[Adopted 7-3-1984 as Ch. 24, Part
5, of the 1984 Code; amended in its entirety 12-4-2018 by Ord. No. 8-18]
In accordance with the authorization in Article XX of the Second
Class Township Code, Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, No. 69, as amended
and reenacted by the Act of November 9, 1995, P.L. 350, No. 60, as
amended,[1] the Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes the assessment
of costs of streetlighting upon properties benefitted by streetlights
in accordance with this article. The amount of such streetlight assessments
shall be established by resolution or ordinance of the Board of Supervisors.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 67001 et seq.
A.
The annual cost and expense of maintenance of said streetlights shall
be borne by the owners of the real estate within 250 feet of such
lighting facility in proportion to the number of feet their property
fronts on the street or highway or portion thereof to be lighted.
B.
No assessment shall be made against any farmland, but vacant lots
between built-up sections, whether tilled or not tilled, are not farmland.
The assessment for each foot front against vacant lots shall be only
25% of the assessment for each foot front against property with improvements.
C.
In the event that an assessment would be inequitable because of the
peculiar or pointed shapes of lots or at intersections, the Board
of Supervisors may, in its discretion, provide for an equitable reduction
from the frontage of said lot.
D.
If the assessment for the annual cost and expense of the maintenance of said streetlights remains unpaid after December 31 of the calendar year in which was assessment was made, the Township may take action to collect such assessment and may file a municipal lien against such benefitted property in accordance with Chapter 22, Municipal Claims and Liens.
