[Ord. No. 2022-01, 1/3/2022]
Any property owner in the Township who has not paid promptly
any municipal charge owing to the Township for which the property
becomes charged or assessed pursuant to the Municipal Claims and Tax
Liens Law, 53 P.S. § 7101 et seq., shall also include in
the payment of the charge or assessment an amount sufficient to compensate
the Township for its reasonable attorneys' fees incurred in the collection
of such delinquent charges in accordance with the Township's Schedule
of Attorneys' Fees, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Appendix
A, which schedule may be amended by resolution from time
to time.
[Ord. No. 2022-01, 1/3/2022]
1. At least
30 days prior to assessing or imposing attorneys' fees in connection
with the collection of a delinquent account, including municipal liens,
the Township shall, by United States Certified Mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, mail to the owner of the property being
so assessed a notice that includes the following:
A. A statement
of the Township's intent to impose or assess attorneys' fees within
30 days of mailing the notice; and
B. The manner
in which the imposition or assessment of attorneys' fees may be avoided
by payment of the delinquent account.
[Ord. No. 2022-01, 1/3/2022]
Pursuant to the authority set forth in the Municipal Claims
and Tax Liens Law, 53 P.S. 7101 et seq., the Township hereby establishes
an interest rate of 10% per annum assessable against all municipal
claims from the date of the completion of the work after it is filed
as a lien, and on claims for taxes, water rents or rates, lighting
rates or sewer rates, from the date of the filing of the lien therefor.
The interest collectible on any municipal claim arising out of a municipal
project for which the Township issued bonds to finance, however, shall
be the rate of interest of the bond issued for the project or 12%
per annum, whichever is less.