Health, Code & Zoning

Health, Code & Zoning Officer
Mark Yerskey
500 Roemer Boulevard
Farrell, PA 16121
Phone: 724-983-2708
Fax: 724-398-1827
Email: m.yerskey@cityoffarrell.com
Mark Yerskey
500 Roemer Boulevard
Farrell, PA 16121
Phone: 724-983-2708
Fax: 724-398-1827
Email: m.yerskey@cityoffarrell.com
Our Mission
Our mission is to promote a clean and safe environment through education, inspections and enforcement related to ordinances, zoning, junk vehicles, weeds & substandard structures and to be actively involved in the neighborhoods and commercial districts of our city to address issues regarding health, safety, and property maintenance.
Remember, it’s everyone’s job to promote a clean and safe city! Help us help you by reporting the following, or just to ask us a question.
- Public Nuisance/Unsafe Structures
- Junk Vehicles
- High grass and weeds
- Graffiti
- Illegal Dumping/garbage build-up
- Dogs neglected/abandoned or running loose
- Property Maintenance Issues
- Non-licensed rental property
- Zoning
Administrative Office
500 Roemer Boulevard, Farrell, PA 16121
8:00am-4:30pm
(724) 983-2703
(724) 983-2703

Jon Laird, Assistant Code & Zoning Officer
500 Roemer Bouelvard
Farrell, PA 16121
Phone: 724-983-2703 ext 106
Fax: 724-398-1827
Email: j.laird@cityoffarrell.com
500 Roemer Bouelvard
Farrell, PA 16121
Phone: 724-983-2703 ext 106
Fax: 724-398-1827
Email: j.laird@cityoffarrell.com
Zoning is intended for the following purposes:
- To promote health, safety, and general welfare and to protect the public from the adverse secondary effects of various land uses and development
- To promote coordinated, orderly, harmonious, and practical community development
- To discourage the intermixture of incompatible land uses and, where such inter-mixture may be beneficial or where zoning district boundaries present transitions between incompatible uses, to control impacts of incompatible uses
- To lessen congestion and promote public safety and convenience on roads and highways
- To secure safety from fire, panic, pollution hazards, and other dangers
- To provide adequate light and air
- To prevent the overcrowding of land
- To avoid undue congestion of population
- To facilitate the adequate provision of housing, commercial and industrial development, transportation, water, sewers, schools, parks, and other public requirements
- To establish reasonable standards to which buildings and development shall conform
- To protect and enhance the value of land
Health, Code & Zoning FAQ’S
I just moved into my house, how do I get garbage service?
Contact Tri-County Industries at 724-662-2510 or 724-748-4705.
Do you have a recycling program and if so how do I get a recycling bin?
I have a wild animal problem at my house, who do I call to get rid of these?
Rodents are coming into my property; can anybody help me get rid of these?
What can I put out for garbage pickup?
Who do I contact for rental or sales inspections?
Are there leaf pick up days and how do they have to be bagged?
I’m thinking of building a shed, fence or garage, what do I need to do?
We are going to be digging/excavating in the city of Farrell, who do we contact for questions?