Township of Lower Merion, PA
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2023-12-13
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 21 Lost Property, Disposition of
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 5 Administrative Code
- Ch 6 (Reserved)
- Ch 7 Board of Commissioners Procedural Code
- Ch 10 Cooperative and Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 12 Electoral Districts
- Ch 13 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 16 Health Advisory Council
- Ch 20 Library Services
- Ch 21 Lost Property, Disposition of
- § 21-1 Definitions.
- § 21-2 Delivery of lost property to Township Manager.
- § 21-3 Effort to determine owner.
- § 21-4 Lost property to become township property; rights of commonwealth.
- § 21-5 Disposition of lost property.
- § 21-6 Penalty for violations by township employees.
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 25 (Reserved)
- Ch 26 Municipal Authorities
- Ch 32 Pensions and Employee Benefits
- Ch 34 Planning Agencies
- Ch 36 Police Department
- Ch 38 Township Records
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 49 Air Pollution
- Ch 51 Alarm Systems
- Ch 59 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 62 Building Construction
- Ch 64 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 67 Circuses and Carnivals
- Ch 68 (Reserved)
- Ch 69 Contractor Licensing
- Ch 72 Electrical Standards
- Ch 75 Fair Housing
- Ch 78 Fire Prevention
- Ch 82 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 88 Historic Districts
- Ch 90 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 92 Housing-Property Maintenance
- Ch 93 Human Relations Commission; Discrimination
- Ch 95 Junk Dealers
- Ch 99 Littering; Handbill Distribution
- Ch 101 Natural Features Conservation
- Ch 102 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Newspaper Separation and Collection
- Ch 105 Noise and Exterior Lighting
- Ch 107 Official Map
- Ch 109 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 111 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 113 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 115 Plumbing
- Ch 119 Real Estate Registry
- Ch 121 Stormwater Management and Erosion Control
- Ch 123 Security of Buildings
- Ch 126 Sewers
- Ch 128 Shade Trees
- Ch 130 Shopping Carts
- Ch 133 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 135 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 138 Taxation
- Ch 140 Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 141 Transient Retail Businesses
- Ch 143 Uniform Construction Code
- Ch 145 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 149 Watercourses
- Ch 151 Weapons
- Ch 155 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A161 Agreements and Contracts
- Ch A162 (Reserved)
- Ch A163 Building Line Ordinances
- Ch A164 Civil Service Commission: Rules and Regulations
- Ch A165 Curb Ordinances
- Ch A166 Electrical Examining Board: Rules and Regulations
- Ch A167 Fees
- Ch A168 Park Rules and Regulations
- Ch A169 Police Department: Code of Discipline
- Ch A170 Sidewalk Ordinances
- Ch A171 Street Ordinances
- Ch A172 Zoning Hearing Board: Rules
- Ch A173 Security Regulations
- Ch A174 Fire Lanes
- Ch A175 Code of Ethics
- Ch A176 (Reserved)
- Ch A177 Planting Materials and Specifications
- Ch A178 Wastewater Control Regulations
- Ch A179 Administrative Appeals
- Ch A180 Historic Resource Inventory
- Ch A181 Human Relations Commission: Rules and Regulations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of
Lower Merion 10-20-1976 by Ord. No. 1774.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.Â
LOST PROPERTY
TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEE
Terms defined. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the
following words and phrases shall be construed throughout this chapter to
have the following meanings:
Any lost, abandoned, mislaid, stolen or unclaimed personal property,
including money, stocks and bonds, the owner of which cannot be found.
Any employee of the Township of Lower Merion. The term "township
employee" shall include but not be limited to department heads and other appointed
employees, members of the Police Department and Fire Marshals.
B.Â
Word usage. The singular number includes the plural and
the plural the singular.
Any township employee, while acting as such, who finds lost property
shall deliver such lost property to the Township Manager or his designated
representative, and such township employee shall have no legal right or claim
to such lost property.
The Township Manager shall make a reasonable effort to determine the
owner of such lost property and to return such lost property to such legal
owner.
If the legal owner of lost property cannot be found, such lost property
shall be the property of the Township of Lower Merion, unless otherwise escheated
to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Nothing contained in this chapter shall
be deemed to give the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania any greater interest in
or right to such lost property than may be provided in the laws and statutes
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
All lost property becoming the property of the Township of Lower Merion
shall be sold or negotiated by the township and the proceeds of such sale
shall become a part of the general fund of the Township of Lower Merion. Any
lost property in the form of United States currency becoming the property
of the township shall be paid directly into the general fund.
Any township employee who violates the requirements of this chapter
shall be subject to disciplinary action, including dismissal from employment.
