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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 73 Pa.C.S.A. Townships § 4317. Regulation of business

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

To provide for the prohibition, licensing and regulation of business, a board of commissioners may:

(1) In addition to licensing in accordance with Chapter 71 (relating to licenses and license fees), prohibit, license and regulate by ordinance the following:

(i) The carrying on of any manufacture, art or business that may be noxious or offensive and prejudicial to the public health or safety of the inhabitants.

(ii) The establishment and maintenance of junk yards, salvage yards and other places used and maintained for the collection, storage and disposal of used or second-hand goods and materials.

(iii) With respect to marketplaces:

(A) Regulating markets, whether for individual use or for resale.

(B) Purchasing and owning ground.

(C) Erecting, establishing and maintaining marketplaces for which parts of a street or sidewalk may be temporarily used.

(D) Contracting with a person for the erection, maintenance and regulation of marketplaces, on terms and conditions and in a manner as the board of commissioners prescribes.

(E) Providing and enforcing suitable regulations respecting marketplaces.

(F) Providing for the payment of the cost or expense of marketplaces, either in whole or in part, out of the funds of the township.

(G) Levying and collecting a suitable license fee from each person who may be authorized by the board of commissioners to occupy a portion of a marketplace or a portion of a street or sidewalk for temporary market purposes.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), prohibit, license and regulate businesses unless prohibited by law.

(3) Issue licenses under the act of July 31, 1963 (P.L. 410, No. 217),  1 entitled “An act regulating and licensing all sales at retail when such sales are advertised as 'Closing Out Sale,' 'Fire, Smoke or Water Damage Sale,' or 'Defunct Business Sale,' with exceptions;  requiring filing of inventory and bond;  and providing for appeals and penalties.”

1  53 P.S. § 4471-1 et seq.
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