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Township of Lower Gwynedd, PA
Montgomery County
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[Ord. 367. Passed 11-22-1999; Ord. 380. Passed 11-21-2000; Ord. 406. Passed 12-17-2002; Ord. 427. Passed 10-26-2004; Ord. 439. Passed 12-20-2005]
Pursuant to the authority of Section 702 of the Second Class Township Code, 53 PS. § 65702, the following streetlighting districts are hereby established and shall be regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter:
(a) 
The Gwynn Crest Streetlighting District on Swedesford Road (consisting of the following tax parcels, Map 39, Block No. 3):
Unit #40-
39-00-03443-019
Unit #41-
39-00-03443-028
Unit #42-
39-00-03443-037
Unit #43-
39-00-03443-046
Unit #44-
39-00-03443-055
Unit #45-
39-00-03443-064
Unit #46-
39-00-03443-073
Unit #47-
39-00-03443-082
Unit #48-
39-00-03443-091
Unit #49-
39-00-03443-208
Unit #50-
39-00-03443-217
Unit #51-
39-00-03443-226
Unit #52-
39-00-03443-235
Unit #53-
39-00-03443-244
Unit #54-
39-00-03443-253
(b) 
The Estates at Cedar Hill Streetlighting District on Cedar Hill Road (consisting of the following tax parcels, Map 39, Block No. 18C):
Unit #1-
39-00-00676-005
Unit #22-
39-00-03505-164
Unit #2-
39-00-03505-119
Unit #23-
39-00-03505-173
Unit #3-
39-00-03505-128
Unit #24-
39-00-03505-182
Unit #4-
39-00-03505-137
Unit #25-
39-00-03505-191
Unit #5-
39-00-03505-146
Unit #26-
39-00-03505-209
Unit #6-
39-00-00148-704
Unit #27-
39-00-03505-218
Unit #7-
39-00-00148-713
Unit #28-
39-00-03505-227
Unit #8-
39-00-00148-722
Unit #29-
39-00-03505-236
Unit #9-
39-00-00148-731
Unit #30-
39-00-03505-407
Unit #10-
39-00-00148-749
Unit #31-
39-00-03505-416
Unit #11-
39-00-00148-758
Unit #32-
39-00-03505-425
Unit #12-
39-00-00148-767
Unit #33-
39-00-03505-434
Unit #13-
39-00-00148-776
Unit #34-
39-00-03505-443
Unit #14-
39-00-00148-785
Unit #35-
39-00-03505-245
Unit #15-
39-00-00148-794
Unit #36-
39-00-03505-254
Unit #16-
39-00-00148-803
Unit #37-
39-00-03505-263
Unit #17-
39-00-00148-812
Unit #38-
39-00-03505-272
Unit #18-
39-00-00148-821
Unit #39-
39-00-03505-308
Unit #19-
39-00-00148-839
Unit #40-
39-00-03505-317
Unit #20-
39-00-00148-848
Unit #41-
39-00-03505-155
Unit #21-
39-00-00148-857
(c) 
The Foxfield Reserve Streetlighting District on Penllyn-Blue Bell Pike (consisting of the following tax parcels, Map 39, Block No. #16):
Unit #67-
39-00-01356-504
(Lot #1)
Unit #68-
39-00-01356-513
(Lot #2)
Unit #69-
39-00-01356-531
(Lot #3)
Unit #70-
39-00-01356-549
(Lot #4)
Unit #71-
39-00-01356-558
(Lot #5)
Unit #72-
39-00-01356-567
(Lot #6)
Unit #73-
39-00-01356-576
(Lot #7)
Unit #74-
39-00-01356-585
(Lot #8)
Unit #76-
39-00-01356-603
(Lot #10)
Unit #77-
39-00-01356-612
(Lot #11)
Unit #78-
39-00-01356-639
(Lot #12)
Unit #79-
39-00-01356-648
(Lot #13)
Unit #80-
39-00-01356-657
(Lot #14)
Unit #81-
39-00-01356-666
(Lot #15)
Unit #82-
39-00-01356-675
(Lot #16)
Unit #83-
39-00-01356-684
(Lot #17)
Unit #84-
39-00-01356-693
(Lot #18)
Unit #85-
39-00-01356-702
(Lot #19)
Unit #86-
39-00-01356-711
(Lot #20)
Unit #11-
39-00-03217-002
(Lot #21)
(d) 
The Polo Club Streetlighting District on Hunt Seat Drive (consisting of the following tax parcels, Map 39, Block No. 10C):
Unit #4-
39-00-02014-314
Unit #28-
39-00-02014-575
Unit #5-
39-00-02014-323
Unit #29-
39-00-02014-566
Unit #6-
39-00-02014-332
Unit #30-
39-00-02014-557
Unit #7-
39-00-02014-341
Unit #31-
39-00-02014-548
Unit #8-
39-00-02014-359
Unit #32-
39-00-02014-539
Unit #9-
39-00-02014-368
Unit #33-
39-00-02014-521
Unit #10-
39-00-02014-377
Unit #34-
39-00-01815-108
Unit #11-
39-00-02014-386
Unit #35-
39-00-01815-081
Unit #12-
39-00-02104-395
Unit #36-
39-00-01815-063
Unit #13-
39-00-00576-006
Unit #37-
39-00-01815-045
Unit #14-
39-00-00576-024
Unit #38-
39-00-01815-027
Unit #15-
39-00-00576-042
Unit #39-
39-00-01815-009
Unit #16-
39-00-00576-069
Unit #40-
39-00-02014-512
Unit #17-
39-00-00576-087
Unit #41-
39-00-02014-503
Unit #18-
39-00-00576-105
Unit #42-
39-00-02014-494
Unit #19-
39-00-02014-404
Unit #43-
39-00-02014-485
Unit #20-
39-00-02014-413
Unit #44-
39-00-02014-476
Unit #21-
39-00-02014-422
Unit #45-
39-00-02014-467
Unit #22-
39-00-02014-431
Unit #23-
39-00-02014-449
Unit #24-
39-00-02014-458
Unit #25-
39-00-02014-602
Unit #26-
39-00-02014-593
Unit #27-
39-00-02014-584
(e) 
The Wooded Pond Streetlighting District on McKean Road (consisting of the following tax parcels, Map 39, Block No. 18B):
Unit #1-
39-00-03325-001
Unit #2-
39-00-03325-029
Unit #3-
39-00-03325-038
Unit #4-
39-00-03325-047
Unit #5-
39-00-03325-056
Unit #6-
39-00-03325-065
Unit #7-
39-00-03325-074
Unit #8-
39-00-03325-083
Unit #9-
39-00-03325-092
Unit #10-
39-00-03325-101
Unit #11-
39-00-03325-119
Unit #12-
39-00-03325-128
Unit #13-
39-00-03750-009
Unit #14-
39-00-03750-018
Unit #15-
39-00-03750-027
Unit #16-
39-00-03750-036
Unit #17-
39-00-03750-045
Unit #18-
39-00-03750-054
Unit #19-
39-00-03750-063
Unit #20-
39-00-03325-137
Unit #21-
39-00-03325-146
Unit #22-
39-00-03325-155
Unit #23-
39-00-03325-164
Unit #24-
39-00-03325-173
Unit #25-
39-00-03325-182
Unit #26-
39-00-03325-191
Unit #27-
39-00-03325-209
Unit #28-
39-00-03325-218
Unit #29-
39-00-03325-227
Unit #30-
39-00-03325-236
Unit #31-
39-00-03325-245
Unit #32-
39-00-03325-254
(f) 
The Trewellyn Estates Streetlighting District on Old Bethlehem Pike (consisting of the following tax parcels, Map 39, Block Nos. 8C and D):
Parcel No.
Street
Block
Unit No.
390004699122
Wainwright Court
008C
043
390004699113
Wainwright Court
008C
042
390004699131
Wainwright Court
008C
044
390001232313
Fairland Drive
008C
038
390001232304
Fairland Drive
008C
037
390004699104
Wainwright Court
008C
041
390001232295
Fairland Drive
008C
036
390004699203
Wainwright Court
008C
045
390001232322
Fairland Drive
008C
039
390004699212
Wainwright Court
008C
046
390004699014
Wainwright Court
008C
040
390001232331
Fairland Drive
008C
047
390001232286
Fairland Drive
008C
035
390001232349
Fairland Drive
008C
048
390001232268
Fairland Drive
008C
033
390001232277
Fairland Drive
008C
034
390001232259
Fairland Drive
008C
032
390001232241
Fairland Drive
008C
031
390001232232
Fairland Drive
008C
030
390001232214
Fairland Drive
008C
029
390002555052
McAuley Court
008C
024
390001232205
Fairland Drive
008C
028
390002555043
McAuley Court
008C
023
390002555241
McHugh Court
008C
010
390002555232
McHugh Court
008C
009
390002555034
McAuley Court
008C
022
390002555259
McHugh Court
008C
011
390001232151
Fairland Drive
008C
027
390002555061
McAuley Court
008C
025
390002555223
McHugh Court
008C
008
390002555025
McAuley Court
008C
021
390002555268
McHugh Court
008C
012
390001232142
Fairland Drive
008C
026
390002555007
McAuley Court
008C
019
390002555016
McAuley Court
008C
020
390002555214
McHugh Court
008C
007
390002555277
McHugh Court
008C
013
390001232367
Fairland Drive
008C
049
390002916123
New Church Court
008C
050
390001232133
Fairland Drive
008C
018
390002555205
Fairland Drive
008C
006
390001232124
Fairland Drive
008C
017
390001232052
Fairland Drive
008C
005
390001232115
Fairland Drive
008C
016
390001232043
Fairland Drive
008C
004
390002916114
New Church Court
008C
051
390001232106
Fairland Drive
008C
015
390001232061
McHugh Court
008C
014
390002916006
New Church Court
008C
058
390001232034
Fairland Drive
008C
003
390002916105
New Church Court
008C
052
390001232376
Severen Court
008C
059
390002916015
New Church Court
008C
057
390001232025
Fairland Drive
008C
002
390001232403
Forten Court
008C
069
390002916051
New Church Court
008C
053
390003889014
Severen Court
008C
066
390001232394
Fairland Drive
008C
068
390001232412
Forten Court
008C
072
390001232385
Fairland Drive
008C
067
390003889122
Severen Court
008C
060
390002916024
New Church Court
008C
056
390001232016
Fairland Drive
008C
001
390003889113
Severen Court
008C
061
390001260006
Forten Court
008C
070
390003889023
Severen Court
008C
065
390001260015
Forten Court
008C
071
3390002916042
New Church Court
008C
054
390002916033
New Church Court
008C
055
390003889104
Severen Court
008C
062
390003889032
Severen Court
008C
064
390003889041
Severen Court
008C
063
(g) 
The Warren Road Street Lighting District consisting of the following parcels:
Parcel No.
Street
Block
Unit No.
390002581008
801
018
084
390004702002
802
018
091
390004714008
805
018
085
390004705008
808
018
001
390004717005
809
018
086
390004708005
812
018
090
390004720002
813
018
087
390004711002
816
018
089
390004723008
817
018
088
390004723116
820
018
107
390004723197
821
018
115
390004723125
824
018
108
390004723188
825
018
114
390004723134
828
018
109
390004723179
829
018
113
390004723143
832
018
110
390004723161
833
018
112
390004723152
837
018
111
(h) 
The Warren Road Street Lighting District consisting of the following parcels:
Parcel No.
Street Number
Block
Unit
390000109329
301 Arbor Lane
017B
061
390000109212
310 Arbor Lane
017B
050
390000109311
311 Arbor Lane
017B
060
390000109221
320 Arbor Lane
017B
051
390000109302
321 Arbor Lane
017B
059
390000109239
330 Arbor Lane
017B
052
390000109293
331 Arbor Lane
017B
058
390000109248
340 Arbor Lane
017B
053
390000109284
341 Arbor Lane
017B
057
390000109275
351 Arbor Lane
017B
056
390000109266
361 Arbor Lane
017B
055
390000109257
371 Arbor Lane
017B
054
390000109203
639 Arbor Lane
017B
049
390008291017
641 Tennis Avenue
017B
062
(i) 
The Walnut Farm Road Street Lighting District consisting of the following parcels:
Parcel No.
Street Number
Block
Unit
390000286008
Walnut Farm Road
018
032
390000286062
Walnut Farm Road
018
122
390000286044
1109 Walnut Farm Road
018
120
390000286053
1110 Walnut Farm Road
018
121
390000286035
1119 Walnut Farm Road
018
119
390000286026
1129 Walnut Farm Road
018
118
390000286017
1139 Walnut Farm Road
018
117
390000286071
1140 Walnut Farm Road
018
123
390000286089
1150 Walnut Farm Road
018
124
(j) 
The Wister Tract Streetlighting District consisting of the following parcels:
[Added 2-22-2011 by Ord. No. 478]
Parcel Number
Street Number
Block
Unit
390001481082
900 Gladestry Lane
14C
9
390001481109
910 Gladestry Lane
14C
8
390001481127
915 Gladestry Lane
14C
7
390001481244
925 Gladestry Lane
14C
6
390001481226
935 Gladestry Lane
14C
5
390001481208
945 Gladestry Lane
14C
4
390001481064
950 Gladestry Lane
14C
14
390001481181
955 Gladestry Lane
14C
3
390001481046
960 Gladestry Lane
14C
15
390001481163
965 Gladestry Lane
14C
2
390001481028
970 Gladestry Lane
14C
16
390001481145
975 Gladestry Lane
14C
1
390004922025
900 Wharton Circle
14C
12
390004922007
910 Wharton Circle
14C
13
390004922043
915 Wharton Circle
14C
11
390004922061
925 Wharton Circle
14C
10
[Ord. 439. Passed 12-20-2005]
Pursuant to the authority of Section 702 of the Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 65702, the following streetlighting districts are hereby established and shall be regulated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(a) 
The Bethlehem Pike Streetlighting District on Bethlehem Pike is hereby established and shall use a front foot method for cost assessment and will consist of the following parcels:
Parcel
Location
Block
Unit
Front Feet
390000405006
1121 N. Bethlehem Pike
008
036
1111.03
390000226005
830 N. Bethlehem Pike
0017c
012
32.4
390000381147
921A N. Bethlehem Pike
016
062
19.761
390000381174
921B N. Bethlehem Pike
016
065
19.761
390000381165
921B N. Bethlehem Pike
016
064
19.761
390000381156
921B N. Bethlehem Pike
016
063
19.761
390000381129
921A N. Bethlehem Pike
016
060
19.761
390000381102
921A N. Bethlehem Pike
016
058
19.761
390000381021
921A N. Bethlehem Pike
016
058
19.761
390000391002
1021 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
003
2142
390000253014
1024 N. Bethlehem Pike
017c
021
51.653
390000253023
1018 Bethlehem Pike
017c
022
51.653
390000253032
1012 Bethlehem Pike
017c
023
51.653
390003100047
1200 Old Bethlehem Pike
008
060
126.334
390003100029
1200 Old Bethlehem Pike
008
058
126.334
390000164013
332 N. Bethlehem Pike
017B
028
130
390000175002
504 N. Bethlehem Pike
017A
134
409
390000164022
336 N. Bethlehem Pike
017B
029
129
390000178008
520 N. Bethlehem Pike
017A
021
260
390000217005
800 N. Bethlehem Pike
017D
002
176
390000220002
812 N. Bethlehem Pike
017D
003
300
390000223008
820 N. Bethlehem Pike
017C
013
200
390000227004
860 N. Bethlehem Pike
017C
020
167
390000229002
900 N. Bethlehem Pike
017C
011
150
390000232008
908 N. Bethlehem Pike
017C
010
103
390000235005
912 N. Bethlehem Pike
017C
009
157
390000244005
924 N. Bethlehem Pike
017C
008
150
390000247002
1000 N. Bethlehem Pike
017C
007
92
390000250008
1004 N. Bethlehem Pike
017C
006
100
390000253005
1008 N. Bethlehem Pike
017C
005
100
390000262005
1032 N. Bethlehem Pike
017C
004
304
390000265002
1100 N. Bethlehem Pike
008
025
378
390000268008
1104 N. Bethlehem Pike
008
029
91
390000310002
521 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
032
224
390000313008
525 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
039
347
390000361005
805 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
038
166
390000364002
809 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
013
271
390000367008
821 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
024
153
390000370005
829 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
034
121
390000373002
833 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
010
119
390000376008
901 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
009
183
390000376125
909 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
043
274
390000382002
1001 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
006
160
390000383001
1005 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
041
155
390000385008
1009 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
005
84
390000388005
1013 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
004
70
390000391002
1017 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
003
164
390000400002
1029 N. Bethlehem Pike
016
001
137
390000401001
N Bethlehem Pike
008
009
452
390000403008
1111 N. Bethlehem Pike
008
048
496.16
390003040008
832 Norristown Road
017C
002
161
390003097005
1108 N. Bethlehem Pike
008
023
186.37
390003331473
951 Penllyn Pike
009
020
50
390003331518
1009 Penllyn Pike
009
108
147
390003937002
901 Sumneytown Pike
008
015
336
390004024005
900 Sumneytown Pike
009
107
212
390004027002
912 Sumneytown
NOTES:
1 These properties consist of a total of seven office condominium units. The total front footage for the common ground is 138.37 feet. The front footage has been equally assessed to each of the seven units for a total front footage for each unit of 19.76 feet.
2 This parcel that joins Parcel 390000394008 which is assessed with Parcel 390000391002. The two parcels have a total of 214 feet along Bethlehem Pike and the total front footage will be assessed against Parcel 390000391002 in accordance with procedures already in place for real estate taxes.
3 This property consists of three units with a total front footage of 154.94 feet along Bethlehem Pike. The total front footage has been assessed equally among the three units for a total of 51.65 feet per unit.
4 These two parcels are office condominium units located on common ground known as Parcel 390003100002 which has a total of 252.67 feet along Bethlehem Pike. The common ground parcel is not taxed and the front footage has been equally split between the two condominium units for a total of 126.33 feet along Bethlehem Pike.
[Ord. 367. Passed 11-22-1999; Ord. 439. Passed 12-20-2005]
(a) 
The annual cost of streetlighting for any streetlighting district described in 1050.01 above shall be equally allocated or assessed through a uniform annual assessment upon each of the benefitted properties included within the streetlighting district.
(b) 
Such assessment shall consist of the annual cost of streetlighting charged to the Township by the Philadelphia Electric Company (or any succeeding utility) for the previous fiscal year.
(c) 
Said cost shall be assessed against the benefitted properties by uniform annual assessments against each property located within the district.
(d) 
Such assessments shall be chargeable against all designated properties within the district, whether or not such property is improved with buildings or structures of any kind, unless such property is intended to be left permanently unimproved.
(e) 
Unless adjusted by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to 1050.03 below or unless the Supervisors select a different method of assessment as permitted by the Second Class Township Code, all such assessments shall be computed by dividing the total annual cost of streetlighting within the district by the number of individual tax parcels within the district, as listed in this chapter.
(a) 
The annual cost for any streetlighting district described in Section 1050.01.1. above shall be assessed utilizing the front foot method for properties located within the specified streetlighting district.
(b) 
The per linear foot assessment amount shall be established on an annual basis by the Lower Gwynedd Township Board of Supervisors (the "Supervisors"). In the event a new amount is not established during the annual budget period, the previous year's per linear foot assessment amount shall be utilized.
(c) 
The assessment shall be chargeable against all designated properties within the district, whether or not such property is improve with buildings or structures of any kind, unless such property is intended to be left permanently unimproved.
[Ord. 367. Passed 11-22-1999]
It shall be the responsibility of the Board of Supervisors, in conjunction with the Lower Gwynedd Township Tax Collector, to adjust the annual assessments within any individual streetlighting district for a particular year. Any underestimation or overestimation of costs as reflected in an annual assessment shall be adjusted as necessary through the following year's adjustment.
[Ord. 367. Passed 11-22-1999]
For any streetlighting district which is not represented by a homeowner's association, the Tax Collector shall include the assessment for each individual parcel as a separate line item in the annual assessment for the benefitted parcel. The owner of the benefitted parcel shall be required to pay the streetlighting district assessment as designated by the Tax Collector. In the event that all of the benefitted parcels within a certain streetlighting district are represented by a homeowner's association, the Township, at its option, may require the homeowner's association to collect the streetlighting district assessment from each member of the homeowner's association. The Township Board of Supervisors or the Tax Collector may then bill the homeowner's association for the sum total of all of the individual assessments within the streetlighting district at regular intervals as shall be determined by the Township Board of Supervisors or the Tax Collector.
[Ord. 367. Passed 11-22-1999]
In the event that the annual assessment for streetlighting is uncollected, the same shall be a lien against each individual parcel benefitted and shall be collectible in the same manner as other municipal claims.