Township of Hilltown, PA Chapter 5 Authorities, Municipal

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Hilltown as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Water — See Ch. 157.

Article I Authorities Providing Water Service

[Adopted 10-11-1993 by Ord. No. 93-4]

§ 5-1 Purpose.

This article is designed to repeal the exclusivity of water service provisions contained in Ordinance No. 68-1 whereby Sellersville Borough, Perkasie Borough Authority and Telford Borough Authority were granted exclusive rights of public water service within Hilltown Township. This article is further designed to recognize all municipal authorities providing public water service within Hilltown Township which are properly organized under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.,[1] as hereafter amended by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and to clarify the exclusive public water service area within Hilltown Township of the Telford Borough Authority.

[1] Editor’s Note: See now the Municipal Authorities Act of 2001, 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 5601 et seq.

§ 5-2 Priority of public water systems.

A. The Hilltown Township Water and Sewer Authority shall have priority in providing public water service to those areas of the Township within which it can reasonably and economically extend such water service to Township residents except that the Telford Borough Authority shall have exclusive water service rights in an area of Hilltown Township known as “Water Region I” as set forth in an Agreement dated September 3, 1993, between Hilltown Township, Hilltown Township Water and Sewer Authority and Telford Borough Authority.[1]

[1] Editor’s Note: Said agreement is on file in the Township offices.

B. All municipal authorities operating within the corporate boundaries of Hilltown Township who intend to construct, extend or abandon any water line may do so upon written notice to the Township.