Latest News from the Borough

Amendment to Borough Ordinance 425 Section 315.1 to clarify the right of way between your property and the street

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At the June 21st Borough Council meeting, Borough ordinance 425 Section 315.1 was amended to clarify that the right of way between your property and the street may only be occupied by lawns, sidewalks and shade trees.
 
Realizing that it is challenging to grow grass from seed in the summer, Council has delayed the enforcement of the revised ordinance until January, 2022.  Those residents that currently have flowers, bushes or any other none lawn vegetation growing in the right of way must remove the plants, smooth the ground and plant grass prior to the onset of winter.
 
If you have any questions you may call Harry Brooks, Bellefonte Borough Code Enforcement Administrator at 814.355.1501, extension 225.
 

Fair Housing Educational Guide for 2021

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Fair Housing Educational Guide

An educational guide for identifying, reporting and preventing housing discrimination.

Fair Housing Educational Guide

Purpose
To ensure equal opportunity in housing for all persons regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, familial status, handicap, age, ancestry and use of guide or support animals because of the blindness, deafness or physical handicap of the user or because the user is a handler or trainer of support or guide animals.

Borough Office Closed-Memorial Day

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The Borough offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 31. If your refuse would be picked up on Monday, it will be picked up on Wednesday, June 2. Please be sure to have your container out the night before by 6:00 p.m. as the crew will be collecting refuse at an earlier time than usual.

There will be no brush/grass container collection on Wednesday, June 2.

Council Vacancy

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Bellefonte Borough Council has a Vacancy in the West Ward. This vacancies term expires 12/31/2021. All Volunteer Applications and Affidavits of Residency are due by Friday June 4th, 2021 at 12pm (noon). Please send all completed forms to 236 West Lamb Street Bellefonte, PA 16823. 

Borough Council will be interviewing, appointing and swearing in one individual on Monday June 7th, 2021 at the Borough Council Meeting at 7:30pm via Zoom. 

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Swift911 Notification Services

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In an effort to provide more reliable and effective communications with residents, Bellefonte Borough has implemented Swiftreach Networks, Inc. as our emergency notification provider.

Swift911 is a system designed to make phone calls to specific people or areas in the event of an emergency or for sharing important information. Bellefonte Borough will use this system to notify residents by phone of information regarding you or your property. The system can make thousands of calls in a minute to convey vital information. These messages may include information on floods, fires, water emergencies, road closures, missing persons, evacuation orders, and weather emergencies.

The Swiftreach Network Data has been provided by a third party data provider and only includes listed phone numbers in Bellefonte Borough. It is important for residents and business owners to provide contact information such as unlisted, unpublished or cell phone numbers. Accurate numbers in the database help to ensure emergency information will be passed on to everyone in a timely manner.

If you would like to provide an alternate number other than your home number, you may do so. The alternate phone number would be called if your primary phone number is not answered by a person or answering machine.

All calls you receive will have the caller ID of “Bellefonte Borough.” Your information will not be provided to any outside agencies or companies.

If you do not have access to a computer, you may call 814-355-1501 Ext. 210 to provide information. To sign up please visit https://bellefonte.net/residents/emergency-notification-info-request/

Annual Bulk Waste Collection

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Once a year the Borough holds a bulk waste collection week. It has been the week after the Bellefonte yard sales (May 14 & 15) During this week, Borough customers are permitted to place bulk waste at the CURB only for pickup by Borough staff. There will be no charge for this extra pickup service. The bulk waste pickup will follow the same routes and schedules as the regular refuse collection service, with one pickup truck-size load limit per customer. The refuse crew will not make extra trips to an address. Tires, batteries, items too heavy for two people to handle, construction material, paint cans and hazardous waste cannot be picked up during bulk waste collection.
Residents are not to use cardboard boxes for items if it is raining or it is calling for rain as it makes it difficult for the refuse crew to pick up the boxes without them falling apart. The Borough reserves the right to not collect if there is too much or it is too heavy.
Consider donating home improvement items, building materials and supplies to ReStore, 1155 Zion Road, Bellefonte, PA.
 
This year Bulk Waste Collection is May 17-21.

Air Pollution Complaints related to a Business 

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Bellefonte Borough does not directly handle air pollution complaints related to a business.  The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection may have issued a permit to a business which stipulates any restrictions.  Complaints may be filed with PA DEP by calling 1-570-327-3564.  When filing a complaint, please provide as much detail as possible – business address, date, time of the incident, a description of the incident, etc.   
 
If you feel an actual emergency is taking place, please call 911. 

Short Term Rental Ordinance Draft- Commenting period

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Bellefonte Borough is accepting public comment on a draft ordinance that would regulate overnight stays of less than thirty days where the unit is not owner-occupied.   This Draft is termed the “Short Term Rental Ordinance Draft”.  
 
Bellefonte Borough will accept emails and letters with your comments (support for, against, recommendations for modifications, etc.) through May 17th, 2021.  Oral comment will be received in a public comment period scheduled in conjunction with the May 17th, 2021 Virtual Council Meeting at 7:30 PM.  Oral comments will be limited to three minutes maximum.  Please contact the Borough at [email protected] to register for public comment by noon on May 17th.  We will send you the link or phone number for the council meeting.