raised curbs or barriers. ...
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