Property Maintenance in Pennsylvania (2026)

Pennsylvania's Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act allows neighbors and nonprofits statewide to…

Abington Township's five-member Vacant Property Review Board can certify a vacant property as blighted before the…

Allentown's Blighted Property Review Committee can declare a dangerous, dilapidated or vacant structure "blighted" and…

Bensalem Township's Vacant Property Review Board, created under Code Chapter 45, certifies vacant, tax-delinquent, or…

Bethlehem's Blighted Property Review Committee can certify a vacant property as blighted under Article 149, triggering…

In Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, a dwelling that fails Chapter 120 badly enough to endanger occupants or the public…

Erie's Building Code Official or Fire Inspector may declare any building, structure or equipment unsafe under Codified…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, any existing building or structure that the Codes Administrator finds…

Chapter 184 of the Haverford Township Code gives the Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, specific tools against…

Lower Merion Township adopted the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code and inserted its own Section 106.1…

Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, fights blight through Chapter 152. Owners must register vacant…

The Municipality of Penn Hills' Vacant and Abandoned Property Ordinance defines blighted property by hazard, neglect…

Code officials condemn structures found unsafe, unfit for occupancy, or unlawful, and can block owners from collecting…

Pittsburgh's Property Maintenance Code lets the Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections condemn, placard, and…

Pottstown's five-member Blighted Property Review Committee, created under Chapter 1 Part 9 Article E, can certify any…

Reading's property maintenance code defines blighted property to include public nuisances, two-year tax-delinquent…

Scranton reviews and certifies blighted properties through its Blighted Property Review Committee, created by City Code…

Upper Darby's Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization Ordinance lets the Township sue owners of seriously…

York County's Blighted Property Review Committee can certify a vacant, derelict property to the Redevelopment Authority…

Bristol Borough adopted the International Property Maintenance Code, 2003, as its Property Maintenance Code for the…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, deterioration of a structure or property to a state where it is…

Owners of any Erie building vacant for more than 180 days must register it with the Office of Code Enforcement and pay…

Abington Township requires owners to keep property free of weeds, underbrush and debris whether the lot is occupied or…

Allentown requires vacant structures, premises and unimproved land to be kept clean, safe, secure and sanitary so they…

Bensalem Township Code Section 62-2 puts the legal duty to cut grass and weeds on the owner of a vacant lot, not just…

In Bristol Borough, the owner of vacant premises must remove, trim or cut all grass, weeds and other vegetation that…

Bristol Township Code § 134-2 C declares filthy, littered or trash-covered vacant lots, vacant areas, houses, buildings…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, every vacant lot must be kept free of noxious weeds, rubbish, garbage, junk…

In Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, owners of vacant land or lots in the vicinity of buildings cannot…

Lower Merion caps weeds and plant growth at 10 inches under an amendment to Section 302.4 of its adopted Property…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, § 110-4B(1) declares it unlawful to let materials accumulate on the…

Owners of vacant lots in Philadelphia must hire a licensed pest control company for a yearly inspection and rat…

Pittsburgh requires every owner or occupant to keep grass and weeds under six inches on their real estate, including…

Reading requires vacant land and structures to be kept clean, safe, secure and sanitary so they don't cause blight: the…

Scranton bars dumping or depositing litter on any open or vacant lot, occupied or not, under City Code § 305-5. Owners…

Upper Darby bans dumping litter on any open or vacant private lot, occupied or not, under Section 358-10 of the…

In Bristol Borough, anyone in charge of a building or lot fronting a paved sidewalk must clear a path at least 36…

Abington Township owners and occupants must clear sidewalks and footpaths of snow and ice to a width of at least three…

Allentown property owners must clear snow and ice from the sidewalk within 10 hours after snow, sleet or rain stops…

In Bensalem Township, the owner, occupant, or tenant of any property along a road, street, or highway must clear ice…

Property owners, occupants and controllers along any Bethlehem street or sidewalk must clear snow, ice, mud, sand…

Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania requires the owner, occupant or tenant of property along any Township…

Erie property occupants must clear snow, ice or sleet from the sidewalk in front of their premises within three hours…

In the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, owners, tenants and occupiers must clear snow, ice, hail and sleet from the…

In Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, property owners and people in possession of premises in the…

Lower Merion Township requires tenants, occupants and owners to clear a 36-inch-wide, ADA-compliant pathway on the…

In Lower Paxton Township, every property owner, tenant, agent in charge or occupier must clear snow, ice, slush and…

In Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, the owner, occupant, or tenant of every property abutting a public…

In the Municipality of Penn Hills, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, property owners and tenants must clear at least 30…

Philadelphia property owners, agents and tenants have six hours after snow stops falling to clear a 36-inch path on…

Pittsburgh property owners and tenants must clear snow and ice from sidewalks within 24 hours of a snowfall or freezing…

Pottstown gives property owners and single-unit tenants 12 hours of daylight after snow stops falling or ice forms to…

Reading requires sidewalks cleared of snow and ice within 2 hours downtown or 4 hours citywide after snowfall stops…

Scranton property owners, tenants, occupants and property agents must clear snow and ice from their sidewalk within 24…

Upper Darby property owners, tenants and property managers must clear a path at least 36 inches wide on their sidewalk…