[Ord. 642, 3/23/2006, § 1]
An assessment is hereby imposed upon the residents of Warminster
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania pursuant to the Second Class
Township Code, Section 2003(a)(2).
[Ord. 642, 3/23/2006, § 1]
The following terms shall have the following meanings when used
in this Part 6:
DEVELOPMENT
Any subdivision or land development in Warminster Township,
including any individual section of a subdivision or land development.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership or other business
entity, including a homeowners' or condominium association.
PROPERTY OWNER
Any person who owns property in Warminster Township, including
but not limited to condominium owners, municipalities, municipal authorities
and homeowners' associations.
STREETLIGHT
Any light owned or intended to be owned and operated by Warminster
Township which is erected for the purpose of illuminating a public
street in Warminster Township.
STREETLIGHTING DISTRICTS
A development, area, subdivision, apartment complex or other
combination of parcels, developments, areas, subdivisions or apartment
complexes where the assessment for the streetlights located on all
of the streets included in the streetlighting district are divided
evenly by the property owners in the streetlighting districts.
[Ord. 642, 3/23/2006, § 1]
The purpose of the assessment levied by this Part 6 shall be
to provide funds for the cost of streetlights in Warminster Township.
[Ord. 642, 3/23/2006, § 1; as amended by Ord. 647,
11/9/2006, § 1]
The following method of assessment of streetlighting costs shall
constitute the sole method of assessment in Warminster Township:
1. For each streetlighting district, except Warminster Heights:
A. The streetlighting
bill shall be the sum of the following:
(1) The previous year's total electricity bill;
(2) An additional 10% of that annualized electricity bill as an administrative
fee;
(3) The total actual cost of maintenance for the streetlighting district
for the previous year; and
(4) An additional 5% as a restricted capital reserve fund, the proceeds
of which shall only be used for costs associated with repair or replacement
of streetlighting in the applicable streetlighting district.
B. That
resulting sum shall be divided by the total number of property owners
in the streetlighting district and the quotient shall be the per-property-owner
charge.
C. The per-property-owner
charge should be assessed to each property owner in that streetlighting
district.
D. The calculation
set forth in the above subsection shall be made each January prior
to the issuance of tax bills.
2. For Warminster Heights:
A. The streetlighting
bill shall be the sum of the following:
(1) The previous year's total electricity bill;
(2) An additional 10% of that annualized bill as an administrative fee;
and
(3) The total actual cost of maintenance for Warminster Heights for the
previous year.
B. The total
bill should be sent to the Warminster Heights Homeowners' Association.
[Ord. 642, 3/23/2006, § 1]
1. The Tax Collector of Warminster Township shall collect the assessment
imposed by this Part 6. The assessments for streetlights shall be
filed with the Township Tax Collector for collection in the same manner
as Township taxes are collected.
2. If said assessment is uncollected, the same shall be a lien and shall
be collectable in the same manner as other municipal claims.
3. The Township Tax Collector shall be entitled to the same commission
as (s)he is entitled to for the collection of other Township taxes.
4. All assessments under this Part 6, when collected, shall be paid
over to the Township Treasurer, who shall receive and keep same in
a separate account and pay out the same only upon orders signed by
the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, attested by the Secretary.
The Tax Collector and the Treasurer shall make a report to the auditors
of the Township annually.
[Ord. 642, 3/23/2006, § 1]
The following streetlighting districts, and streets contained
in those streetlighting districts, are created in Warminster Township:
C. Laurel Hill.
(3)
Roberts Road — York Road to Stratford Road.
E. Warminster Heights.
(1)
The streetlights located on the streets contained on Exhibits
A and B attached to this Part 6.
F. Meadow Glenn.
[Ord. 647, 11/9/2006, § 2]
G. Bethany Circle.
[Ord. 647, 11/9/2006, § 2]
H. Ann's Choice.
[Ord. 731, 8/18/2016]
I. Veterans Way/Veterans Circle.
[Added by Ord. 747, 7/19/2018]
(1)
Veterans Way (in between Johnsville Boulevard and Jacksonville
Road) and Veterans Circle, including the following parcels:
(w)
49-024-015-013.
NOTE: Property subdivided from the above list of parcels within
the Veterans Way/Veterans Circle District, and assigned a new parcel
number, shall also be considered within the district.
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