[Adopted 10-28-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Clinton, Butler County, Pennsylvania, does hereby establish a fire hydrant tax pursuant to the authority granted under Section 1802(a)(1) of The Second Class Township Code. 53 RS. § 66802(a)(1).
The tax shall be an equal assessment upon all property, whether or not exempt from taxation by existing law, within 780 feet of any fire hydrant based upon the assessment of property for Butler County tax purposes. The assessment shall be imposed annually, and based upon the Township's actual costs for the provision, maintenance, and operation of the fire hydrants within the Township. The amount of the annual assessment shall be set forth by resolutions adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Clinton Township from time to time.
Pursuant to Section 3301(a) of The Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 68301(a), all assessments levied hereunder shall be filed with the Township Tax Collector, who shall give 30 days' written or printed notice that the assessments are due and payable. The notice shall state the due date to each party assessed and be served by mailing notice to the owner of the property. If any assessment remains unpaid 90 days after the due date, it shall be turned over to the Township Solicitor for collection by means of an action in assumpsit for recovery or a municipal lien filed against the property of the delinquent owner for the amount of the unpaid assessment, plus interest established by the Board of Supervisors from the date the assessment was due. If an owner has two or more lots against which there is an assessment for the same year, the lots shall be embraced in one claim. Assessments, when collected, shall be paid over to the Township Treasurer, who shall deposit and keep them in a separate account, to be paid out only for expenses incurred for the provision, maintenance, and operation of the fire hydrants within the Township.