[Adopted 3-22-1954 by Ord. No. 4]
Fire protection districts in the Municipality of Murrysville are hereby designated as follows:
A. 
Murrysville District. Beginning on the Old William Penn Highway at the Allegheny County line; thence, extending eastwardly by said Old William Penn Highway, to the Town Square, and including Murrysville Plan No. 1, as laid out by the Equitable Gas Company, and including all property within 600 feet of any fire hydrant now erected or which may be hereafter erected in the area; thence, continuing by said Old William Penn Highway in an easterly direction to the intersection of the Old William Penn Highway with the ramp from the New William Penn Highway, which ramp begins near Dick's Diner, and including the Willard Place Plan and all property within 600 feet of any fire hydrant now erected or which may be hereafter erected in said district.
B. 
Meadowbrook Road District. Including all land within 600 feet of the fire hydrant now erected on Taylor Street, at the intersection of Taylor Street and the Meadowbrook Road.
C. 
Newlonsburg District. Beginning on the Old William Penn Highway at the eastern end of Murrysville District; thence, continuing easterly along said Old William Penn Highway to the Cline Hollow Road, including all property within 600 feet of any fire hydrant now erected or which may hereafter be erected in said district, and including also Woodview Manor Plan and all property within 600 feet of any fire hydrant now erected thereon or which shall or may be hereafter erected thereon.
D. 
Friesell Plan District. Beginning at the intersection of the Old William Penn Highway and the Friesell Plan Road; thence, by the streets in the Friesell Plan, in a northerly direction, including all property within 600 feet of any fire hydrant now erected thereon or hereafter to be erected thereon.
E. 
White Valley District. Beginning at a point on the Old William Penn Highway at or near where the North Branch of Turtle Creek crosses said Old William Penn Highway; thence, in an easterly direction by said Highway to the westerly line of the White Valley School property, including the Village of White Valley, the Pedora Plan and all property within 600 feet of any fire hydrant now erected thereon or which may be hereafter erected thereon.
F. 
Dunningtown District. Beginning at the northeasterly property line of Jack Laguna, and extending in an easterly direction through Dunningtown-Ringertown to the easterly end thereof, including all property within 600 feet of any fire hydrant erected thereon or which may be hereafter erected thereon.
[Amended 12-16-1991 by Ord. No. 305-91]
The districts aforementioned are hereby adopted, as described or expanded by water/hydrant service. Any waterline extension resulting in the placement of fire hydrants beyond the limits of the district shall result in assessment of properties so served.
[Amended 12-16-1991 by Ord. No. 305-91]
The Council does hereby levy, for the acquisition of a water system, for the maintenance of such fire hydrants and for the purchase of hose, etc., an annual tax of 0.15 mills on said properties abutting on said highways, streets and alleys, or portions thereof, and upon property within 600 feet of any fire hydrant in the district benefited thereby, based upon the assessment for county tax purposes; provided, however, that no such tax shall be levied upon such land used as an aviation field or against any other property not benefited thereby. Such tax shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes. The collector shall receive the same commission as on the municipal tax. The Township Treasurer shall receive all such tax collected for fire protection and shall keep it in a separate account and pay the same out only upon order signed by the President of the Council, attested by the Chief Administrator. The Treasurer shall make a report to the Municipal Auditors annually.
In case any other section of the Municipality should petition the Council for like protection, the same shall be done under the provisions set forth herein in accordance with this article and the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided and, likewise, under the same terms and conditions, to the end that the citizens of the Municipality in various districts may receive like and equal protection.
The proper officers of said Municipality are hereby authorized and empowered to take necessary steps and make proper expenditures to put into effect the fire protection districts, and likewise, they are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts necessary and convenient for the furtherance of this particular work.
Said Council is empowered to make and execute any contracts for the extension of said fire protection to private property owners which said property owners are not on the main roads, streets or alleys, upon their defraying all necessary expenses in connection with the installation and operation of said services as above set forth.
The Council is authorized and empowered to collect the aforesaid tax in the same manner as other delinquent taxes on real estate are collected, either by filing a lien in the Prothonotary's office of Westmoreland County or by making return thereof to the proper authorities of said county, as provided by the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided.