[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Lower Allen 6-10-1985 as Art. 935 of the 1985 Code of Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 6-25-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-08; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
I)]
Developers or residents of residential developments may request, by way of a subdivision plan or formal petition, that the Township furnish streetlighting service, pursuant to the First Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 55101 et seq. The formal petition shall be signed by every property owner whose property will be subject to assessment as described in § 133-2.
[Amended 6-25-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-08]
The Board of Commissioners shall annually assess
or cause to be assessed the cost of such lighting service by an equal
assessment on all properties situated wholly or in part within 300
feet of any streetlight, such distance to be measured along the center
line of the street, in proportion to the number of feet the same fronts
on a street or highway, or the portion thereof, so lighted by the
lighting service requested.
The assessment per foot front against vacant
lots in any area so receiving the lighting service rendered shall
be assessed only 25% of the assessment per foot front against property
with improvements thereon.
[Amended 6-25-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-08]
The assessment in the several residential developments
or areas within the Township may vary and be of a different amount
according to the kind of service rendered in any particular area so
assessed, so that the abutting properties receiving such services
may pay for the kind and type of service rendered on a foot front
basis.
All assessments for streetlighting shall be
filed with the Township Treasurer, who shall give 30 days' written
notice that the assessments are due and payable, stating the due date
to each party so assessed, either by service on the owner of the property
or by mailing such notice to the owner at his last known post office
address.
