[Adopted 12-15-2005 by Ord. No. 05-13[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. III, Fire Hydrant Tax, adopted 1-21-1999 by Ord. No. 99-01.
The Second Class Township Code, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Section 3205 (a)(4), authorizes the Board of Supervisors to levy a special tax upon real property within the Township, not to exceed three mills, for the purchase of fire apparatus, the maintaining of the apparatus, the housing of the apparatus, the contracting of fire services and the like and to assess by an equal assessment upon all benefited properties.
The Board of Supervisors will establish a Fire Service Appropriations Fund to account for all revenues collected and payment of such expenditures as permitted under Section 3205 (a)(4) and will annually, by resolution, establish the millage rate.
The Board of Supervisors of West Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania hereby enacts and ordains a special tax, known as the "fire service appropriations tax" in the amount of 0.22 mills for the year 2006 upon real estate in the Township of West Brandywine for purposes set forth in Section 3205 (a)(4) of the Second Class Township Code on this the 15th day of December 2005.