[Adopted 1-11-1973 by Ord. No. 277 (Ch. 24, Part 6, of the 1994 Code), as amended and reenacted through 12-11-2002 by Ord. No. 503]
[Amended 12-8-2004 by Ord. No. 535; 12-14-2005 by Ord. No. 547; 12-13-2006 by Ord. No. 554; 12-12-2007 by Ord. No. 567; 12-10-2008 by Ord. No. 581; 12-21-2009 by Ord. No. 594]
There is hereby levied a fire plug tax on all owners of real estate in Hatfield Township whose premises shall be located within 600 feet of a fire plug, the sum of $4.24 per single-family property; $4.24 plus $1.98 for each additional unit over one unit for multiple-dwelling properties; $13.28 for the first building unit on all industrial properties and $4.24 for each additional building unit thereof; $6.50 for the first building unit on each commercial property plus $3.11 for each additional unit contained thereon. The owner of the premises shall be deemed to be an individual, corporation, partnership or any other business entity whatsoever who is a recorded, legal title holder thereof.
A. 
The Tax Collector for the Township of Hatfield, Montgomery County and State of Pennsylvania, in conformity with law, is hereby required and duly authorized to demand and receive from the persons and property as per tax duplicate, the sums with which they are respectively charged for a fire plug tax until the same becomes delinquent; and thereafter to receive the same together with a 5% penalty added thereto.
B. 
The Tax Collector is further authorized and required in case any person or persons shall fail to pay the amount with which such person or persons and property is charged, and after the same becomes delinquent, with the 5% penalty added thereto, within 30 days after demand made thereafter by the Tax Collector, to levy the same by distress of the goods and chattels that may be found upon the premises against which the said tax is charged, and sell the same, giving 10 days' public notice of such sale, by not less than six written or printed advertisements thereof, and in such case the Tax Collector shall be entitled to retain out of the proceeds of the sale, after deducting the taxes and the 5% added thereto, the same costs as are allowed by law to constables on a levy and sale upon the Writ of Execution.