An ordinance is a local law, similar to laws
(statutes) passed by Congress and the Pennsylvania
legislature.
In an average year, Millcreek’s Board of Supervisors adopts 15-20 ordinances. Many of these confirm approvals of property owners’petitions to rezone their properties or establish
regulations for stop signs, speed limits and parking restrictions. When the Board of Supervisors agrees to
vacate a public street, which means giving up the right to build a street in a
subdivision where a street was not built by the developer years ago, this is
confirmed by an ordinance and is recorded.
Less routine are ordinances that establish regulations.
Each year, some of the new ordinances either establish or restate
regulations that affect all or some residents and property owners. Major ordinances enacted in recent years
include:
·
Address Regulations (Ordinance 98-17)
·
Adult Entertainment Regulations (Ordinance 99-2)
·
Animal Regulations (Ordinance 2000-15)
·
Bottle Club Regulations (Ordinance 98-18)
·
Land Use Performance Standards (Ordinance 99-17)
·
Manufactured Home Parks Ordinance (Ordinance
2006-8)
·
Municipal Waste and Recycling Regulations
(Ordinance 2006-11)
·
Nonconforming Lots, Structures and Use
Regulations (Ordinance 2006-4)
·
Open Burning Regulations (Ordinance 2000-1,
amended by Ordinance 2001-14)
·
Public Indecency Regulations (Ordinance 98-19)
·
Public & Private Improvements Code
(Ordinance 2003-3)
·
Realty Transfer Tax Regulations (Ordinance
98-20)
·
Sewer Rental Regulations (Ordinance 99-8 as
amended)
·
Sewer Use Regulations (Ordinance 2004-4)
·
Sidewalk Regulations (Ordinance 2002-15)
·
Subdivision and Land Development Regulations
(Ordinance 2006-9)
·
Stormwater Management
Regulations (Ordinance 1997-4, amended by Ordinance 2003-5)
·
Traffic Signal Avoidance (Ordinance 2000-14)
·
Uniform Construction Code (Ordinances 2004-9 and
2004-10)
·
Vehicle Restrictions on Township Streets
(Ordinance 97-23)
·
Weather Events and Towing Regulations (Ordinance
99-7)