Apply for a permit? Visit our Applications page.
Permits are required for the following:
Residential Zoning
- Shed installation/relocation
- Fence installation/relocation
- Portable swimming pool or in-ground swimming pool
- Hot tub
- Finish a basement
- Building a house
- Structural changes
- Roof-mounted solar
- Renewal of an expired permit for an additional year
- Temporary permits for sale of seasonal items or special events
- Patio
- Addition
- Demolition
- Deck
- Roof over a deck/patio
- Grading
- Paving
- Excavation
- No-impact, home-based business
Non-Residential Zoning
- Addition
- New business
- Accessory structure such as a shed or storage building
- Fence
- Re-roof of an existing non-residential structure
- Signs
- Structural changes
- Demolition
- Excavation
- Grading
- Paving
- Change of use
- Temporary permits for sale of seasonal items or special events
Other
- Stormwater Project
- New driveway or when paving to the street on a Township road
- Sidewalk
Tapping fees for a new connection to public sewer and/or public water are due with the submittal of the building permit.
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a complete list of all projects that require permits or approvals. Please contact the Penn Township office if you have any questions at 717-665-4508 or email
zoning@penntwplanco.org.
To view the full Code of Ordinances and permit requirements, visit
Penn Township Code of Ordinances.