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City of New Castle, PA

Includes legislation through 01-25-2024.

Part 1 Administrative Code

Title 1 General Provisions

Article 101 Codified Ordinances (§ 101.01 – § 101.99)

Article 102 Act 47 Recovery Plan (§ 102.01 – § 102.15)

Article 103 Official Standards (§ 103.01 – § 103.02)

Article 104 (Reserved)

Title 3 Legislative

Article 111 Council (§ 111.01 – § 111.09)

Article 113 Mayor (§ 113.01 – § 113.06)

Article 115 Council Procedure (§ 115.01 – § 115.15)

Title 5 Administrative Offices and Departments

Article 121 Administration Generally (§ 121.01 – § 121.04)

Article 122 City Administrator (§ 122.01 – § 122.07)

Article 123 (Reserved)

Article 124 Chief Financial Officer (§ 124.01 – § 124.05)

Article 125 City Clerk (§ 125.01 – § 125.05)

Article 127 (Reserved)

Article 129 (Reserved)

Article 131 Fiscal Procedure (§ 131.01 – § 131.20)

Article 133 Department of Administration (§ 133.01)

Article 135 Bureau of Law (§ 135.01 – § 135.07)

Article 137 (Reserved)

Article 139 Bureau of Planning and Development (§ 139.01)

Article 141 Department of Public Works and Parks (§ 141.01)

Article 143 (Reserved)

Article 145 Department of Police (§ 145.01 – § 145.04)

Article 146 (Reserved)

Article 147 (Reserved)

Article 149 Department of Fire (§ 149.01 – § 149.04)

Article 151 Department of Community and Economic Development (§ 151.01 – § 151.06)

Article 153 Department of Code Enforcement (§ 153.01 – § 153.04)

Article 155 Department of Recreation and Parks (§ 155.01)

Article 156 Parking Enforcement (§ 156.01)

Article 157 Board of Health (§ 157.01)

Article 159 (Reserved)

Article 160 Board of Recreation (§ 160.01 – § 160.09)

Title 7 Employment Provisions; Pensions and Benefits

Article 161 Personnel System (§ 161.01 – § 161.13)

Article 162 Police Civil Service Rules and Regulations (§ 162.01 – § 162.09)

Article 163 Civil Service Board (§ 163.01 – § 163.07)

Article 164 Fire Civil Service Rules and Regulations (§ 164.01 – § 164.09)

Article 165 Employment Provisions (§ 165.01 – § 165.05)

Article 166 Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees (§ 166.01 – § 166.12)

Article 167 City Employees Pension Plan (§ 167.00 – § 167.15)

Article 169 Police Pension Plan (§ 169.00 – § 169.15)

Article 171 Firemen's Pension Plan (§ 171.00 – § 171.15)

Article 172 Plan of Administrative Improvement for the City of New Castle Pension Plans (§ 172.01)

Title 9 Authorities, Boards and Commissions

Article 181 General Provisions (§ 181.01)

Article 183 (Reserved)

Article 185 (Reserved)

Article 186 Shade Tree Commission (§ 186.01 – § 186.99)

Article 187 Authorities (§ 187.01)

Article 188 (Reserved)

Article 189 (Reserved)

Article 190 (Reserved)

Title 11 Intergovernmental Cooperation

Article 191 New Castle Municipal Fire Services Assistance (§ 191.01 – § 191.06)

Article 192 Shared Equipment Program (§ 192.01 – § 192.08)

Article 193 Central Booking Program Intergovernmental Agreement (§ 193.01 – § 193.07)

Article 194 Municipal Utility Alliance Cooperation Agreement (§ 194.01 – § 194.06)

Article 195 Centralized Answering and Dispatch Service (§ 195.01 – § 195.08)

Article 196 Interjurisdictional Agreement With New Castle Sanitation Authority (§ 196.01 – § 196.06)

Article 197 Drug Task Force Agreement (§ 197.01 – § 197.12)

Article 197A Lawrence County Drug Task Force Agreement (§ 197A.01 – § 197A.05)

Article 198 Municipal Police Cooperative Agreement (§ 198.01 – § 198.13)

Article 199 City-County Cooperative Agreements (§ 199.01 – § 199.02)

Article 199A Citywide Development Corporation of New Castle (§ 199A.01 – § 199A.12)

Part 2 Emergency Services Cost Recovery

Article 201 Fire Suppression (§ 201.01 – § 201.99)

Article 202 Automobile Accidents (§ 202.01 – § 202.99)

Article 203 Specialty Rescue Services (§ 203.01 – § 203.99)

Article 204 Hazardous Material Response, Mitigation and Abatement (§ 204.01 – § 204.99)

Article 205 Unlock Service (§ 205.01 – § 205.99)

Article 206 Staff Training, Inspections and Fire Drills (§ 206.01 – § 206.99)

Part 3 Business Regulation and Taxation Code

Title 1 Real Estate

Article 301 Assessment Law (§ 301.01 – § 301.03)

Article 303 Property Tax (§ 303.01 – § 303.99)

Article 304 Property Tax Distraints (§ 304.01 – § 304.03)

Article 305 Tax Collection (§ 305.01 – § 305.02)

Article 306 Delinquent Real Estate Taxes Fee Schedule (§ 306.01 – § 306.08)

Title 3 Business Regulation

Article 311 Closed Circuit Television Systems (Catv) (§ 311.01 – § 311.99)

Article 313 Circuses, Carnivals and Shows (§ 313.01 – § 313.99)

Article 315 Coal Sales (§ 315.01 – § 315.99)

Article 317 Closing-Out, Damaged Goods and Defunct Business Sales

Article 319 Dances and Dance Halls

Article 321 Gaming Devices and Amusement Devices (§ 321.01 – § 321.99)

Article 323 Juke Boxes (§ 323.01 – § 323.99)

Article 325 Loudspeakers (§ 325.01 – § 325.99)

Article 329 Panhandlers, Solicitors, and Transient Vendors (§ 329.01 – § 329.99)

Article 333 Refuse Collectors (§ 333.01 – § 333.99)

Article 334 Refuse Disposal (§ 334.01 – § 334.99)

Article 335 (Reserved)

Article 337 Eating and Drinking Places (§ 337.00 – § 337.99)

Title 5 Act 511 Taxes

Article 341 Earned Income Tax (§ 341.01 – § 341.23)

Article 343 (Reserved)

Article 345 Local Services Tax (§ 345.01 – § 345.99)

Article 347 (Reserved)

Article 349 Realty Transfer Tax (§ 349.01 – § 349.99)

Title 7 Property Tax Exemptions

Article 361 Improvement of Deteriorated Real Property Tax Exemption (§ 361.01 – § 361.04)

Article 363 Deteriorated Area Improvement Tax Exemption (§ 363.01 – § 363.04)

Article 365 Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance (Lerta) (§ 365.01 – § 365.04)

Part 5 Traffic Code

Article 501 Traffic Rules (§ 501.01 – § 501.99)

Article 502 Brake Retarder Prohibition - Jake Brakes (§ 502.01 – § 502.99)

Article 505 Vehicle Removal and Impounding (§ 505.01 – § 505.24)

Article 509 Parking (§ 509.01 – § 509.99)

Article 513 Vehicle Operation and Parking (§ 513.01 – § 513.99)

Article 517 Streets Closed for Repair (§ 517.01 – § 517.99)

Article 521 Snow Emergencies and Street Cleaning (§ 521.01 – § 521.99)

Article 525 Loading Zones (§ 525.01 – § 525.08)

Article 533 Parking Commercial Vehicles (§ 533.01 – § 533.99)

Article 537 Snowmobiles and Mini-Bikes (§ 537.01 – § 537.99)

Article 538 All-Terrain Vehicles, Dirt Bikes and Other Motorized Recreational Vehicles (§ 538.01 – § 538.99)

Article 539 Closure of North Apple Way (§ 539.01 – § 539.02)

Part 7 General Offenses Code

Article 701 Controlling Vagrancy Within City Limits (§ 701.01 – § 701.07)

Article 705 Advertising and Handbill Distribution (§ 705.01 – § 705.99)

Article 709 Curfew (§ 709.01 – § 709.99)

Article 713 Disorderly Conduct (§ 713.01 – § 713.99)

Article 714 Public Nudity (§ 714.01 – § 714.99)

Article 715 Disorderly Houses (§ 715.01 – § 715.99)

Article 716 Residential Restrictions for Registered Sexual Violent Offenders (§ 716.01 – § 716.99)

Article 717 Dogs (§ 717.01 – § 717.99)

Article 718 Offenses Endangering Public Peace and Good Order (§ 718.01 – § 718.99)

Article 721 False Fire Alarms (§ 721.01 – § 721.99)

Article 725 Firearms and Weapons (§ 725.01 – § 725.99)

Article 737 Parades and Assemblages (§ 737.01 – § 737.99)

Article 739 Tobacco Use Restrictions (§ 739.01 – § 739.99)

Article 741 Parks (§ 741.01 – § 741.99)

Article 745 Pigeons and Starlings (§ 745.01 – § 745.03)

Article 749 Railroads (§ 749.01 – § 749.99)

Article 753 Streets and Sidewalks (§ 753.01 – § 753.99)

Article 757 Downtown Improvement Area (§ 757.01 – § 757.99)

Part 9 Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code

Title 1 Streets and Sidewalk Areas

Article 901 Street Excavations and Pavement Cuts (§ 901.01 – § 901.99)

Article 903 City Improvements (§ 903.01)

Article 905 Street Acceptance (§ 905.01)

Article 909 Unpaved Street Maintenance (§ 909.01 – § 909.03)

Article 911 Low Cost Street Paving (§ 911.01 – § 911.04)

Article 913 Manholes (§ 913.01 – § 913.99)

Article 915 Poles and Wires (§ 915.01 – § 915.13)

Article 917 Driveways (§ 917.01 – § 917.99)

Article 919 (Reserved)

Article 921 Sidewalk Construction and Repair (§ 921.01 – § 921.99)

Title 3 Public Sewers

Article 931 Sanitary Sewer Connections (§ 931.01 – § 931.99)

Article 932 Transfer of Storm Sewer System (§ 932.01 – § 932.10)

Article 933 (Reserved)

Article 934 Stormwater Management (§ 934.01 – § 934.99)

Article 935 Septic Tanks and Holding Tanks (§ 935.01 – § 935.99)

Article 937 Sewer Extensions Outside the City (§ 937.01 – § 937.15)

Article 939 Interceptors and Separators (§ 939.01 – § 939.99)

Title 5 Other Public Services

Article 950 City of New Castle Municipal Solid Waste (§ 950.01 – § 950.30)

Article 951 (Reserved)

Article 952 (Reserved)

Article 953 Hydrant Surcharge (§ 953.01 – § 953.99)

Part 11 Health and Sanitation Code

Title 1 Health Nuisances

Article 1103 (Reserved)

Article 1107 Waste and Discarded Materials (§ 1107.01 – § 1107.99)

Article 1111 Depositing and Littering (§ 1111.01 – § 1111.99)

Article 1115 Transporting Materials (§ 1115.01 – § 1115.99)

Article 1123 Weeds and Grass (§ 1123.01 – § 1123.99)

Article 1125 Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization Act (§ 1125.01 – § 1125.02)

Article 1127 Trees (§ 1127.01 – § 1127.99)

Title 3 Animals and Fowl

Article 1141 Bees (§ 1141.01 – § 1141.99)

Article 1145 Domestic Animals (§ 1145.01 – § 1145.99)

Title 5 Groundwater Use Restrictions

Article 1160 M-2 Heavy Industrial Zoning District of the Seventh Ward Groundwater Use Restrictions (§ 1160.01 – § 1160.99)

Part 13 Planning and Zoning Code

Title 1 Subdivision Regulations

Article 1301 Purpose and Jurisdiction (§ 1301.01 – § 1301.08)

Article 1303 Definitions (§ 1303.01)

Article 1305 Compliance, Enforcement, and Penalty (§ 1305.01 – § 1305.99)

Article 1307 Variances and Amendments (§ 1307.01 – § 1307.04)

Article 1309 Plan Requirements (§ 1309.01 – § 1309.03)

Article 1311 Plat Procedures (§ 1311.01 – § 1311.03)

Article 1313 Design Standards (§ 1313.01 – § 1313.03)

Article 1315 Improvements (§ 1315.01 – § 1315.09)

Title 3 Zoning Ordinance

Article 1321 General Provisions (§ 1321.01 – § 1321.07)

Article 1322 Definitions (§ 1322.01)

Article 1323 Administration, Enforcement and Appeals (§ 1323.01 – § 1323.99)

Article 1324 Amendments (§ 1324.01 – § 1324.07)

Article 1325 Zoning Hearing Board (§ 1325.01 – § 1325.07)

Article 1326 Neighborhood Improvement Overlay District (§ 1326.01 – § 1326.04)

Article 1327 New Castle North Hill Historic Overlay District Standards and Guidelines (§ 1327.01 – § 1327.12)

Article 1328 (Reserved)

Article 1329 District Regulations (§ 1329.01 – § 1329.07)

Article 1331 Supplementary Regulations (§ 1331.01 – § 1331.21)

Article 1332 Signs (§ 1332.01 – § 1332.15)

Article 1333 Mobile Home Court and Development Guidelines (§ 1333.01 – § 1333.25)

Article 1335 Group Homes (§ 1335.01 – § 1335.04)

Article 1336 Adult Entertainment Establishments (§ 1336.01 – § 1336.14)

Part 15 Fire Prevention Code

Article 1501 Standard Adopted (§ 1501.01 – § 1501.99)

Article 1505 Explosives Storage and Transportation (§ 1505.01 – § 1505.99)

Article 1509 Gasoline Filling Stations (§ 1509.01 – § 1509.99)

Article 1513 Tank and Pump Testing (§ 1513.01 – § 1513.99)

Article 1517 Fireworks (§ 1517.01 – § 1517.99)

Article 1521 Fire Insurance Escrow (§ 1521.01 – § 1521.99)

Article 1522 Payment of Delinquent Taxes From Fire Insurance Proceeds (§ 1522.01 – § 1522.99)

Part 17 Building and Housing Code

Title 1 Standards Adopted

Article 1701 (Reserved)

Article 1702 Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Act (§ 1702.01 – § 1702.10)

Article 1703 (Reserved)

Article 1705 (Reserved)

Article 1709 Flood Plain Management (§ 1709.01 – § 1709.99)

Title 3 Local Provisions

Article 1725 Fire Zones (§ 1725.01 – § 1725.02)

Article 1727 Numbering Buildings (§ 1727.01 – § 1727.99)

Article 1729 Moving Buildings (§ 1729.01 – § 1729.99)

Article 1731 Demolition (§ 1731.01 – § 1731.99)

Article 1733 Unsafe and Unsanitary Structures (§ 1733.01 – § 1733.99)

Article 1735 Trailers (§ 1735.01 – § 1735.99)

Article 1737 Junk and Wrecking Yards (§ 1737.01 – § 1737.99)

Article 1739 Party Walls (§ 1739.01 – § 1739.02)

Article 1741 Surface or Storm Waters (§ 1741.01 – § 1741.99)

Article 1743 Buyer Notification (§ 1743.01 – § 1743.99)

Article 1743A Zoning Classification/Occupancy Permits (§ 1743A.01 – § 1743A.99)

Article 1744 (Reserved)

Article 1745 Dumpster Ordinance (§ 1745.01 – § 1745.99)

Title 5 Existing Structures

Article 1761 International Property Maintenance Code (§ 1761.01 – § 1761.06)

Article 1783 Facilities and Services (§ 1783.01)

Article 1784 Procedures for Council Review of Repository Property Bids (§ 1784.01 – § 1784.98)

Table A Franchises (§ A-1)

Table B Easements (§ B-1)

Table C1 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 1ST Ward (§ C1-1)

Table C2 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 2ND Ward (§ C2-1)

Table C3 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 3RD Ward (§ C3-1)

Table C4 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 4TH Ward (§ C4-1)

Table C5 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 5TH Ward (§ C5-1)

Table C6 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 6TH Ward (§ C6-1)

Table C7 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 7TH Ward (§ C7-1)

Table C8 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 8TH Ward (§ C8-1)

Table D Dedication, Location and Grade Levels of Streets (§ D-1)

Table E Acquisition and Disposal of Real Property (§ E-1)

Table F Lease of Real Property (§ F-1)

Table G Change of Street Name (§ G-1)

Table H Annexation and Detachment of Territory (§ H-1)

Table I Zoning Map Changes (§ I-1)

Table J Traffic Rules (§ J-1)

Table K Subdivisions (§ K-1)

Disposition List

Article DL Disposition List (§ DL-1)

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