This article shall be known as the Lower Paxton Township Street
Light Installation Ordinance.
It is the intent of this article to establish uniform and standard
procedures through which the installation of new streetlights shall
occur. It is the intent of this article to pertain only to those streetlights
requested on publicly owned streets, through residents or property
owners of the Township, not through any other process covered within
the subdivision, building development, or other public works-initiated
project. All references to street lighting in this article shall be
defined as those that are privately requested – through procedures
hereinafter – and newly installed beyond the scope of any other
development or public works initiative.
New streetlights installed utilizing the procedures as established
herein, through owner-initiated request, shall be paid for by an assessment
on all real property in proportion to the number of feet such real
property fronts on the street or highway to be lighted, as follows:
A. For all real property not located at the intersection of two streets,
abutting only one publicly lit street and within 250 feet of any newly
installed public light fixture, all footage on the street side of
the property shall be assessed.
B. For all corner properties abutting only one street with newly installed
public lighting and within 250 feet of any such fixture, all feet
on the lit side together with 1/2 of each curve radius on such lit
street side.
C. For all corner properties abutting two streets with newly installed
public lighting and within 250 feet of any such fixture, all feet
on the longer side lit and 1/2 of each curve radius on such long side
lit (longer side plus 1/2 of each curve radius on such shorter side
lit [20% by shorter side] plus 1/2 of each curve radius).
D. For all corner properties abutting more than two streets with newly
installed public lighting and within 250 feet of any such fixture,
all feet on the longest side lit and 1/2 of each curve radius on such
longest side lit (longer side plus 1/2 of each curve radius; plus
20% of the footage along all other sides lit and 1/2 of each curve
radius appurtenant to such lit sides [20% other sides] plus 1/2 of
each curve radius).
The monetary value per foot assessed shall be established by
resolution of the Board of Supervisors and may be amended from time
to time by resolution of same.
Assessments shall be done annually based on a calendar year
basis as set forth in this section.
A. Initial assessments. The prevailing electric company shall notify
the Township when it has completed the installation of privately requested
public lighting. Thereafter, the Township shall calculate the assessment
for each property subject to assessment and send such initial assessments
to the owners of the subject properties. The Township shall prorate
the initial assessment on a per diem basis following the date construction
of the new lighting is complete.
B. Subsequent assessments. Thereafter, all annual assessments shall
be filed with and billed by the Lower Paxton Township Tax Collector
on the annual real estate tax bill for general Township purposes.
The Township Tax Collector shall be entitled to the same commission
on such lighting assessments as all other Township taxes. The Tax
Collector shall give 30 days' notice that the assessments are
due and payable. The notice shall state the due date to each party
assessed and be served by mailing notice to the owner of the subject
property.
If any assessment remains unpaid 90 days after the due date,
it shall be turned over to the Township Solicitor for collection means
of a civil action for recovery or a municipal lien filed against the
property of the delinquent owner for the amount of the unpaid assessment,
plus interest from the date the assessment was due.
Any ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed.