Local Ordinances And Laws

Millersville Borough

Open Containers:

It shall be unlawful for any person to drink, consume, transport, carry or possess any alcohol, liquor or malt or brewed beverages, except in the original package and with the seal unbroken, on the public streets, sidewalks, parkways, public parking lots or semi-public parking lots.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $600 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days.
 
Disorderly Conduct:

Be found drunk or intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance upon any public street or alley or parks or other public grounds in the Borough.
Possess one ounce or less of marijuana or any drug paraphernalia.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon summary conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000 for a first offense; a fine of not less than $400 nor more than $1,000 for a second offense; and a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000 for a third or subsequent offense
 
Noise Violations:

Yelling and shouting, etc.: engaging in loud yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing:
At any time in such a manner as to cause a noise disturbance across a property line (boundary)
Between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. so as to be plainly audible across a property line (boundary).
On the public streets between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
Penalties: Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.


Rental Agreement:

Insure that the maximum number of persons permitted in the common areas of any multi-unit building containing residential rental units shall not exceed one person for each 15 square feet of common area on the premises.
Disruptive Conduct: Any act by an occupant of a residential rental unit or by a person present at a residential rental unit involving public drunkenness, consumption of an alcoholic beverage in public, public urination or defecation, the unlawful deposit of trash or litter on public or private property, damage to or destruction of public or private property,
After three disruptive conduct incidents in any twelve-month period by an occupant documented by disruptive conduct reports, the owner and, if applicable, the manager shall have 10 working days from the date of the third disruptive conduct report to begin eviction proceedings against the occupants.

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Manor Township

Possession and Consumption of Alcohol: 

It shall be unlawful for any person to drink, consume, transport, carry or possess any alcohol, liquor or malt or brewed beverages, except in the original package and with the seal unbroken, on a public street, sidewalks, parks, public parking lots or semipublic parking lots. The term "semipublic parking lot" shall include any area wherein motor vehicles are parked by the public in conjunction with any business, enterprise, commercial establishment, office building, rental property, or apartment building.

Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 or more than $600 plus costs and, in default of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days

 

Noise Violations:

Noise disturbance prohibited. No person shall make, continue, or cause to be made, or cause to be continued any noise disturbance by any means, nor shall any person suffer, allow, or permit any noise disturbance, by any means, to be made or continued from or at any property, whether public or private, real or personal, that is subject to such person's right to control.

Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days

 

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Lancaster City

Open Containers:

Possession in public places prohibited: No person within the city shall transport or have in his possession an open or unsealed bottle or container of alcoholic beverage when such person is in a public place.

Possession in nonpublic places regulated: No person within the city shall enter upon the private property of another having on his person an open or unsealed bottle or container of an alcoholic beverage without the permission, consent or invitation of the owner, occupant or other person having control of such private property.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a District Justice, be fined:

  1. Twenty-five dollars for the first offense

  2. One hundred dollars for any subsequent offense.

Noise Violations:

Noise disturbance prohibited. No person shall make, continue or cause to be made or cause to be continued any noise disturbance by any means, nor shall any person suffer, allow or permit any noise disturbance, by any means, to be made or continued from or at any property, whether public or private, real or personal, that is subject to such person's right to control

Yelling and shouting, etc. Engaging in loud or raucous yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing:

(a) On the public streets between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.; or

(b) At any time or place in such a manner as to create a noise disturbance.

 

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