Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code

The MPC (Municipalities Planning Code) is the state law enabling Penn Township to enact its comprehensive plan and zoning, subdivision & land development, and official map regulations. The PA Department of Community and Economic Development has produced 52 publications as user-friendly supplements to the law, including these:

  1. Local Land Use Controls in Pennsylvania
  2. The Planning Commission
  3. The Comprehensive Plan
  4. Zoning
  5. Technical Information on Floodplain Management
  6. The Zoning Hearing Board
  7. Special Exceptions, Conditional Uses and Variances
  8. Subdivision and Land Development in Pennsylvania
  9. The Zoning Officer
  10. Planning for Agriculture