An annual assessment is hereby levied for calendar
year 1996 and subsequent years for the maintenance of electric streetlighting
in lighting districts within Washington Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania,
as established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors,
upon each property benefited within a designated lighting district.
The Board of Supervisors hereby affirms the
prior creation of a lighting district for all lots within the Hillside
Acres Subdivision. The Board of Supervisors also hereby creates a
lighting district for all lots within the Perkiomen Creek Farms II
Subdivision. The Board of Supervisors may also establish, from time
to time, additional lighting districts by resolution.
A. The establishment of a lighting district for all lots
within the Victoria Village Subdivision.
[Added 11-16-2000 by Res. No. 2000-13]
B. The establishment of a lighting district for all lots
within the Cubbler Court Subdivision.
[Added 11-16-2000 by Res. No. 2000-13]
The amount of the assessment imposed hereby
shall be established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors and
shall be uniform for each lot that is benefited within a lighting
district. For purposes of this article, each lot within a lighting
district shall be deemed to be benefited by the streetlighting, whether
or not there is a building erected on the lot. The amount of the assessment
may be changed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors may establish, by resolution,
regulations for streetlights within designated lighting districts
within Washington Township.
All annual assessments for electric streetlights
shall be filed with the Township Tax Collector for collection in the
same manner as other taxes imposed by Washington Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania. The assessment shall be billed on the annual real estate
tax bill for general Township purposes.
If any taxpayer fails to pay the assessment
authorized by this article and the assessment remains uncollected,
the assessment shall become a lien on the affected property and shall
be collectible by Washington Township in the same manner as other
municipal claims.
The Washington Township Tax Collector shall
be entitled to the same commission for this assessment as he or she
is entitled to for the collection of other Township taxes.
All assessments, when collected, shall be paid
over to the Treasurer of Washington Township, who shall receive and
keep them in a separate account and pay out the same only upon orders
signed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and attested by
the Township Secretary. The Township Tax Collector and the Township
Treasurer shall make a report to the Washington Township Board of
Auditors annually.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances which
are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Ordinance Nos. 92-5
and 93-8 are hereby specifically repealed.