[Adopted 12-13-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-5]
The title of this article shall be "Street Light Ordinance."
The purpose of this article is to set forth streetlight assessments
for improved and unimproved land within various lighting districts
situated in Union Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Whenever
streetlighting is provided under the authority of the Second Class
Township Code, owners of property contiguous with public passageways
shall be assessed on an annual basis for the cost and expense of the
maintenance of such lighting as set forth herein.
Assessments for the cost and expense of maintenance of lighting
shall be set forth as follows:
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District
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Improved Land
(per frontage foot)
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Unimproved Land
(per frontage foot)
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Elrama
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$0.50
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$0.125
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Rankintown
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$0.52
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$0.13
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Roberts
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$0.42
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$0.105
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Unionhigh-Valleyview Plan
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$0.46
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$0.115
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West Frye Plan
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$0.36
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$0.09
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Boyka Plan
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$6 per house
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A.
In situations
of peculiar or pointed-shaped lots, or lots at intersections, the
Supervisors, on a case-by-case basis, shall provide for an equitable
reduction from the frontage of such properties.
B.
Said assessments
shall be imposed for all properties, even if the owner is exempt from
taxation as provided by law.
C.
Assessment
per front foot for vacant lots shall only be 25% of the assessment
per front foot against property with improvements thereon.
D.
All assessments
for streetlighting shall be filed with the Township Tax Collector,
who shall provide 30 days' written notice that assessments are due
and payable. Said notice shall state the due date to each owner assessed
and shall be served on the owner of the frontage property in person
or by mailing such notice to the owner at his last known address by
first-class mail.
E.
The Tax
Collector shall be entitled to the same commission for the collection
of such assessments as he/she is entitled to by law for the collection
of Township real estate tax. If any of the assessments remain unpaid
at the expiration of 90 days from the service of said notice, they
shall be placed in the hands of the appropriate party for the collection
thereof. Said parties shall collect the assessments with the appropriate
commission and interest from the date such assessments are due by
municipal claim filed against the property of the delinquent owner
in like manner as provided by law.
F.
Where
an owner has two or more lots where there is an unpaid assessment
for the same year, all the aforesaid lots shall be subject to one
municipal claim.
G.
All assessments,
when collected, shall be paid to the Township, which shall receive
and keep the same in a separate account and pay out the same only
upon direction of the Board of Supervisors as attested by the Secretary-Treasurer.
H.
The Tax
Collector and the Secretary-Treasurer shall make a report with respect
to the assessment for lighting to the Supervisors and auditors of
the Township on an annual basis.
I.
As the
circumstance warrant, a lighting district may be assessed a flat rate
per household instead of frontage.
