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Business licenses and permits in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with its seat in Carlisle Borough, is made up of 33 municipalities, 11 boroughs and 22 townships, as listed on the county Planning Department's plan review page: Camp Hill Borough, Carlisle Borough, Cooke Township, Dickinson Township, East Pennsboro Township, Hampden Township, Hopewell Township, Lemoyne Borough, Lower Allen Township, Lower Frankford Township, Lower Mifflin Township, Mechanicsburg Borough, Middlesex Township, Monroe Township, Mt. Holly Springs Borough, New Cumberland Borough, Newburg Borough, Newville Borough, North Middleton Township, North Newton Township, Penn Township, Shippensburg Borough, Shippensburg Township, Shiremanstown Borough, Silver Spring Township, South Middleton Township, South Newton Township, Southampton Township, Upper Allen Township, Upper Frankford Township, Upper Mifflin Township, West Pennsboro Township and Wormleysburg Borough. Each municipality's own ordinances, permits and local requirements stack on top of the county records below. The county's Municipal Information page states that "zoning regulations are established and administered by the municipalities" and that "Currently, 30 of the 33 municipalities in Cumberland County have adopted zoning ordinances". The PA Department of Health's County and Municipal Health Departments page lists the Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Erie, Montgomery and Philadelphia county health departments and the Allentown, Bethlehem, Wilkes-Barre and York City bureaus, and does not list Cumberland County. At county level, the Bureau of Weights and Measures registers commercial weighing and measuring devices under the county's own Ordinance No. 2006-9 and Resolution 2026-01, the Sheriff issues the Precious Metals Dealer License, the Cumberland County Conservation District reviews erosion and sediment control and post-construction stormwater plans and processes NPDES construction stormwater permits under a delegation agreement with the PA Department of Environmental Protection, and the Planning Department reviews subdivision and land development plans for consistency with municipal planning documents.
What are you opening in Cumberland County?
- RestaurantsFull-service restaurants carry the densest permit load of any small business: food, fire, occupancy, waste, and usually alcohol.See the full permit list
- Coffee shopsCafés are permitted as food service establishments even where no cooking happens, and the plan review step catches most operators by surprise.See the full permit list
- Retail storesRetail is the lightest common permit load, but the sales tax permit and the certificate of occupancy are non-negotiable in every jurisdiction.See the full permit list
- Food trucksMobile food is the one category with no certificate of occupancy — but it gains a commissary agreement, and the unit itself is inspected rather than the premises.See the full permit list
- Contractors and tradesLicensed at state board level rather than locally, and the only common category with no premises permits at all — the bond is usually the long pole.See the full permit list
- Auto repair shopsOrdinary commercial permitting plus an environmental layer: waste oil, solvents and stormwater are each registered separately.See the full permit list
Who issues business permits in Cumberland County?
Permitting in Cumberland County is split across 4 agencies we hold records for, with tax registration handled at state level. No single office issues everything, which is why an opening usually means filing in several places rather than one.
Cumberland County issuing agencies
- Cumberland County Bureau of Weights and MeasuresRegisters, inspects and tests commercial weighing and measuring devices in Cumberland County under county Ordinance No. 2006-9 and collects the annual registration fees set by Resolution 2026-011 permit
- Cumberland County Conservation DistrictReviews erosion and sediment control and post-construction stormwater plans and processes NPDES construction stormwater permits under a delegation agreement with the PA Department of Environmental Protection1 permit
- Cumberland County Planning DepartmentReviews subdivision and land development plans and sewage facilities planning modules submitted to it for consistency with municipal planning documents1 permit
- Cumberland County Sheriff's OfficeIssues the annual Precious Metals Dealer License that Act 17 of 1984 requires from the sheriff of each county where a dealer buys precious metals1 permit
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