[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
East Norriton 12-12-1972 by Ord. No. 88.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "East Norriton Township Streetlight
Ordinance."
In all cases where the owners of a majority of the linear-foot frontage
along any road, highway or portion thereof within the Township, including
those cases where a land developer, at the time of filing a subdivision plan
showing streetlights, petitions the Board of Supervisors to cause to be installed
streetlighting, it shall be the duty of the Township Manager to establish
a streetlight district which shall include all properties within 250 feet
of such lighting and to review for approval the necessary contracts with the
supplier of energy for the streetlighting.
Upon the establishment of a streetlight district, the Township Manager
shall determine as nearly as possible the annual cost and expenses of maintenance
of streetlighting in the district and shall determine the costs per front
foot to be assessed on the individual lots within the district in accordance
with this chapter in order to recover from the lots benefited said costs and
expenses of streetlighting after receipt of bills for the same from the supplier.
In any case where a corner lot is involved, the frontage of the lot
for purposes of this chapter shall be deemed to be the longer side of the
lot along a street within the light district.
In any case where a lot abuts two streets in any streetlight district
but is not a corner lot, assessment shall be made only for that portion of
the lot abutting on the street contiguous to the front yard of the lot.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The same definition as is contained in the East Norriton Township
Zoning Ordinance.[1]
In cases of vacant lots, the assessment per front foot shall be only
25% of the assessment per front foot against property with improvements thereon.
After having determined the amount to be assessed against each lot in
each district, the Township Manager shall then file the assessment with the
Township Tax Collector for collection. In the event that the assessments are
not paid within 90 days of the day of notice from the Tax Collector, they
shall be placed in the hands of the Township Solicitor for collection in accordance
with the Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, Art. VII, § 702, as amended.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 65702.
Upon receipt from the Tax Collector of paid assessments, the Township
Treasurer shall keep the funds in a separate account and pay said fund out
only upon orders signed by the Chairman of the Township Board of Supervisors
and attested to by the Township Secretary.
