Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 5424. Definitions

As used in this act:

“Community development programs” means any service provided on either a single or multi-single or multi-municipal level which would address the following recognized social, economic and environmental needs of cities, towns and smaller urban communities;  the elimination of slums and blight;  the elimination of conditions which are detrimental to health, safety and public welfare;  the conservation and expansion of housing;  the expansion and improvement of the quantity and quality of community services;  a more rational utilization of land and other natural resources and the better arrangement of residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, and other needed activity centers;  the reduction of the isolation of income groups within communities and geographical areas and the promotion of an increase in the diversity and vitality of neighborhoods through the spatial deconcentration of housing opportunities for persons of lower income and the revitalization of deteriorating or deteriorated neighborhoods to attract persons of higher income;  and the restoration and preservation of properties of special value for historic, architectural, or esthetic reasons.  Home Rule municipalities may define the term “community development programs” within their powers under a Home Rule Charter.

“Municipality” means a county, city, borough, incorporated town, township or any other similar general purpose unit of government which shall hereafter be created by the General Assembly, except that section 2 of this act   1 shall not apply to a city of the first class.

“Social service programs” means any service provided on either a single or multi-municipal level which would address the following recognized needs of the poor, disabled or the aged:  children's services, including day care;  health services, including alcohol and drug addiction;  housing and homemaker services;  senior opportunities and services;  consumer services;  migrant services;  youth services;  sheltered workshops for the handicapped;  hot meals for older adults;  rehabilitation of low to middle income housing;  family planning.  Home Rule municipalities may define the term “social service programs” within their powers under a Home Rule Charter.

“Sites of established historical, architectural or esthetic value” means a site registered on the List of Historical Sites by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Office of Historical Preservation and maintained either by governmental, municipal or private nonprofit organizations.