Right to Know Request

Pursuant to the Right-To-Know Law, (Act 3 of 2008) (the “Act”), municipalities are required to make available for public inspection records which meet the generally outlined qualifications set forth in the Act. For more information regarding the Act, please contact the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Open Records at the Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, Plaza Level, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0225, (717) 346-9903. They can also be reached at the following website http://openrecords.state.pa.us.

Requests for public records can be made by following the Commonwealth Office of Public Records guide. The Lancaster Parking Authority (LPA) will accept the Public Records Request Form  supplied for making such requests by the Commonwealth Office of Public Records. All such requests should be submitted to the Lancaster Parking Authority, Open Records Officer, by mail to: 30 W. Orange St., P.O. Box 866, Lancaster, PA 17608, by fax at (717) 291-7296 or by e-mail to: lpaopenrecords@lancasterparkingauthority.com. The LPA will reply to your request in the manner required by the Act. If you have questions about open records, you may contact the LPA’s Open Records Officer at (717) 299-0907.

If your request is denied and relates to public records other than records relating to criminal investigations, appeals should be submitted to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Open Records, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, 4th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0225. These appeals will be heard by officers of the Office of Public Records.

All appeals must be in writing, must state the grounds upon which the requester asserts that the requested records is a public record and must address any grounds stated by the LPA for delaying or denying the request. All appeals must be filed within 15 business days of the mailing date of the LPA’s notice of denial or a deemed denial as defined in the Act. All appeals will be handled in accordance with the Act.