[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Lower Salford 11-18-1993 by Ord. No. 93-13.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 139-1, Streetlighting districts
established, was repealed 12-4-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-06.
A.
The annual cost of streetlighting for any streetlighting district described in § 139-1 above shall be equally allocated or assessed through a uniform annual assessment upon each of the benefited properties included within the streetlighting district.
B.
Such assessment shall consist of the annual cost of
streetlighting charged to the Township by the Philadelphia Electric
Company (or any succeeding utility) for the previous fiscal year.
C.
Said cost shall be assessed against the benefited
properties by uniform annual assessments against each property located
within the district.
D.
Such assessments shall be chargeable against all designated
properties within the district, whether or not such property is improved
with buildings or structures of any kind.
E.
Unless adjusted by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to § 139-3 below or unless the Supervisors select a different method of assessment as permitted by the Second Class Township Code, all such assessments shall be computed by dividing the total annual cost of streetlighting within the district by the number of individual tax parcels within the district.
It shall be the responsibility of the Board
of Supervisors, in conjunction with the Tax Collector, to adjust the
annual assessments within any individual streetlighting district so
as to approximate, as close as is realistically possible, the actual
streetlighting costs incurred within that streetlighting district
for a particular year. Any underestimation or overestimation of costs
as reflected in an annual assessment shall be adjusted as necessary
through the following year's adjustment.
The annual assessment for streetlighting shall
be collected by the Tax Collector in the same manner as Township real
estate taxes are collected, and if such assessment is uncollected,
the same shall be a lien and shall be collectible in the same manner
as other municipal claims. Such assessment for streetlighting shall
be separately shown on the annual real estate tax bill and shall not
be a part of the general fund millage or any other special purpose
millage other than streetlighting.
