BOROUGH ORDINANCES What is an Ordinance? An ordinance is a Borough law designed to protect the rights, safety and comfort of Borough residents.  This comprises the codification of the Ordinances of the Borough of Adamstown. The Borough of Adamstown was originally settled in 1761 and was incorporated as a Borough on April 2, 1859, from parts of East Cocalico Township. The Code of Ordinances of the Borough was prepared by Penns Valley Publishers and adopted by the Borough Council on October 2, 1990, by Ordinance Number 244. Code supplemented and revised through December 3, 2002 by Keystate Publishers, Inc. Code of Ordinances - Opens the complete set of Ordinances Or review Ordinances by Chapter: Chapter 1 - Administration and Government Chapter 2 - Animals Chapter 3 - Bicycles Chapter 4 - Buildings Chapter 5 - Code Enforcement Chapter 6 - Conduct Chapter 7 - Fire Prevention and Fire Protection Chapter 8 - Flood Plain Regulations Chapter 9 - Grading and Excavating Chapter 10 - Health and Safety Chapter 11 - Housing Chapter 12 - Libraries Chapter 13 - Licenses, Permits and General Business Regulations Chapter 14 - Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks  Chapter 15 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic  New Pedalcycle and Roller Vehicle Ordinance Chapter 16 - Parks and Recreation Chapter 17 - Planned Residential Development Chapter 18 - Sewers and Sewage Disposal Chapter 19 - Signs and Billboards Chapter 20 - Solid Waste Chapter 21 - Streets and Sidewalks Chapter 22 - Subdivision and Land Development Chapter 23 - Swimming Pools Chapter 24 - Taxation, Special Chapter 25 - Trees Chapter 26 - Water Chapter 27- Zoning- Adopted 08/04/2009 Appendix A - Annexation of Territory Appendix B - Bond Issues and Loans Appendix C - Franchises and Services Appendix D - Governmental and Intergovernmental Affairs Appendix E - Plan Approval Appendix F - Public Property Appendix G - Sewers Appendix H - Streets and Sidewalks Appendix I - Water Appendix J - Zoning, Prior Ordinances (Please be patient in allowing the files to upload. Some files are larger in size than others and may take significant time to open.)