Pennsylvania HB 67: An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in management of the condominium, providing for outdoor solar access for drying clothes; in management of cooperatives, providing for outdoor solar access for drying clothes; and, in management of planned community, providing for outdoor solar access for drying clothes.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 55
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 67
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY BOROWSKI, GIRAL, HANBIDGE, SANCHEZ, KHAN, BURGOS,
HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, CIRESI, FREEMAN, OTTEN, HOHENSTEIN AND
ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 14, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
JANUARY 14, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in management of the
condominium, providing for outdoor solar access for drying
clothes; in management of cooperatives, providing for outdoor
solar access for drying clothes; and, in management of
planned community, providing for outdoor solar access for
drying clothes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 68 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding sections to read:
§ 3323. Outdoor solar access for drying clothes.
(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in the declaration, an
association shall be prohibited from imposing any unreasonable
restriction that prohibits a person who occupies a unit from
outdoor solar access for drying clothes within the boundaries of
a unit or the limited common elements assigned to the unit.
(b) Limitations.--The drying of clothes outdoors shall be
limited to association-approved areas of a unit or the limited
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common elements assigned to the unit and shall be out of view
from the front entrances or public areas of the association.
(c) Rules and regulations.--An association may adopt
reasonable rules and regulations detailing the time, place and
manner of the drying of clothes outdoors and prohibit the drying
of clothes outdoors if the drying of clothes poses a safety or
fire hazard, impedes proper evacuation in the case of an
emergency or obstructs the view from, or access to, other units.
(d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to supersede the legal authority of an association to
adopt and enforce any bylaw, rule or regulation on any matter
other than the provision of outdoor solar access for drying
clothes as specified under this section.
§ 4324. Outdoor solar access for drying clothes.
(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in the declaration, an
association shall be prohibited from imposing any unreasonable
restriction that prohibits a proprietary lessee with a
possessory interest in a unit from outdoor solar access for
drying clothes within the boundaries of a unit or the limited
common elements assigned to the unit.
(b) Limitations.--The drying of clothes outdoors shall be
limited to association-approved areas of a unit or the limited
common elements assigned to the unit and shall be out of view
from the front entrances or public areas of the association.
(c) Rules and regulations.--An association may adopt
reasonable rules and regulations detailing the time, place and
manner of the drying of clothes outdoors and prohibit the drying
of clothes outdoors if the drying of clothes poses a safety or
fire hazard, impedes proper evacuation in the case of an
emergency or obstructs the view from, or access to, other units.
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(d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to supersede the legal authority of an association to
adopt and enforce any bylaw, rule or regulation on any matter
other than the provision of outdoor solar access for drying
clothes as specified under this section.
§ 5323. Outdoor solar access for drying clothes.
(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in the declaration, an
association shall be prohibited from imposing any unreasonable
restriction that prohibits a person who occupies a unit from
outdoor solar access for drying clothes within the boundaries of
a unit or the limited common elements assigned to the unit.
(b) Limitations.--The drying of clothes outdoors shall be
limited to association-approved areas of a unit or the limited
common elements assigned to the unit and shall be out of view
from the front entrances or public areas of the association.
(c) Rules and regulations.--An association may adopt
reasonable rules and regulations detailing the time, place and
manner of the drying of clothes outdoors and prohibit the drying
of clothes outdoors if the drying of clothes poses a safety or
fire hazard, impedes proper evacuation in the case of an
emergency or obstructs the view from, or access to, other units.
(d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to supersede the legal authority of an association to
adopt and enforce any bylaw, rule or regulation on any matter
other than the provision of outdoor solar access for drying
clothes as specified under this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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