Chapter 54. Municipal Powers in General
- 53 P.S. PA ST Pt. III, Ch. 54, Refs & Annos
- § 23101. Corporate Powers to Remain as Heretofore, Unless Otherwise Provided
- § 23102. General Powers
- § 23103. Purposes for Which Ordinances May be Enacted
- § 23104. To Levy and Collect Taxes for General Purposes
- § 23105. To Levy Additional Taxes
- § 23106. Repealed by 1978, Oct. 4, P.L. 909, NO. 173, § 9, Effective in 60 Days
- § 23107. To Levy License Taxes
- § 23108. To Borrow Money and Increase Debt
- § 23109. To Issue and Apply Bonds to Funding of Indebtedness
- § 23110. To Provide for Sinking Fund
- § 23111. To Provide for Payment of Debts and Expenses
- § 23112. To Create Offices and Prescribe Powers, Duties and Compensation of Officers
- § 23113. To Require Security from Officers and Agents
- § 23114. To Provide for Removal of Officers
- § 23115. To Regulate Sidewalks
- § 23116. To Regulate Porches, Obstructions, Etc.
- § 23117. To Establish Zones for Construction and Maintenance of Signs over Streets
- § 23118. To Regulate Railway Bridges, Crossings, Safety-Gates and Flagmen
- § 23119. To Maintain Night Watch and Police
- § 23120. To Regulate Police and Impose Fines, Etc.
- § 23121. To Provide Lock-Ups or Watch-Houses; Detention of Prisoners Therein
- § 23122. To Erect and Maintain Public Buildings, Hospitals, Etc.
- § 23123. To Impose and Collect Charges for Hospital Treatment
- § 23124. To Protect Persons and Property at Places of Public Resort
- § 23125. To Offer Rewards for Detection of Criminals
- § 23126. To Collect a License Tax from Public Exhibitions
- § 23127. To Levy a License Tax upon Street Railways, Etc.
- § 23128. To Regulate Public Bathing
- § 23129. To Regulate Public Vehicles and Transportation
- § 23130. To Suppress Tippling Houses, Etc.
- § 23131. To Prevent and Restrain Riots, Disturbances, Etc.
- § 23132. To Arrest Vagrants
- § 23133. To Prevent Horse-Racing, Fast Driving or Riding, or Dangerous Games in Streets, Etc.
- § 23134. To Establish and Regulate Market Houses and Market Places
- § 23135. To Regulate Auction Sales
- § 23136. To Collect a License Tax from Street Venders
- § 23137. To Regulate the Weighing and Measuring of Commodities
- § 23138. To Provide for Construction of Levees, Ferries, Wharves, Etc.
- § 23139. To Establish and Change the Channels of Watercourses
- § 23140. To Purchase Land and Levy Special Taxes for Public Parks
- § 23141. To Acquire Playgrounds
- § 23142. Damages and Benefits
- § 23143. To Provide Pens, Pounds, Etc., and to Regulate the Running at Large of Animals
- § 23144. To Tax and Destroy Dogs
- § 23145. To Secure the General Health
- § 23146. To Establish a Quarantine
- § 23147. To Set Aside Portions of Parks as Sites for Certain Institutions or Schools
- § 23148. To Purchase Land, Not Included in City Limits, for Hospitals
- § 23149. To Purchase Fire Engines and Organize Fire Department, Etc.
- § 23150. To Regulate the Construction of Fire Places, Chimneys, Etc., in Certain Buildings, and Regulate Certain Trades
- § 23151. To Provide for Building Inspection
- § 23152. To Provide for Lighting of Streets and the Numbering of Houses
- § 23153. To Have Exclusive Right to Supply City with Light; to Contract for Lighting
- § 23154. To Have Exclusive Right to Supply City with Water; to Contract for Supply of Water
- § 23155. Repealed by 1992, Nov. 24, P.L. 717, NO. 108, § 3, IMD. Effective
- § 23156. To Regulate Foundations and Party Walls
- § 23157. To Regulate Partition Fences
- § 23158. To Make and Enforce All Necessary Ordinances, Regulations, Etc.; Penalties
- § 23159. To Regulate or Prohibit Barb Wire Fences
- § 23159.1. To Appropriate Moneys to Nonprofit Art Corporations
- § 23160. To Appropriate Money for Service on Memorial Day and Independence Day
- § 23161. To Regulate Traffic
- § 23162. To Designate One-Way Streets; to Close Certain Streets to Vehicles and Animals
- § 23163. Regulation by Department of Public Safety; Operation of Street Cars Excepted
- § 23164. Regulation of Smoke
- § 23165. To Construct and Maintain Street Railway Lines
- § 23166. To Lease Said Lines to Persons or Corporations
- § 23167. Emergency Loans; Power of Mayor and Controller to Negotiate; Limitation
- § 23168. Sale of Short Term Notes by Cities of Second Class
- § 23169. Prevention of Damages from Floods by Cities of Second Class
- § 23170. Appropriations and Expenditures
- § 23171. Powers of Cities in Emergencies
- § 23172. Procedure for Purchasing; Sale to Inhabitants
- § 23173. Termination of Emergency
- § 23174. Contracts Without Advertising and Competitive Bidding
- § 23175. Contributions to Museums of Fine Art or Natural History