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11 PA Cons Stat § 13588 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 135 - Utility Service|Section 13588 - Collection of utility charges

§ 13588. Collection of utility charges. (a) Authority for ordinance.--Council shall provide, by ordinance, for the collection of charges for the use of water, light, electric, gas or other similar utility service that may accrue to the city, fixing the time when the charges are payable and the penalties for nonpayment. The charges shall be assessed to the respective owners of the real estate on which the utility service is used. If the charges are not paid in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance, a claim for the amount due may be filed as a lien and collected in accordance with the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law.  (b) Owner liability.-- (1) If a city that has agreed to provide water service through a separate meter and separate service line to a residential dwelling unit in which the owner does not reside, the owner shall be liable to pay the tenant's bill for service rendered to the tenant by the city only if the city notifies the owner and the tenant within 30 days after the bill first becomes overdue. Notification must be provided by first class mail to the address of the owner provided to the city by the owner and to the billing address of the tenant, respectively.  (2) This subsection may not be construed to require a city to terminate service to a tenant. An owner shall not be liable for any service which the city provides to the tenant 90 or more days after the tenant's bill first becomes overdue unless the city has been prevented by court order from terminating service to that tenant.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13590 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 135 - Utility Service|Section 13590 - Disposition of revenues

§ 13590. Disposition of revenues. The revenues derived from the city's furnishing of water, light, electric, gas or other similar utility service shall be applied as follows:  (1) to the purposes of the respective departments under the direction of which the utility service is provided;  (2) for the reduction of debt related to the provision of the service provided under paragraph (1); and  (3) to another city department that provides labor or materials for the maintenance and repair of property or facilities relating to the city's provision of a utility service.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13601 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 136 - Public Buildings and Works|Section 13601 - Public buildings generally

§ 13601. Public buildings generally. (a) Authority of city.--With regard to a public building, a city may, by ordinance, do any of the following:  (1) erect, purchase, establish or maintain the public buildings; or (2) purchase, take, use, occupy or acquire, by any lawful means, including eminent domain, private land, buildings and property in order to erect, establish or maintain a public building.  (b) Included structures.--For purposes of this chapter, a public building includes not only a building or structure that council deems necessary for the use of the city, but also another building and structure to be used for a public purpose, including a public auditorium, public library, public memorial building and monument.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13603 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 136 - Public Buildings and Works|Section 13603 - Payment of erection and maintenance costs

§ 13603. Payment of erection and maintenance costs. A city may: (1) Appropriate money and incur debt in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. VII Subpt. B (relating to indebtedness and borrowing) for the purchase or acquisition of private land, buildings and property through eminent domain in order to erect or establish a public building.  (2) Appropriate money for the operation and maintenance of a public building.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13605 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 136 - Public Buildings and Works|Section 13605 - Donation of land by city for library purposes and contributions toward maintenance

§ 13605. Donation of land by city for library purposes and contributions toward maintenance. In addition to the power to make an appropriation, donation or gift for a library purpose in accordance with 24 Pa.C.S. Ch. 93 (relating to public library code), a city may acquire and donate land for library purposes to a local library as defined in 24 Pa.C.S. § 9302 (relating to definitions).
11 PA Cons Stat § 13606 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 136 - Public Buildings and Works|Section 13606 - Rental of public auditorium and disposition of proceeds

§ 13606. Rental of public auditorium and disposition of proceeds. In the case of a public auditorium, a city may, by order of council, charge a rental fee for the use of the public auditorium. The money derived from the rental of the public auditorium shall be paid into the city general fund.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13607 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 136 - Public Buildings and Works|Section 13607 - Long-term improvement lease

§ 13607. Long-term improvement lease. (a) Authority of city.--A city may lease city real estate on a long-term improvement lease, at a nominal rental fee or otherwise, to a nonprofit corporation for the purpose of providing an auditorium for a dramatic, musical, artistic, literary, scientific or patriotic society or event or for another purpose as may be approved by council.  (b) Term.--A long-term improvement lease:  (1) May not be for a term of more than 99 years. (2) May provide for a right of renewal for a like term. (3) Shall contain provisions for the improvement of the real estate by the lessee by the erection of a suitable building of dignified and appropriate architecture. The absolute ownership of the building shall revert to the city, free of claim or charge, at the end of the term of the lease or a renewal of the lease.  (c) Use of building.--A building erected under a long-term improvement lease may be used for a public purpose, including as an auditorium for a dramatic, musical, artistic, literary or scientific event and for the accommodation of a patriotic society or group or other accommodation and feature, as may be approved by the city.  (d) Title and local taxation.--The title to property subject to a long-term improvement lease shall remain with the city. For purposes of local taxation, the property subject to a long-term improvement lease and the leasehold estate created by the lease shall be deemed to be devoted to a public purpose and public use.  (e) Lessee.--The lessee under a long-term improvement lease shall be exclusively liable for the maintenance and upkeep of the demised premises and shall be solely responsible for the maintenance and operation of the demised premises.  (f) Lessor.--A long-term improvement lease may provide that the lessor is entitled to receive a sum equal to the net income of the demised premises after reasonable reserves and proper amortization charges.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13703 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 137 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers|Section 13703 - Acquisition of lands and buildings

§ 13703. Acquisition of lands and buildings. By purchase, gift or right of eminent domain, a city may enter upon, take, use and acquire land, property or a building for the purpose of making, extending, enlarging and maintaining a recreation place. The recreation place shall consist of a public park, parkway, playground, field, gymnasium, public bath, swimming pool or indoor recreation center. A city may:  (1) Levy and collect a special tax as may be necessary to pay for the recreation place. (2) Make appropriations for the improvement, maintenance, care, regulation and governing of the recreation place.  (3) Designate and set apart for use, for a purpose specified in this section, land and a building owned by the city and not dedicated or devoted to other public use.  (4) Lease land and a building in the city for temporary use for a purpose specified under this section. Land, property and a building outside the limits of the city may be purchased or acquired for the recreation place with the consent of the governing body of the municipal corporation in which the land, property or building is situated.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13703.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 137 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers|Section 13703.1 - Powers of council and delegation

§ 13703.1. Powers of council and delegation. (a) Council.--Council may equip, operate, supervise and maintain a recreation place and employ a recreation director or other officer or employee deemed necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  (b) Supervision and maintenance.--When more than one-half the full cost of the supervision and maintenance of the recreation place, including the compensation of an officer or employee hired to carry out the provisions of this chapter, are borne by the city, council may fix the compensation of the officer or employee.  (c) Delegation.--Council may delegate all or part of its power under subsection (a) to an existing body or board or to a recreation board, as council shall determine.    Cross References. Section 13703.1 is referred to in sections 13705, 13709.1 of this title.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13705 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 137 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers|Section 13705 - Creation and composition of recreation board

§ 13705. Creation and composition of recreation board. (a) Establishment.--Council may establish in the city a recreation board.  (b) Power and responsibilities.--The recreation board shall possess the powers and responsibilities delegated to it by council in accordance with section 13703.1(c) (relating to powers of council and delegation).  (c) Composition.--When established, the recreation board shall consist of five or seven individuals.  (d) Appointment and terms.--The members of the recreation board shall be appointed by the mayor, with the approval of council, and shall serve for terms no longer than five years. The terms of the members shall be staggered in a manner that at least one expires annually.  (e) Compensation.--The members of the recreation board shall serve without pay.  (f) Vacancy.--A vacancy in the board, other than by expiration of term, shall be for the unexpired term and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13706 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 137 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers|Section 13706 - Organization of board

§ 13706. Organization of board. The members of a recreation board established under this chapter shall elect a chair and secretary and select the other necessary officers to serve for a period of one year. The board may adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of all business within its jurisdiction. A meeting of the board shall be subject to the provisions of 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings).
11 PA Cons Stat § 13707 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 137 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers|Section 13707 - Joint ownership and maintenance

§ 13707. Joint ownership and maintenance. A city may acquire, jointly with one or more other municipalities, property for and operate and maintain a recreation place. A city may join with a school district and appropriate money for equipping, operating and maintaining a recreation place.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13708 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 137 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers|Section 13708 - Borrowing

§ 13708. Borrowing. Council may borrow money and incur debt in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. VII Subpt. B (relating to indebtedness and borrowing) for the purpose of acquiring land, a building and equipment for a recreation place.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13709 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 137 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers|Section 13709 - Maintenance and tax levy

§ 13709. Maintenance and tax levy. An expense incurred in the maintenance and operation of a recreation place established under this chapter, including the operation of a recreation program in the recreation place, may be paid from the city treasury. Council may annually appropriate, and cause to be raised by taxation in accordance with section 12531(a)(4) (relating to tax levies), a tax for this purpose. The funds may be appropriated for the purposes of this section to an existing body or board or to a recreation board.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13709.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 137 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers|Section 13709.1 - City trust

§ 13709.1. City trust. (a) Authority of city and council.--The following shall apply:  (1) A city may receive in trust the estate, money, assets and real and personal property that has been or will be bestowed upon the city by donation, gift, legacy, endowment, bequest, devise, conveyance or other means for:  (i) the purpose of establishing or maintaining a public park; or (ii) another public purpose for the use and benefit of the residents of the city. (2) For the purposes of the trust, council may control the estate, money, assets and real and personal property received under this subsection.  (3) The authority provided under this subsection shall be in addition to the other powers conferred by law.  (b) Transfer of control.--The following shall apply:  (1) Control of a city trust shall be transferred to council if the trust has been or is created as a result of a property or estate having been conveyed, bequeathed or devised or otherwise given or donated to a city in trust for:  (i) the purpose of establishing or maintaining a public park; or (ii) another public purpose for the use and benefit of the residents of the city. (2) Upon petition of council, the court of common pleas in the county where a city is located may transfer control of the trust to council if necessary to carry out the intention of this section.  (c) Delegation.--Council may delegate the supervision and operation of recreation places subject to the trust to a recreation board in accordance with section 13703.1 (relating to powers of council and delegation).  (d) Power of the court.--This section shall not limit a power of the court to terminate or reform a trust under existing law.
11 PA Cons Stat § 13718 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 137 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers|Section 13718 - Park rangers

§ 13718. Park rangers. (a) Authority of council.--Under the provisions of this chapter, council may provide, by ordinance, for the selection and employment of the number of individuals deemed necessary to act as park rangers, fix compensation and duties and provide for uniforms.  (b) Authority of park ranger.--To the extent authorized by 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D (relating to municipal police education and training), an individual appointed as a park ranger under an ordinance passed under the provisions of subsection (a) shall have, in a park and playground and other public place in the city and beyond the limits of the city when the city has acquired land, property and a building for a park and playground or another public purpose, the same power in preserving the peace, maintaining order and making arrests as a police officer has in the city.  (c) Supervision, control and direction.--A park ranger shall be under the supervision, control and direction of the director of the department of parks and public property or, if none exists, another department as council directs.  (d) Definition.--For purposes of the act of June 28, 1935 (P.L.477, No.193), referred to as the Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law (Heart and Lung Act), the term "park ranger," as used in this section, shall mean a park guard.
11 PA Cons Stat § 141A01 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 141A - Uniform Construction Code, Property Maintenance Code and Reserved Powers|Section 141A01 - Primacy of certain codes

§ 141A01. Primacy of certain codes. (a) Applicability.--The Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and the Uniform Construction Code adopted under section 301 of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act shall apply to the construction, alteration, repair and occupancy of the buildings and structures within a city.  (b) Construction.--This chapter and an ordinance, rule or regulation adopted under this chapter shall not supersede or abrogate the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act or the Uniform Construction Code and shall be construed and read in pari materia with them.
11 PA Cons Stat § 141A02 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 141A - Uniform Construction Code, Property Maintenance Code and Reserved Powers|Section 141A02 - Changes in Uniform Construction Code

§ 141A02. Changes in Uniform Construction Code. A city may propose and enact an ordinance to equal or exceed the minimum requirements of the Uniform Construction Code in accordance with and subject to the requirements of section 503 of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act. An ordinance exceeding the provisions of the Uniform Construction Code must meet the standards provided in section 503(j)(2) of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act.
11 PA Cons Stat § 141A03 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 141A - Uniform Construction Code, Property Maintenance Code and Reserved Powers|Section 141A03 - Public nuisance

§ 141A03. Public nuisance. A building, housing or property erected, altered, extended, reconstructed, removed or maintained contrary to a provision of an ordinance enacted for a purpose specified in this chapter may be reported in accordance with Chapter 127A (relating to nuisance abatement) to the department designated to determine whether a public nuisance exists. If a public nuisance is determined to exist, the public nuisance may be abated in accordance with that chapter, provided that a violation of the Uniform Construction Code or an ordinance that equals or exceeds the Uniform Construction Code is subject to:  (1) The provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act. (2) The regulations adopted under that act by the Department of Labor and Industry relating to enforcement for noncompliance.
11 PA Cons Stat § 141A04 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 141A - Uniform Construction Code, Property Maintenance Code and Reserved Powers|Section 141A04 - Property maintenance code

§ 141A04. Property maintenance code. (a) Enactment.--Notwithstanding the primacy of the Uniform Construction Code, a city may enact a property maintenance ordinance, including a standard or nationally recognized property maintenance code or a change or variation. In accordance with section 11018.13 (relating to standard or nationally recognized codes), the ordinance may, by reference, incorporate a standard or nationally recognized property maintenance code or a variation or change, published and printed in book form, without setting forth the text of the code in the ordinance.  (b) Public availability.--The full text of the property maintenance code need not be published, but, in accordance with section 11018.9 (relating to publication of proposed ordinances), it shall be sufficient to publish a summary setting forth the provisions of the ordinance in reasonable detail and a reference to a place within the city where copies of the proposed ordinance may be examined. Not fewer than three copies of the proposed property maintenance code shall be made available to public inspection and use during business hours. Copies shall also be made available to an interested party in accordance with the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law, or may be furnished or loaned without charge.  (c) Violations.--A property maintenance code ordinance may provide for fines and penalties of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, for violations. The procedure set forth under this chapter relating to the enactment of the ordinance may be utilized in amending, supplementing or repealing any of the provisions of the ordinance.  (d) Inspectors.--Council may appoint property maintenance inspectors who may, subject to constitutional standards in a similar manner as provided in section 12308 (relating to powers of board of health), enter upon and inspect the premises at reasonable hours for the administration and enforcement of the city's property maintenance code or ordinance incorporating a standard or nationally recognized property maintenance code. A fee payable to a property maintenance inspector under the ordinance must be paid by the property maintenance inspector to the city treasurer for the use of the city as promptly as possible.  (e) Additional remedies.--In addition to the penalties provided by the property maintenance ordinance, the city may institute an appropriate action or proceeding at law or in equity to prevent or restrain a property maintenance violation.  (f) Relation to other acts.--The powers of a city as provided in this section shall be in addition to, but not limited to, the powers provided in:  (1) The act of November 26, 2008 (P.L.1672, No.135), known as the Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act.  (2) 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to neighborhood blight reclamation and revitalization). (3) 68 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 (relating to land banks).
11 PA Cons Stat § 14201 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 142 - Aeronautics|Section 14201 - Power to acquire land for aeronautical purposes and maintenance of municipal airports

§ 14201. Power to acquire land for aeronautical purposes and maintenance of municipal airports. A city may establish and maintain a municipal airport and may acquire by lease, purchase or condemnation proceedings, subject to the limitations in 26 Pa.C.S. § 206 (relating to extraterritorial takings), land lying either within or outside the territorial limits of the city and within or outside the territorial limits of the county in which the city is located, that in the judgment of council may be necessary and desirable for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a municipal airport, landing field, aviation easement or intermediate landing field and other air navigation facilities.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14203 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 142 - Aeronautics|Section 14203 - Leasing of land acquired for aeronautical purposes

§ 14203. Leasing of land acquired for aeronautical purposes. A city acquiring land for aeronautical purposes may lease the land or part of the land to an individual or corporation desiring to use the same for aeronautical purposes.
11 PA Cons Stat § 14204 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 11 - CITIES|Chapter 142 - Aeronautics|Section 14204 - Operation of facilities jointly

§ 14204. Operation of facilities jointly. A city may operate and maintain a municipal airport, landing field or intermediate landing fields and other air navigation facility jointly in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 23 Subch. A (relating to intergovernmental cooperation).