Pocono Township adopts wide-ranging nuisance amendments across multiple code chapters

Apr 21, 2025

The board approved amendments adding nuisance provisions to more than a dozen chapters of the township code — from airport zoning to tires — as part of an omnibus update intended to standardize nuisance enforcement across topics ranging from open burning to transient-dwelling use.

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Pocono Township’s Board of Commissioners voted to approve a package of ordinance amendments that add or clarify nuisance provisions across numerous chapters of the township code. The changes—each opened in a separate public hearing—affect chapters including Airport Zoning (90), Burning (129), Floodplain Management (205), Outdoor Furnaces (212), Grading/Erosion (220), Insurance/Alarms (230), Junkyards (235), Maintenance of Properties (250), Transient Dwelling Use (302), Sewers (333), Solid Waste (356), Stormwater Management (365), Dangerous Structures (382), and Tires (404).

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