Terms, words or phrases used in administering these regulations
and the district shall have the meanings as defined in Section 106
of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act 247 of 1968,
as amended. In addition, the following definitions also apply:
ANNUAL TRIPS
The sum of all trips generated by the development over a
twelve-month annual period.
BUILDING PERMIT
Those permits authorizing a developer to proceed into construction,
which are issued by the township.
DISTRICT FUNDS
A dedicated fund established by the Treasurer of the Township
of Springfield and known as the "Highway-Transit Improvement Fund"
for the receipt of all assessments and the expenditures for transportation
improvement.
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The multi-year plan and program prepared and adopted by the
Board of Commissioners of Springfield Township in accordance with
Section 4 of Act 47 of 1985, the Transportation Partnership Act.
TRIP
A single or one-direction vehicle movement with either the
origin or destination inside the development. This and other definitions
concerning trips and trip generation are those used in the report,
Trip Generation, Third Edition, Institute of Transportation Engineers,
1983, Washington, D.C., Part 1, Introduction.
TRIP FEE
The rate of assessment per trip established by the Township
Commissioners.
The Board of Commissioners of the Township of Springfield hereby
establishes a Transportation Development District encompassing the
entire township and directs that an annual and multi-year transportation
improvement program be prepared and maintained as required by Section
4 of the Act of July 9, 1985, No. 47, including the coordination of
the plan as required.
The Board of Commissioners in accordance with Section 3(a)(2)
of Act 47 hereby establishes a one-time assessment of $0.10 per trip
on all trips generated on an annual basis for the construction of
all new residential dwelling units and the construction, including
additions and renovations, of all commercial, institutional and industrial
construction as determined by the Trip Generation Report, except as
provided hereunder:
A. No assessment shall be made until a highway-transit improvement plan
is approved by the Board of Commissioners of Springfield Township.
B. For developments that are covered by the Transportation Development
District of Montgomery County and are subject to the County Highway-Transit
Improvement Fund, the township assessment shall be reduced by 50%,
provided that the developer shows proof of payment to the county.
In the event that the developer has not made payment as required by
Montgomery County's Transportation Development District prior
to the issuance of a building permit, the township will:
(1) Accept a deferred payment agreement for 50% of the township's
assessment under this chapter, and said deferred payment agreement
would subsequently become null and void when proof of payment to the
county is submitted to the township; or
(2) Accept the full assessment as levied by this chapter and issue a
refund of 50% at such time as the developer shows proof of payment
to the county.
The Department of Community Development shall be responsible
for:
A. Calculating the assessment to be levied on developers of property.
B. Entering into an agreement with developers for payment of the assessment,
subject to the approval of the Township Manager.
C. Issuing certificates of assessment payment.
D. Depositing all payment with the Treasurer in a Highway-Transit Improvement
Fund.
The Township Solicitor shall prepare agreements between developers
and the township for payment of the assessments.
The Township Treasurer shall establish a Highway-Transit Improvement
Fund where all funds from developers shall be deposited, as well as
any other funds or grants from other governments or sources that are
transmitted for transportation improvement purposes.
The expenditure of funds from the Highway-Transit Improvement
Fund shall be by order of the Board of Commissioners in accordance
with the adopted transportation improvement program and capital budget.
The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any Article,
section, clause, sentence, part or a provision thereof shall be held
illegal, invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such decision of the court shall not affect or impair the remaining
Articles, sections, sentences, clauses, parts or provisions of this
chapter. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Board that
this chapter would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional
Article, section, sentence, clause, part or provision had not been
included herein.