Pennsylvania Statutes Title 73 Pa.C.S.A. Townships § 7505. Property maintenance code

(1) Notwithstanding the primacy of the Uniform Construction Code,  1 the board of commissioners may pass a property maintenance code ordinance in either of the following manners:

(2) The property maintenance ordinance may provide for reasonable property fines and penalties for violations.

(3) Notice of consideration of the property maintenance code ordinance must be published to summarize its contents and to identify locations within the township where copies may be examined and obtained.  Notice under this paragraph must be published once in one newspaper of general circulation at least one week and not more than three weeks prior to the presentation of the proposed property maintenance code ordinance to the board of commissioners.

(4) At least three copies of the property maintenance code ordinance shall be made available for public inspection and use during business hours and available to an interested party at cost or without charge.

(5) The procedure under this subsection applies to an amendment or repeal of the property maintenance code ordinance.

(1) The board of commissioners may appoint property maintenance inspectors.

(2) A property maintenance inspector may enter upon and inspect property, subject to constitutional standards, at reasonable hours and in a reasonable manner for the administration and enforcement of the property maintenance code ordinance under subsection (a)(1).  A fee payable to a property maintenance inspector under the property maintenance code ordinance shall be promptly remitted to the township treasurer for the use of the township.

(1) the act of November 26, 2008 (P.L. 1672, No. 135),  2 known as the Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act;

(2) 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 61 (relating to neighborhood blight reclamation and revitalization);  and

(3) 68 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 (relating to land banks).