[Adopted 3-20-1967 by Ord. No. 68 (Ch. XXIX, Part 3, of the 2013 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 1-8-1973 by Ord. No. 96; 2-24-1975 by Ord. No. 106; 3-4-1977 by Ord. No. 134; 2-27-1978 by Ord. No. 143; 1-6-1986 by Ord. No. 180; 1-14-2002 by Ord. No. 278; 12-2007 by Res. No. 2006-32; 12-2007 by Res. No. 2007-36; 12-2008 by Res. No. 2008-24]
A per capita trash and refuse collection tax in the amount of $75 per household with single occupancy, $145 per household with double occupancy and $210 per household with three or more occupants, per annum, for the collection, removal and disposal of trash and/or refuse from the dwellings situate within the areas heretofore referred to is levied and assessed under § 2101, et seq., of the Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 67101, et seq., and its amendments, upon each adult taxable resident of the following areas, villages, developments and/or subdivisions and extensions and additions thereto: Beverly Heights, Colony Park, Cornwall Terrace, Drexelwood, Gelsinger Road, Grings Hill Estates, Gring's Hill Road, Hain Road, Lenape Valley, Lincoln Park, Midvale Manor, Miller Road, Montrose Manor, Oak Meadows, Oakview Estates, Oakview Estates II, Oak Terrace, The Oaks, Old Fritztown Road, Pendergast Road, Reedy Road, Reedy Run, Shiloh Hills, Springmont, Spring Ridge, Springton Village, Stonegate/Wagner Farm, Tallowyck, TomLisa Heights, Werner Estates, Western Meadows, West Wyomissing, Wheatfield Road, Wheaton Heights, Whitfield, North Whitfield, Whitfield Wyomissing, Wilshire, Wilshire Meadows, the village abutting Old Fritztown Road between Gring's Hill Road and Fritztown Road, village abutting Wheatfield Road from Gring's Hill Road to Chapel Hill Road, village abutting Hain Road between Old Fritztown Road and the common boundary line of the Townships of Spring and Cumru. The Township of Spring reserves the right to add new areas, subdivisions, villages and/or developments pursuant to appropriate resolution of the Township Board of Supervisors. Said tax shall be effective for the entirety of calendar year 2002, and shall continue in effect unless and until repealed.
Such tax shall be collected by the duly elected or appointed Tax Collector of the Township of Spring in the same manner and at the same time as other Township taxes are collected as provided by the Local Tax Collection Law of 1945, as amended and supplemented.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 72 P.S. § 5511.1 et seq.
The Tax Collector shall give bond, secured and conditioned for the collection and payment of such taxes as provided by law for other Township taxes.
[Amended 3-14-1977 by Ord. No. 134; 1-6-1986 by Ord. No. 180]
All adult taxable residents subject to the payment of the within per capita refuse collection tax shall be entitled to a discount of 2% of the amount of such tax making payment of whole amount thereof within two months after the date of the tax notice. All adult taxable residents who shall fail to make payment of any such taxes charged against them for four months after the date of the tax notice shall be charged to a penalty of 10%, which penalty shall be added to the taxes by the Tax Collector and be collected by him.
The entry of the per capita refuse collection tax in the tax duplicate and the issuance of such duplicate to the Tax Collector shall constitute his warrant for the collection of the per capita refuse collection tax hereby levied and assessed.
The expense of collection and compensation of the Tax Collector shall be paid and allowed as provided in the Local Tax Collection Law of 1945, as amended and supplemented, which compensation shall be the same as shall be fixed from time to time for the collection of other Township taxes.
The Tax Collector shall give notice to the taxpayers of the amount of per capita refuse collection tax under article, at the same time and in the same manner as provided by the Local Tax Collection Law of 1945, as amended and supplemented.
In case the Tax Collector shall, at any time, find within the areas of the Township of Spring heretofore designated, any adult taxable resident whose name does not appear upon the tax duplicate, he shall report the name of such person forthwith to the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring, which shall promptly certify the same to the Tax Collector reporting such name; whereupon, the Tax Collector shall add such name and the assessment of this per capita refuse collection tax against such person to the duplicate of the refuse collection area of the Township of Spring, and shall proceed to collect the same.
The Tax Collector shall give notice to the taxpayers; shall have the power to collect such taxes by distress; shall have the power and authority to demand and receive such tax from the employer of any person owing any per capita refuse collection tax; shall remit such taxes to the Treasurer of the Township of Spring by separate statement at the same time as other taxes are remitted to the said Township; shall allow discounts and add penalties; shall generally be subject to all the duties and shall have all the rights and authority inferred upon him by the Local Tax Collection Law of 1945, as amended and supplemented. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring in enacting this article to confer upon the Tax Collector in the collection of this per capita refuse collection tax, all the powers together with all the duties and obligations to the same extent and as more fully provided for in the Local Tax Collection Law of 1945, as amended and supplemented.
If any sentence, clause or section of this article is, for any reason, found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses or sections or parts of this article. It is hereby declared as the intent of the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Spring that this article would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence, clause, section or part thereof not been included therein.