On October 1, 1962, the Supervisors of the Township of Montgomery
enacted a consolidation of the general body of Township ordinances, including
the amendment and renumbering of certain existing ordinances and the repeal
of certain other existing ordinances. The consolidation, which excluded the
Township's amusement tax, was enacted by Ordinance Nos. 1 through 19, which
are on file in the office of the Township Secretary and which are further
identified by title as follows:
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Ordinance No. 1. An ordinance prohibiting the dumping, storage,
accumulation and burning of rubbish, waste, garbage, ashes, paper and discarded
or refuse materials at or upon public or private property and fixing the fines
for the violation thereof; repeal of former Ordinance Nos. 1 and 53.
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Ordinance No. 2. An ordinance prohibiting nuisances, including
but not limited to accumulations of garbage and rubbish, the storage of abandoned
or junked automobiles on private and public property and the carrying on of
any offensive manufacture or business and the existence of any dangerous structure
on public or private ground and fixing the fines for the violation thereof;
repeal of former Ordinance Nos. 2 and 7.
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Ordinance No. 3. An ordinance regulating and requiring the
licensing of junk dealers in the Township of Montgomery, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, and prescribing penalties for violation.
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Ordinance No. 4. An ordinance defining and prohibiting disorderly
practices, all unnecessary noises tending to disturb the peace and quiet of
the community and providing penalties and fines therefor; repeal of former
Ordinance Nos. 4 and 68.
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Ordinance No. 5. An ordinance limiting the weight of vehicles
on Township roads, except boundary roads, and fixing the fines for violation
thereof and providing for the erection of signs giving notice thereof; repeal
of former Ordinance No. 5.
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Ordinance No. 6. Social Security for Township Employees.
An ordinance providing for the entrance into an agreement with the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania so that certain Township employees shall be covered by the
Federal Social Security Act and providing for an appropriation from the general
Township treasury and deductions from the employees pay roll and payment of
such sums to the commonwealth as contributions to the Federal Insurance Plan.
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Ordinance No. 7. An ordinance making it unlawful to operate
a motor vehicle in excess of 35 miles per hour on the following Township roads:
Richardson Road, Line Street, Vilsmeier Road and Knapp Road; and providing
penalties for the violation thereof; repeal of former Ordinance Nos. 24, 38,
46 and 50.
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Ordinance No. 8. An ordinance prohibiting leaving outside
iceboxes, refrigerators and similar containers with airtight doors accessible
to children and providing fines for the violation thereof; repeal of former
Ordinance No. 25.
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Ordinance No. 9. An ordinance creating and establishing
in the Township of Montgomery a Planning Commission consisting of five members
and appointing the initial members as authorized by the Act of May 1, 1933,
P.L 103, as reenacted and amended.
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Ordinance No. 10. An ordinance to protect the public safety
by prohibiting the discharge of firearms, bows and arrows and hunting, except
in accordance with certain regulations; prohibiting the possession of loaded
firearms upon public streets and public property within the Township of Montgomery
and providing penalties for violation; repeal of former Ordinance Nos. 36,
65 and 72.
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Ordinance No. 11. An ordinance prohibiting dogs from running
at large within the Township; authorizing the impounding and destruction of
dogs and providing fines for the violation thereof; repeal of former Ordinance
No. 57.
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Ordinance No. 12. An ordinance licensing and regulating
the soliciting, peddling and transient retail business within the Township
of Montgomery; providing for application for license; establishing the procedure
for identification; establishing rules of conduct and providing for the enforcement
thereof and penalties for violations thereof; repeal of former Ordinance No.
60.
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Ordinance No. 13. An ordinance prohibiting parking on either
side of Bethlehem Pike Route 309 within the legal right-of-way thereof and
providing fines and imprisonment for violation of the same.
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Ordinance No. 14. An ordinance providing for the adoption
of the National Building Code, Abbreviated Edition, as the Building Code for
Montgomery Township and the adoption of the National Building Code, Unabridged
Edition, as regulations under the Building Code; the repeal of former Ordinance
Nos. 47, 62 and 71, which adopted the prior Building Code; establishing the
office and prescribing the duties of the Building Inspector or Official; and
establishing and promulgating a schedule of permit fees.
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Ordinance No. 15. An ordinance for the protection of public
health, prohibiting the placement of human excrement and other materials dangerous
to public health on the ground or in the ground, providing regulations for
cleaning of cesspools, septic tanks and other receptacles, and fixing the
fines for the violation thereof; repeal of former Ordinance Nos. 54, 58 and
70.
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Ordinance No. 16. An ordinance for the protection of public
health, regulating the construction and operation of sewage disposal systems;
setting minimum requirements for disposal of sewage and fixing fines for the
violation thereof; repeal of former Ordinance No. 17.
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Ordinance No. 17. The Montgomery Township Zoning Ordinance
of 1952, as amended in 1959; an amendment providing for the reclassification
of a certain district in Montgomery Township from R-1 Residential to R-2 Residential;
an amendment to Article IX, Section 902-C-1 and 2, pertaining to signs permitted
in commercial and shopping center districts, by adding a new Section 9O2-C-5,
permitting additional sign area on commercial and shopping center buildings,
amending Section 903-D to increase the permitted freestanding sign area in
LI Limited Industrial districts and amending Section 9O4-D-2 pertaining to
signs obscuring the view of the highway; an amendment rezoning a certain tract
with a frontage on the southeasterly side of Route 202 and on the northeasterly
side of Route 463 in Montgomery Township from C Commercial to S Shopping Center
District; an amendment to Article l, Section 103, providing for the repeal
of Montgomery Township former Ordinance Nos. 6, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26,
28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 52, 55, 56, 61, 63,
66, 69, 73, 76, 77 and 80.
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Ordinance No. 18. An ordinance of the Township of Montgomery,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, regulating the subdivision and development
of land and prohibiting the opening, construction, naming or dedication for
public use or travel of any road, street, lane or alley or any drainage facilities
in connection therewith, except in accordance with plans submitted to and
approved by the Township Supervisors; prescribing the method of preparing
and filing such plans; providing for a performance bond and the kind and character
of improvements to be made; and providing penalties for violations; repeal
of former Ordinance Nos. 18 and 42.
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Ordinance No. 19. An ordinance repealing the following Montgomery
Township Ordinances: former Ordinance No. 3, Road Construction; former Ordinance
Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, defining and locating certain roads; and former
Ordinance No. 27, organizing the Montgomery Township Authority.
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