Curfew
It is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to be or remain on any street or in any public place in Edgeworth Borough between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Some exceptions may apply. If you have specific questions with regard to exceptions, contact the Police Department.

Soliciting
Forms are available at the Borough Building for you to fill out and file if you do not want canvassers to visit your home. A list of those properties where solicitors are not welcome is given to anyone who obtains a permit to canvas in the Borough. If you are visited by a solicitor and have signed such a form, please notify the Police Department immediately.

Key System
The Police Department maintains residence keys for approximately 90% of our residents. They are kept under lock at all times and are not given out to anyone but the residents themselves. Proper identification is required by the resident or the key is not released. If the key is to be released to anyone other than a resident, please present a letter confirming your permission for the key release. Again, proper identification must be shown. The key is also used by the Police Department for alarm calls. If an Officer enters your home to check the interior or reset the alarm, a courtesy slip will be left. It will contain the Officer's findings and disposition of the alarm.

Alarm Systems
All alarm systems are to be registered with the Police Department. If you have an alarm system, please advise the Department of the location of the alarm box and the correct code for setting and resetting the alarm. This helps in case there is a malfunction in the system and you are not available to reset the alarm. If more than three false alarms occur in a calendar year, you will be subject to a fine.

Vacancy Information
Please report to the Police Department when you are going away, even for a short length of time. The following information is helpful to the Officers when checking your home:

No Parking Signs
Edgeworth Borough Ordinance No. 433 restricts parking during large events because of our narrow streets. Therefore, the Police Department urges you to call and request "No Parking" signs when you are having an event. The Police Department will post the area so emergency apparatus can safely proceed should an emergency arise.

Speed Limit
The speed limit on all Borough streets is 25 MPH. In the school zone, it is 15 MPH.


Fire Department
The Edgeworth Borough Volunteer Fire Department was organized in 1905. The Fire Department now includes about 30 volunteers. In an average year, your Fire Department answers approximately 30 alarms, an estimated half of which are false alarms. Fireman always respond to every alarm as though there is an actual fire, often at risk to their own safety. That is why it is so important that each resident do everything possible to minimize false alarms by making certain that home detection systems are in proper working condition.

Emergency Preparedness
The Borough has adopted an emergency management plan which will be used as a tool to guide emergency personnel in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. Should an emergency of such severity occur as to require evacuation, you will be alerted by emergency personnel and will be directed to designated evacuation routes.


Regular household garbage and rubbish will be collected by the Borough contractor each Wednesday.

Garbage
"Garbage" is generally described as food and waste typically generated by a household. Unlimited backyard collection is provided for regular household garbage only. Garbage must be placed in watertight containers not exceeding 32 gallon capacity.

Rubbish
"Rubbish" is generally described as discarded appliances and/or furniture, non-routine household items such as moving boxes, attic items, discarded clothing, etc. Yard and garden waste - including grass clippings, leaves, vines and hedge clippings - is also considered rubbish and will be routinely removed every Wednesday. Rubbish must be placed in suitable containers (cans, boxes, trash bags, bundles) if possible, and placed at the closest public street line for collection, not earlier than one day before Wednesday pickup.

The Borough contractor will not pick up tires, auto parts, or construction materials. By law, appliances containing freon must be drained by a certified technician and tagged as "freon-free". Items of rubbish left behind by the Borough contractor have not met collection standards.

Please notify the Borough Office as soon as possible to report missed garbage or rubbish pickup. Under no circumstances are grass clippings, leaves, or other debris to be deposited in the Borough streets or sewers! A permit for outside burning must be obtained from Allegheny County.

Brush
Brush will be picked up by the Borough Public Works Department on Mondays and Fridays. "Brush" is generally described as tree limbs or shrubbery. All brush must be placed at the nearest public street line no earlier than one day before collection. Private road residents may call the Borough Office to be placed on a pickup list. Please note that private road pickup may take up to one month.

Autumn and Spring Clean-Up
As a special help to residents, the Borough Public Works Department picks up loose leaves during the autumn and spring months. Loose leaves may be placed at the street line, but not directly on the street, for collection. Please do not mix brush or debris with leaves. Private road residents may call the Borough Office to be placed on a pickup list. Please note that private road pickup will not occur until the end of the season.

Recycling
All residents are encouraged to recycle. A drop-off recycling site is located at 101 Chestnut Road - adjacent to the Norfolk Southern Railroad Tracks. Items that may be recycled include plastics (#1 - #7), paper, aluminum, bi-metal and tin cans.       Glass is now being accepted !! 

Residents may recycle grass clippings by simply leaving them on the lawn or by composting.