[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough
of West Chester as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-21-1998 by Ord. No. 10-1998]
The Council (the "Council") for the Borough
of West Chester (the "borough"), Chester County, Pennsylvania, constituting
the governing body of the borough, finds that it is desirable for
the borough to improve the business district located therein and intends
to organize a municipal authority (the "Authority") under the Act
of Assembly known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," Act
of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended (the "Act"), for the purpose
of providing business improvement and administrative services to benefit
the Business Improvement District located in the Borough of West Chester,
which is defined on the map and boundary description attached hereto
as Exhibit A and made a part hereof.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the
office of the Borough Manager-Secretary.
The name of the Authority shall be the "West
Chester Business Improvement District Authority."
The proposed Articles of Incorporation of the
Authority, in the form attached as Exhibit B and made a part hereof,
are hereby approved by the Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit A is on file in the
office of the Borough Manager-Secretary.
The first members of the Board of the Authority
named in the proposed Articles of Incorporation are hereby specifically
appointed members of said Board (the "Board Members") for the terms
and offices set forth after their names.
The President of the Council is hereby authorized
and directed to execute the Articles of Incorporation on behalf of
the borough. The Secretary of the Borough is authorized and directed
to attest the President's signature and affix the seal of the borough
to the Articles of Incorporation. The Secretary is further authorized
to publish notice of intention to file the Articles of Incorporation
once in the legal periodical of Chester County and once in a newspaper
of general circulation in Chester County and to file the Articles
of Incorporation, a certified copy of this article, and proofs of
publication of both the notice of the public meeting and the notice
of intention to file said Articles of Incorporation, along with the
required filing fee, with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Treasurer of the borough is authorized to appropriate from the general treasury of the borough the amount necessary to pay the filing fee referenced in § 5-5.
[Adopted 12-15-2020 by Ord. No. 12-2020[1]]
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also superseded former
Art. II, Business Improvement District, adopted 11-17-2015 by Ord. No. 15-2015.
Council finds that it is desirable for the Borough to continue
its efforts to improve the Business Improvement District and the Neighborhood
Improvement District ("NID") under the NID Act[1] for the purpose of providing business improvement and
administrative service to benefit the West Chester Business Improvement
District located in the Borough of West Chester, which is defined
on the map and boundary description attached hereto as Exhibit "A"
and made a part hereof.[2]
The name of the Neighborhood Improvement District shall be referred
to as the "West Chester Business Improvement District."
The Neighborhood Improvement District Final Business Plan, in
the form attached as Exhibit "B" and made a part hereof, is hereby
adopted by Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Exhibit B is on file in the Borough offices.
The managing authority of the Neighborhood Improvement District
established herein, with all the rights and powers of a neighborhood
improvement management association as defined under the aforementioned
NID Act, shall be the existing West Chester Business Improvement District
Authority.
