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Current Borough Ordinances

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Taxes

• Ordinance No. 342 - Business Privilege Tax 

• Ordinance No. 343 - Mercantile Tax

• Ordinance No. 476 - Local Service Tax

• Ordinance No. 484 - Per Capita Tax

• Ordinance No. 488 - Earned Income Tax

• Ordinance No. 525 - Tax Credits for Volunteer Fire Company Members

• Ordinance No. 539 - Waiving Late Tax Penalties 

• Ordinance No. 554 - Setting the Tax Rate for 2026

 

Zoning & Property Maintenace

• Ordinance No. 478 - Adoption of Property Maintenance Code

• Ordinance No. 514 Part 1- Zoning Ordinance 

• Ordinance No. 514 Part 2 - Zoning Ordinance

• Ordinance No. 526 - Uniform Construction Code

• Ordinance No. 542 - Participation with Laurel Municipal Inspection Agency

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Garbage & Recycling

• Ordinance No. 473 - Establishing Property Owners Responsibility of Fees

• Ordinance No. 551 - Providing for Filing Municipal Liens for Delinquent Accounts

• Ordinance No. 555 - Setting Rate for 2026

• Ordinance No. 556 - Establishing a Recycling Program

 

Sewer

• Ordinance No. 474 - Establishing Property Owners Responsibility of Fees

• Ordinance No. 501 - Sanitary Sewer Certification for Real Estate Sales

• Ordinance No. 510 - Setting Sewer Maintenance Fee

• Ordinance No. 520 - Authorizing Water Termination of Delinquent Accounts

• Ordinance No. 531 - Inflow & Infiltration

• Ordinance No. 533 - Setting Penalties for Failure to Resolve I&I Issues

 

Stormwater

• Ordinance No. 550 - Stormwater Management

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Streets, Traffic & Parking

• Ordinance No. 420 - Tree Limb & Shrub Clearance on Sidewalks, Roads & Alleys

• Ordinance No. 456 - Handicapped On-Street Parking Spaces

• Ordinance No. 527 - Road Cutting Permits & Restorations

• Ordinance No. 545 - Prohibiting Parking of Large Vehicles, Trucks & Trailers

• Ordinance No. 546 - Traffic/Roadway Regulations & Placement of Signs
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Outdoor Burning

• Ordinance No. 435 - Regulating Outdoor Fires

• Ordinance No. 485 - Regulating Outdoor Furnaces

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Noise 

• Ordinance No. 449 - Excessive Noise

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Nuisance

• Ordinance No. 471 - Nuisance Ordinance

• Ordinance No. 487 - Amending Nuisance Ordinance

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Animal Control/Animal Nuisance

• Ordinance No. 460 - Animal Control & Nuisance Regulations

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Shade Trees 

• Ordinance No. 557 - Shade Tree Commission & Regulations

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Sidewalks

• Ordinance No. 39 - Sidewalks

• Ordinance No. 429 - Amending Sidewalk Ordinance

• Ordinance No. 450 - Regulating Use of Skateboards, Bicycles, and Scooters on Sidewalks

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Other Regulations

• Ordinance No. 404 - Numbering of Houses

• Ordinance No. 434 - Prohibiting Sleeping or Living in Vehicles

• Ordinance No. 459 - Regulating the Business of Transient Merchants (Soliciting Permits)

• Ordinance No. 494 - Landlord/Tenant Registrations

• Ordinance No. 506 - Prohibiting Tobacco in Public Places

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