First Class City Home Rule Act — Philadelphia (PA)
Tracked preemption from the Pennsylvania overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1949-04-21
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:PA
Other Pennsylvania preemptions
Pennsylvania Act 13 — Oil & Gas Operational Preemption (58 Pa.C.S. §3303)Chesapeake Bay Watershed — Riparian Buffer & E&S Control (25 Pa. Code Ch. 102)Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) Environmental ReviewMPC §503(1.1) — Manufactured / Industrialized Housing PreemptionPennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC) — Building Code PreemptionFirearms — Local Regulation Preemption (18 Pa.C.S. §6120)Pennsylvania History Code — State Historic Preservation Review (Pa.C.S. Title 37)Pennsylvania Agricultural Area Security Law — Agricultural Security Areas (Act 43 / Act 38 of 2005)
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
city.governance_class == first_class_cityPreempted fields
1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
review_type | override | philadelphia_home_rule_charter_plenary_zoning | Philadelphia is statutorily separate from the MPC. Zoning authority flows from the First Class City Home Rule Act and the 1951 Home Rule Charter; MPC procedural requirements (notice periods, hearing-board structure, curative-amendment procedure) do not formally apply. ZBA appeals go directly to Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. |
Citation
Authority source
First Class City Home Rule Act, Act of April 21, 1949, P.L. 665, 53 P.S. §13101 et seq.; Philadelphia Home Rule Charter (1951); Philadelphia Zoning Code recodified 2012 (Title 14, The Philadelphia Code)
§ 53 P.S. §§13101–13157
Research notes
Applies only to Philadelphia. Sunshine Act (65 Pa.C.S. §§701–716) and Right-to-Know Law (65 P.S. §67.101 et seq.) still apply. Subject-matter state preemptions that reach Philadelphia are statute-specific (manufactured housing, oil & gas, mining, firearms under 18 Pa.C.S. §6120).