Serving Mechanicsburg and the Townships Around It

Fall leaf collection

The borough collects loose leaves from the pavement along the curb on your trash day, from about the third week of October through the first week of December. Don't bag them, and keep limbs, garden waste and hard objects out of the piles. A fall cleanup hauls them away instead.

Source: Mechanicsburg Borough, Public Works(opens in a new tab)

Compost facility

Borough and Silver Spring Township residents can take leaves, brush and shrub clippings to the joint compost facility on West Church Road with a $30 annual access card. Grass clippings and bags aren't accepted, and commercial landscapers can't use it, so anything we cut leaves with us.

Source: Mechanicsburg Borough, Compost Facility(opens in a new tab)

Sidewalks after a snow

Borough code gives owners 24 hours after snow or ice stops to clear the sidewalk to at least four feet wide, and the snow can't go into the street (§ 5-603.10). Set up snow removal for the driveway before the first storm.

Source: Mechanicsburg Borough Code, § 5-603(opens in a new tab); Mechanicsburg Police, snow and ice reminder(opens in a new tab)

Patios and hardscape coverage

The borough's Codes and Zoning office issues a zoning permit for fences, accessory structures and any change to the hardscape coverage on a property, and permits are reviewed under the state building code. Ask before a patio, walkway or wall starts. Small projects that add under 1,000 square feet of hard surface on a typical lot and sit 10 feet back from the lines are exempt from the stormwater controls (§ 26-113).

Source: Mechanicsburg Borough, Codes & Zoning(opens in a new tab); Mechanicsburg Borough Code, § 26-113(opens in a new tab)

Street trees

Trees in the tree lawn between the sidewalk and the curb are under the borough's Shade Tree Commission. Planting, trimming or removing one takes a permit first, branches have to clear 14 feet over the street and 8 feet over the sidewalk, and a removed tree is replaced within a year (Chapter 25).

Source: Mechanicsburg Borough Code, Chapter 25(opens in a new tab); Mechanicsburg Shade Tree Commission(opens in a new tab)

Grass height and burning

Grass or weeds over six inches are a nuisance under borough code (§ 5-603.4), and open burning is banned in the borough, so leaves and brush have to be collected or hauled. A weekly or biweekly mowing schedule keeps the lawn well under the limit.

Source: Mechanicsburg Borough Code, § 5-603(opens in a new tab); Mechanicsburg Borough Code, open burning(opens in a new tab)

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