Township of Whitemarsh, PA
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2023-12-14
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article VIII Taxation
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art VIII Taxation
- § C-801 Subjects and rates of taxation.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 (Reserved)
- Ch 8 Fire Companies and Ambulance Company
- Ch 10 Historic District
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 (Reserved)
- Ch 24 Pension Funds
- Ch 27 (Reserved)
- Ch 30 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 37 Alarms
- Ch 39 Animals
- Ch 42 Building Construction
- Ch 45 Curfew
- Ch 47 Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 48 Dumping
- Ch 50 (Reserved)
- Ch 51 Enforcement of Ordinances
- Ch 51A Fire Prevention
- Ch 51B Environmental Protection
- Ch 52 Fireworks
- Ch 53 Firearms
- Ch 54 Fire Hydrant and Water Supply Fees
- Ch 55 Tree Protection Standards
- Ch 56 Hazardous Accident Cost Recovery
- Ch 58 Grading, Erosion Control, Stormwater Management and Best Management Practices
- Ch 62 Holding Tanks
- Ch 66 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 67 Lighting
- Ch 68 Loitering
- Ch 69 Littering
- Ch 71 Map, Official
- Ch 73 (Reserved)
- Ch 76 Numbering of Buildings and Houses
- Ch 80 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 83 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 84 Special Events
- Ch 85 Canvassing, Peddling and/or Soliciting
- Ch 88 Plumbing
- Ch 90 Property Maintenance
- Ch 93 Quarries
- Ch 94 Residential Rental Licenses
- Ch 95 Sewers
- Ch 100 Shade Trees
- Ch 101 Floodplain Management
- Ch 103 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 105 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 107 Taxation
- Ch 109 Trash and Garbage Collection
- Ch 111 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 114 Weeds
- Ch 116 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A121 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The subjects and rates of taxation in the Township shall be
those allowable under the Second Class Township Code of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania on the effective date of this Charter and those allowable
from time to time under general law and other laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania applicable to townships of the second class except
as follows:
a.
The
rate of taxation on real property for roads, bridges and general Township
purposes shall not exceed 19 mills, except the Board by ordinance
may increase said rate of taxation not to exceed three additional
mills in the aggregate in any four consecutive years by not more than
one mill per year by the affirmative vote of at least four members
thereof or by not more than two mills per year by the affirmative
vote of at least five of the members thereof; and
b.
The
rates of taxation on any allowable taxes may be raised above the limitations
set forth in this Charter by following the referendum procedures set
forth in § 409 of this Charter.
