The Township hereby declares its intention and reasonable expectation
to seek reimbursement via assessment from the owners of any properties
receiving the benefit of fire hydrant services ("benefitted properties").
"Benefitted properties" is defined as all real estate abutting upon
highways, streets, roads, alleys or portions thereof, within 780 feet
of any public fire hydrant that is not farmland or an airport which
is privately owned and which is not open or intended to be open to
the public. Vacant lots between built-up sections, whether tilled
or not tilled, shall not be deemed to be farmland under this chapter.
The Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes the Township Tax
Collector to prepare billing statements for the assessment and collect
the same from all benefitted properties. The Township Secretary will
provide the Township Tax Collector with a list of the benefitted properties
by February 15 of each calendar year so billing statements can be
prepared and mailed with the calendar year municipal tax billings.
The Township Engineer shall prepare a summary of the benefitted properties within the Township. The original and all updated summaries shall be completed in accordance with the timing proscribed in §
138-3 herein. The Board of Supervisors may authorize updated summaries of the same on an annual basis which updated summaries shall be approved by official vote of the Board.
This chapter shall take effect immediately. All prior ordinances
and/or portions thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phase of
this chapter is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this chapter. West Manheim Township hereby declares that it would
have passed this chapter without the sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses and phrases declared to be unconstitutional.