General Information

The Municipal Office contains the offices of the Borough of Red Lion and the Red Lion Municipal Authority.
The Borough Office is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM until 4:30 PM.
Our telephone number is 717-244-3475.

Click on the following links for important information:

Assistance
Brush & Limb Collection
Building Permits
Christmas Tree Pickup
Electronics Recycling
Emergency Medical Assistance Information
Facade Loan - 2008
Garage/Yard Sales
Garbage and Recycling
Grass/Weed Ordinance
Grass Clippings
Holiday Trash Pickup Schedule
Household Hazardous Waste
Landlord Information
Leaf Collection
Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Pandemic Flu Information
Parking Regulations
Recycling
Sign Permits
Snow Emergency Information
Snow Removal
Special Item Pickup
Street Sweeping
Telephone Book Recycling

Located in our building is the Warner-Smith Meeting Room, in which the following meetings are conducted:

Assistance - Red Lion Area Community Services, Inc., 20-A Gotham Place, Red Lion, PA, 717-244-6934, was established to facilitate local support and local participation for the purpose of assisting disadvantaged residents by providing programs and resources necessary to promote self-sufficiency.  It was organized in 1974 and incorporated in 1975 and has been serving the surrounding communities faithfully for more than 30 years.

This is the local state food bank site and also houses the local food pantry which is supplied by the donations of the community;  funding is through the generous donations of the community, churches, organizations, and grants.

It includes other services such as limited financial assistance for qualified residents, the warm program (blankets, etc), back-to-school supplies, Christmas wish list, and emergency assistance.  Other services include the HealthConnect Mobile Van from Wellspan Health Services which is available on site each month on the first and third Tuesdays; representatives from the office of vocational rehabilitation and from Access/York are available each month by appointment for counseling and referral.

The service area includes the townships of Chanceford, Lower Windsor and Windsor, North Hopewell, and York; the boroughs of Craley, Dallastown, East Prospect, Felton, Red Lion, Windsor, Winterstown, Yoe, and Yorkana.

Office Hours are 9AM - 1PM weekdays; closed holidays and snow days.

Applicants must provide proof of income, names & dates of birth and SS# for all persons in the household.

The RLACS has a conference room with large screen and DVD available for meetings, seminars, workshops, classes, luncheons, etc; kitchen access is available with the room; smaller office rooms are available for counseling or other community services. Volunteers are the basic support system for this vital community agency.

The executive director is Muriel Slenker; the office manager is Astasia Smith;  the current president for the board of directors is Rev. Robert Edmundson.

For more information, call their office at 717-244-6934.   

Brush & Limb Collection - Red Lion Borough has scheduled the following brush and limb collections for 2008:  May 5 - May 9  and October 13 - 17. This material should be placed at your garbage collection site; however, pickup will not follow the garbage collection route schedule. If you have material to be picked up and it has not been collected by Thursday during the collection week, please call the office at 244-3475 to schedule a pickup.

The chipper/shredder will make a daily circuit around the Borough to pick up brush and limbs. Should you have brush and limbs for disposal at any other time, you may either store them until the next scheduled pickup, call the Borough garage at 244-2567 to schedule a time to drop them off or they can be placed with your regular garbage, in 6' or smaller bundles, provided you don't exceed the 6 bag/week limit.  Yard waste items such as weeds, flowers and leaves will not be accepted.  Limbs may be up to 6" in diameter and 4 to 6 feet in length.  Do not bundle limbs.

The Borough reserves the right to refuse items that do not meet the requirements and is not responsible for cleanup.

Please call the Borough garage at 244-2567 if you are interested in the mulch that results from these pickups.

Building permits are required when constructing, altering or remodeling buildings and property.  In accordance with Act 45 as mandated by the State of Pennsylvania, Red Lion Borough has passed an ordinance adopting the Uniform Construction Code (UCC) as the standard for building construction, remodeling, and repair.

This has resulted in a change in our building permit regulations. Every building permit application issued by Red Lion Borough will be charged a fee of $25.00. Certain projects will require inspections to be performed by Code Administrators, which must be paid for by the property owner.  If your project requires inspections, you will be informed at the time you pick up your building permit application at the Borough office.

Fence requirements

Shed requirements

Christmas 2008 tree pickup will begin Friday, January 2nd and end on Friday, January 30th.  Place your Christmas tree at your usual trash pickup site on your normal collection day.  Please remove all decorations and bags!  The trees will be shredded and turned into mulch which will be available to Borough residents at the Borough Garage on Vulcan Road.

Electronics Recycling - Each year the York County Solid Waste Authority holds an Electronics Recycling Day.  Click here to visit their website for more information.  The Red Lion Lions Club in conjunction with Red Lion Borough will be collecting items at the Borough Garage.  Visit our Calendar of Events Page for more information.

Emergency Medical Assistance Information:  Please click here to download the Emergency Medical Assistance Information form.  The information gathered from this form will be disclosed to public officials who are responding to any man-made or natural emergency.  Complete the form and send it to Red Lion Borough Office, Attn:  Clair Paules, EMC, P.O. Box 190, Red Lion, PA 17356.

Facade Loan 2008 - Red Lion Borough has a new facade loan available to businesses in the downtown area.  The program provides matching loans of up to $7,500, $2,500 of which is a grant.  The loan is interest free.  For information, contact the Borough Office at 717-244-3475.

Garage/Yard Sales:   Licenses are required for garage and yard sales.  The cost of the permit is $15.00 for 2 consecutive days, excluding Sundays, with a maximum of 2 such sales permitted per year.  Licenses are obtained at the Borough Office.  A maximum of four advertising signs are permitted.  Residents must use the signs which are provided by the Borough! These signs may be posted no earlier than 5 days before the first day of the sale and must be removed within 48 hours after the end of the sale.

The Borough holds a free Community Yard Sale every June.  Check our Calendar of Events page for the exact dates.

Garbage and recycling is picked up by Penn Waste.  Garbage must be stored in durable plastic bags or in a durable, rust-resistant container with a tight-fitting lid.   The containers must have a capacity of 5 to 32 gallons, and must not weigh more than 50 pounds when full.  Each family is permitted a maximum of 6 containers per garbage collection.  Twice yearly curbside pickup of brush and limbs is provided by Red Lion Borough.  Trash and recycling must be placed at the collection site by 6 AM, but not more than 12 hours before the collection day, and emptied containers must be removed from the collection site the day the collection is made.   Garbage collection is for Borough residents only.

Beginning 1/1/08, Penn Waste will be picking up trash and recycling on Fridays ONLY. 

Our garbage is taken to the York County Solid Waste Authority facility in York.   To learn everything you've ever wanted to know about how your garbage is managed in York County, visit their website at www.ycswa.com.   For example, did you know that all of York County's combustible household garbage is managed at their waste-to-energy facility where processing it produces enough electricity to light the entire city of York?  Have you heard that you could be driving on roads made out of aggregate recycled from the leftover ash from their waste-to-energy process?  It's true!  You can also find a tasty recipe for an edible landfill (made out of chocolate pudding and candy), or discover how to dispose of your household hazardous waste -- for FREE!

Grass clippings - The Borough of RED LION will again provide a grass collection and recycling program in 2008.

Grass clippings will not be collected with household trash!!!  Residents have two options.  The preferred option is that residents dispose of their grass clippings by using a mulching mower, composting, or another environmentally acceptable means.  The second option is to participate in the grass recycling program at a cost of $20 per 20-gallon container (can). 

If a resident wants the Borough to collect her/his grass clippings, a sticker must be purchased for, and placed on, a 20-gallon container (can).  Any number of stickers may be purchased.  They are available in the Borough Office.  Normal business hours are, Monday through Friday, 8 A.M.-4:30 P.M., except holidays.  A sticker is valid only for one collection year.  Participation in this sticker program is NOT mandatory.

Only grass clippings may be put into the container (can) - no bags may be used.  Grass mixed with trash, or trash mixed with grass will not be collected!! Each resident is responsible for the proper disposal of such mixtures.

Collections will begin April 14, 2008 and end October 13, 2008.  The clippings will be collected on Monday and, if needed, Tuesday.

Grass/Weed Ordinance - Please be reminded that grass, weeds, or any vegetation whatsoever, not edible or planted for some useful or ornamental purpose shall not exceed 12 inches in height. Any grass, weeds or other vegetation growing upon any premises in the borough in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is hereby declared to be a nuisance and detrimental to the health, safety, cleanliness and comfort of the inhabitants of the borough. Both the owner and/or the occupant will be responsible for the removal of grass, weeds, or other vegetation and may be held in violation of this chapter. Vegetation growing in sidewalks and curbs also must be in compliance with this ordinance. Violations may result in a fine of up to $1,000. Thank you for your cooperation.

Holiday Trash Pickup Schedule: Call Penn Waste,  717-767-4456, or visit their website at www.pennwaste.com for holiday trash collection information.

Household Hazardous Waste  Periodically the York County Solid Waste Authority holds a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day.   Visit their website at www.ycswa.com for more information.

Landlord Information - In accordance with Ordinance Chapter 158 Section 4, "All landlords in Red Lion Borough shall, within 30 days of any change in the tenancy or occupancy of any unit, parcel or portion of real estate, file with the Borough, in writing, a report specifying the unit, parcel or portion of real estate in which the change of tenancy or occupancy has occurred, the name or names of the tenants or occupants previously reported for such unit, parcel or portion and name or names of any new tenants or occupants of said unit, parcel or portion."

Forms for compliance with this Ordinance are available in the Borough Office.  Landlords who violate this Ordinance may have to pay fines up to $600.

Leaf collection for 2008 will begin on Monday, October 20th and continue until December 12th.   Please place leaves at the curb.  Do not mix any other items with the leaves.  The pickup schedule is variable depending on weather conditions.  We will get to your leaves as soon as we can.  Calling the office will not get your leaves picked up any faster.  We appreciate your understanding that this schedule must be flexible.  Leaves in plastic trash bags will not be picked up.

If you have leaves that you must dispose of before or after these dates, you can:

1.  Call the Highway Garage, 244-2567, and make arrangements for you to drop them off there     OR
2.  Bag them and put them with your regular garbage.  If this causes you to exceed the 6-bag/week limit, additional bags are available at the  Borough office at a cost of $3.50 each.

Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP):  Hotline:  1-866-857-7095; TDD:  1-800-451-5886; Internet:  PA Department of Public Welfare LIHEAP

Parking Regulations - Coins must be deposited in parking meters as follows:

Sundays are exempt, as are the following Federal Holidays:

New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
President's Day
Memorial Day
July 4th
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans' Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

No motor vehicle shall be allowed to remain parked on any Borough street or alley for a period longer than 72 consecutive hours without being moved.

No trailers may be parked along public streets or alleys unattached.  No abandoned or junked vehicles may be kept on any street, alley or open yard area of private property.

Recycling is mandatory as required by the State.  Collections are made on the same schedule as regular garbage pickup.  Please click here for more information on our recycling program, including instructions on what to recycle.

Sign permits are required to post any signs within the Borough boundaries.

Snow Emergency Information:  Click here for information on Snow Emergencies.

Snow Removal:   Residents are reminded that sidewalks must be cleared of snow and/or ice to a width of 36" no later than 12 hours after it stops snowing.  We also ask our residents to please keep storm drains and fire hydrants clear of snow.

Special item/bulk pickup is provided throughout the year.  Each household in the Borough is allowed to place one item per week curbside on the normal refuse and recycling day.   Remember:  One bulk item per week which may include a washing machine, refrigerator, etc.  Items such as air conditioners, refrigerators, and freezers containing Freon will only be picked up by appointment.  Call Penn Waste, 1-866-575-8720, to schedule a pickup.  All loose wood or metals parts must be boxed or tied in no more than four foot sections for safety and handling.  No loose piles of any type will be picked up.  Items that do not comply with these instructions will not be picked up.  Hazardous waste or building materials will not be picked up.

Street Sweeping - Red Lion and Dallastown Boroughs combined efforts and obtained a grant for a street sweeper which will be shared by both Boroughs.  Red Lion will be street sweeping around the middle of May.  Streets will be posted with "No Parking" signs the day before they are to be cleaned.  Please be considerate and do not park on posted streets.  The schedule may be affected by the weather as the sweeper cannot operate efficiently in heavy rain.

Telephone Book Recycling -  When new telephone books are distributed, you can put your old telephone book in your recycling bin.  This material is shredded and used for animal bedding.