[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Upper Hanover 1-13-1975 by Ord. No. 75-1. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A fire protection district is hereby established
in the Township of Upper Hanover, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
within a radius of 750 feet from a certain fire hydrant situate 50
feet north of the intersection of Mensches Road and Montgomery Avenue
in said Township.
The Board of Supervisors shall contract with
the Upper Hanover Authority with respect to placing, replacing, operating,
maintaining, and repairing said fire hydrant in order to provide sufficient
water for the protection from fire of properties situate in said district.
The Board of Supervisors shall annually assess
or cause to be assessed the cost and expense of such fire protection
service by an equal assessment upon all property, whether or not exempt
from a taxation by existing law, within said fire protection district
based upon the assessment of said properties for county purposes.
No such assessment shall be levied against any farmland or land used
as an irrigation field or against any property in the district not
benefited thereby. Such assessment shall be collected in the same
manner as taxes. Township tax collectors shall receive the same commission
as on the Township tax. The Township Treasurer shall receive all such
assessments collected for fire protection and keep the same in a separate
account and shall pay the same out only upon orders signed
by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, attested by the Township
Secretary. The Township Treasurer shall make a report to the auditors
of the Township annually.
