[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Chesterfield 5-8-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-8. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to establish a minimum annual appropriation for open space and recreation land acquisition and associated costs, i.e., legal, appraisal, survey and engineering, in order to provide a guaranteed source of funds to match green acres funding.
A minimum amount of $0.01 on the tax rate shall be reflected as a line item in the Township's annual budgets.
The line item budget appropriation shall be maintained for a period of ten years from the effective date of this chapter.