City of Lancaster, PA
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2023-02-28
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 36 Claims, Municipal
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Article IV Attorney Fees in Ordinance Enforcement
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administrative Departments and Bureaus
- Ch 9 Annexations
- Ch 13 Assessment
- Ch 17 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 22 Boards, Commissions, Etc.
- Ch 26 Bonds
- Ch 30 Budgets and Control
- Ch 32 Central Market Trust
- Ch 34 Civil Service
- Ch 36 Claims, Municipal
- Ch 36 Art IV Attorney Fees in Ordinance Enforcement
- § 36-10 Award of attorney fees and court costs to City.
- Ch 42 Fire Bureau
- Ch 44 Flags
- Ch 48 Land Bank Authority
- Ch 55 Officers and Employees
- Ch 59 Ordinances and Resolutions
- Ch 64 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 67 Police Bureau
- Ch 71 Social Security
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 76 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 80 Advertising and Bill Posting
- Ch 84 Alarms
- Ch 88 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 92 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 96 Animals
- Ch 100 Bicycles
- Ch 105 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 109 Building Construction and Floodplain Management
- Ch 112 Buildings, Naming of
- Ch 113 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 114 Business Registration
- Ch 116 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 117 Contractors
- Ch 121 Curfew
- Ch 125 Discrimination
- Ch 129 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 132 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 134 (Reserved)
- Ch 136 Emergency Management
- Ch 140 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 142 Fire Prevention
- Ch 143 Fireworks
- Ch 146 Graffiti
- Ch 150 Health Standards
- Ch 155 Historic Districts
- Ch 169 Housing
- Ch 173 Insurance
- Ch 177 Junkyards
- Ch 182 Lead Poisoning Prevention and Lead Hazard Control
- Ch 186 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 190 (Reserved)
- Ch 192 Meat and Meat Products
- Ch 194 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 198 Noise
- Ch 200 Panhandling
- Ch 202 Parking Lots
- Ch 210 Parks
- Ch 213 Personal Delivery Devices
- Ch 215 Plumbing
- Ch 219 Property, Personal
- Ch 223 Property Maintenance
- Ch 228 Public Markets
- Ch 229 Public Nuisances
- Ch 232 Real Property, Sale of
- Ch 236 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 238 Rental Property
- Ch 240 Restaurants
- Ch 243 (Reserved)
- Ch 249 Sewers
- Ch 255 Signs
- Ch 256 Skateboards
- Ch 258 Solid Waste
- Ch 260 Stormwater Management
- Ch 261 Stormwater Management Fee
- Ch 262 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 263 Right-Of-Way Management
- Ch 265 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 267 Swimming Pools
- Ch 269 Tattoos and Body Piercings
- Ch 270 Taxation
- Ch 271 Telephone Companies
- Ch 273 Trees
- Ch 279 Utilities
- Ch 282 Vacant and Abandoned Property
- Ch 285 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 287 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 288 Vehicles, Hazardous
- Ch 291 Vending
- Ch 293 Violation Tickets
- Ch 295 Water
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A305 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-28-2009 by Ord. No. 6-2009]
In any proceeding by the City to enforce any of its ordinances, whether before a Magisterial District Judge, in a Court of Common Pleas, or in any other court or body of competent jurisdiction, including appeals boards and bodies of arbitration, upon a conviction of the defendant, upon a guilty plea, or upon a finding in favor of the City of Lancaster, the court or other adjudicatory body shall award the City its reasonable attorney fees and court costs actually incurred in pursuing or prosecuting the matter. This § 36-10 is intended to cover prosecutions and/or enforcement actions of all City ordinances, including, without limitation, the City’s Property Maintenance Code, (codified in Chapter 223 of this Code), which incorporates the 2006 International Property Maintenance Code and all of its incorporated standards and codes, as amended by the City; the City’s Fire Prevention Code (codified in Chapter 142 of this Code), which incorporates the 2006 International Fire Code and all of its incorporated standards and codes, as amended by the City; and the City’s Building Code (codified in Chapter 116 of this Code), which incorporates the Uniform Construction Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
