Borough of West Chester, PA Street Ordinances

Adams Street extended. (Ord. No. 48, enacted 10-14-1891)

Adams Street ordained. (Part of an ordinance enacted 11-9-1955)

Biddle Street, East, vacated in part. (Ord. enacted 4-12-1950)

Biddle Street, West, extended. (Part of an ordinance enacted 12-10-1952)

Cherry Alley, portion west of South Brandywine Street, between Price Street and Dean Street, vacated. (Ord. No. 12-2008, enacted 8-20-2008)

Chestnut Street, West, portion of, vacated. (Ord. No. 13-1994, enacted 9-28-1994)

Clarke Street, portion of, vacated. (Ord. No. 10-1992, enacted 6-17-1992)

College Avenue, name changed from Normal Avenue. (Ord. No. 232, enacted 1-11-1928)

Convent Lane opened. (Ord. No. 321, enacted 5-24-1940)

Corcoran Alley accepted. (Ord. No. 222, enacted 7-11-1923)

Court Street, also known as "Court House Alley," vacated in part. (Ord. No. 4-63, enacted 2-13-1963)

Court Street, portion of, dedicated. (Res. No. 7-64 of 10-14-1964)

Denney Tag Alley, also known as "Clinton Alley," vacated in part. (Ordinance enacted 9-12-1945)

Ebbs Alley extended. (Part of an ordinance enacted 12-10-1952)

Elizabeth Street vacated. (Resolution of 7-9-1930)

Elmer Street named. (Ord. No. 123, enacted 9-10-1907)

Elmer Street, between Bolmar Street and Worthington Street, vacated. (Part of an ordinance enacted 5-11-1949)

Elmer Street vacated. (Part of Ord. No. 16-66, enacted 11-18-1966)

Evans Street, portion of, vacated. (Ord. No. 25-1988, enacted 12-14-1988)

Everhart Avenue opened (section thereof). (Ord. No. 225, enacted 1-13-1926)

Everhart Avenue, North, extended. (Part of an ordinance enacted 12-10-1952)

Fayette Street, West, extended. (Part of an ordinance enacted 12-10-1952)

Gay Street, between High Street and Matlack Street, straightened and located. (Ord. No. 325, enacted 7-1-1940)

Goshen Road, renamed from Goshen Avenue. (Ord. No. 3-1999, enacted 1-20-1999)

Hannum Avenue, renamed from Strasburg Road from its beginning at Gay Street and New Street to the western line of the borough. (Part of an ordinance enacted 3-11-1858)

High Street, lines and grades thereof established and approved. (Resolution of 8-10-1927)

High Street, North, grade fixed, widened and opened. (Ord. No. 232, enacted 9-14-1927)

High Street, between Union Street and Dean Street, width of sidewalk on west side thereof fixed. (Ordinance enacted 6-13-1945)

Hillside Drive ordained. (Part of an ordinance enacted 10-12-1949)

Hillside Drive ordained. (Ordinance enacted 5-12-1954)

Linden Street ordained. (Part of an ordinance enacted 3-14-1956)

Magnolia Street extension ordained. (Ord. No. 182, enacted 3-10-1915)

Magnolia Street vacated in part. (Ord. No. 336, enacted 5-13-1942)

Magnolia Street, between Bolmar Street and a certain alley, vacated. (Part of an ordinance enacted 5-11-1949)

Maple Alley ordained. (Ordinance enacted 6-8-1949)

Market Street, West, widened. (Ord. No. 92, enacted 5-19-1903)

Market Street, between Walnut Street and a private street belonging to the Pennsylvania Railroad, width of sidewalk on south side thereof fixed. (Ordinance enacted 6-20-1949)

Marshall Drive ordained. (Part of an ordinance enacted 10-12-1949)

Marshall Drive ordained. (Ordinance enacted 12-13-1950)

Mayfield Avenue accepted. (Part of Res. No. 10-62 of 5-9-1962)

Miner Street, regulating width of. (Ord. No. 212, enacted 4-14-1920)

New Street, North, relocated in part (state highway portion). (Res. No. 16-60 of 9-6-1960)

Nields Street extended. (Ord. No. 49, enacted 1-16-1892)

Nields Street opened. (Ord. No. 308, enacted 1-25-1939)

Patton Avenue, renamed from Boot Road from its beginning in Gay Street east of Matlack Street, at a corner of Dr. Isaac Thomas's yard, to the north line of the borough. (Part of an ordinance enacted 3-11-1858)

Penn Street, between Barnard Street and Union Street, vacated. (Ordinance enacted 2-9-1949)

Penn Street, between Union Street and Elmer Street, vacated. (Part of an ordinance enacted 5-11-1949)

Penn Street ordained. (Part of an ordinance enacted 3-14-1956)

Prescott Avenue, from North New Street easterly 300.59 feet, vacated. (Ord. No. 5-1974, enacted 3-13-1974)

Preston Street, West, name changed from Pyles Alley (for a section thereof). (Ord. No. 263, enacted 4-13-1932)

Rigg Alley ordained. (Part of an ordinance enacted 11-9-1955)

Rosedale Avenue extended. (Part of an ordinance enacted 11-9-1955)

Rosedale Avenue ordained. (Part of an ordinance enacted 3-14-1956)

Route No. 137, Section 5, State Highway, Gay Street and Hannum Avenue, relocated and opened. (Ord. No. 322, enacted 6-7-1940)

South Brandywine Street, portion south of Nields Street, dedicated. (Ord. No. 11-1973, enacted 10-10-1973)

Spring Grove Lane opened. (Ord. No. 309, enacted 1-25-1939)

Union Street widened. (Ord. No. 91, enacted 3-16-1903)

University Avenue, name changed from College Avenue between South High Street and South Church Street. (Ord. No. 1-1984, enacted 1-11-1984)

University Avenue (Ord. No. 26-1989, enacted 11-22-1989; repealed by Ord. No. 1-1990, enacted 2-26-1990)

Unnamed streets, lanes and alleys established. (Ordinance enacted 6-8-1799. This was the first ordinance ever adopted by the borough.)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ordinance enacted 9-17-1884)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 25, enacted 7-31-1885)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 23, enacted 6-11-1885)

Unnamed alley laid out. (Ord. No. 18, enacted 2-12-1885)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 30, enacted 6-4-1886)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 32, enacted 9-13-1886)

Unnamed streets and alleys ordained. (Ord. No. 33, enacted 12-9-1887)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 35, enacted 7-19-1888)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 36, enacted 8-11-1888)

Unnamed street extended. (Ord. No. 37, enacted 1-12-1889)

Unnamed alleys, three (3), to intersect. (Ord. No. 38, enacted 2-27-1889)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 40, enacted 6-16-1890)

Unnamed alley extended. (Ord. No. 45, enacted 11-20-1890)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 46, enacted 9-3-1891)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 47, enacted 9-15-1891)

Unnamed alley opened. (Ord. No. 52, enacted 7-12-1893)

Unnamed street extended. (Ord. No. 86, enacted 9-21-1900)

Unnamed alley extended. (Ord. No. 87, enacted 9-21-1900)

Unnamed alley opened. (Ord. No. 104, enacted 7-24-1905)

Unnamed alley opened. (Ord. No. 122, enacted 6-4-1907)

Unnamed street widened. (Ord. No. 124, enacted 9-10-1907)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 128, enacted 10-19-1908)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 129, enacted 10-19-1908)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 175, enacted 4-20-1914)

Unnamed alley, between Matlack Street and Marshall Street, opened. (Ord. No. 176, enacted 5-13-1914)

Unnamed public alley ordained. (Ord. No. 239, enacted 4-10-1929)

Unnamed alley ordained. (Ord. No. 244, enacted 11-13-1929)

Unnamed alley vacated in part. (Ordinance enacted 11-11-1953)

Unnamed alley vacated in part. (Ordinance enacted 4-14-1954)

Unnamed alleys, three (3), ordained. (Part of an ordinance enacted 3-14-1956)

Unnamed alley accepted. (Res. No. 14-62 of 9-20-1962)

Unnamed tract conveyed by Audubon Garden Apartments, Inc., dedicated for street purposes. (Res. No. 6-66 of 3-16-1966)

Unnamed tract conveyed by West Chester Homes, Inc., dedicated for street purposes. (Res. No. 7-66 of 3-30-1966)

Unnamed alley vacated. (Ord. No. 8-66, enacted 3-30-1966)

Unnamed streets, five (5): four (4) running west from Brandywine Street and one (1) running east from Brandywine Street, dedicated. (Res. No. 1-68 of 1-2-1968)

Unnamed street at northwest corner of North Everhart Street and United States Route No. 322 dedicated. (Res. No. 12-1972 of 8-9-1972)

Unnamed lot of land, street or alley which is located parallel with and between Matlack Street and Maple Alley, southeast of East Nields Street, vacated. (Ord. No. 6-1978, enacted 7-12-1978)

Unnamed alley vacated. (Ord. No. 13-1980, enacted 11-12-1980)

Unnamed alley vacated. (Ord. No. 18-1989, enacted 6-28-1989)

Unnamed alley vacated in part. (Ord. No. 14-1994, enacted 9-28-1994)

Unnamed alley vacated. (Ord. No. 2-1995, enacted 3-15-1995)

Unnamed alley which extends in a north-south direction from Rosedale Avenue to Joseph Alley between Adams Street and Penn Street shall be named "Sgt. Yarnall Alley." (Ord. No. 15-2006, enacted 9-20-2006)

Unopened alleys, vacated rights-of-way, 12. (Ord. No. 3-1997, enacted 3-19-1997)

Virginia Avenue accepted. (Part of Res. No. 10-62 of 5-9-1962)

Wayne Street, North, ordained. (Ord. No. 179, enacted 10-23-1914)

West Market Street, vacating a seventy-five-foot right-of-way and confirming a sixty-foot right-of-way. (Ord. No. 15-2009, enacted 10-29-2009)

West Prescott Alley, portion vacated. (Ord. No. 12-2023, enacted 7-19-2023)

Winder Alley, portion vacated. (Ord. No. 7-2000, enacted 4-19-2000)

Woodbine Alley widened in part. (Ord. No. 158, enacted 12-13-1911)

Woodbine Alley widened. (Ord. No. 167, enacted 2-21-1913)

Woodbine Alley widened. (Ord. No. 204, enacted 10-29-1919)

Worthington Street, between Union Street and Elmer Street, vacated. (Part of an ordinance enacted 5-11-1949)

Worthington Street, portion of, vacated. (Part of Ord. No. 16-66, enacted 11-18-1966)