[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Pine 10-19-1988 by Ord. No. 172.[1] Amendments noted where applicable]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention — See Ch. 52.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 18, Fire Districts,
adopted 6-2-1975 by Ord. No. 91, as amended.
The Township of Pine shall have a single fire district to be known as
the "Pine Township Fire District." The Pine Township Fire District's territory
shall be the entire Township of Pine, and said district shall be bounded by
the geographic boundaries of the Township of Pine.
The Board of Supervisors shall arrange with the supplier of municipal
water within the Pine Township Fire District for the installation of the appropriate
number of fire hydrants in connection to the water mains so that the hydrants
maintain the water pressure approved by the fire insurance underwriters. The
Board of Supervisors shall annually pay the cost and charge of said fire hydrants
to the supplier of municipal water within the Pine Township Fire District.
The Board of Supervisors shall annually assess or cause to be assessed
the costs and expenses for the installation and maintenance of fire hydrants
and fire protection service within the Pine Township Fire District by an equal
assessment on all property or portions thereof, whether or not exempt from
taxation by existing law, as is within said district and which is within 780
feet of any fire hydrant located in said district.
Such assessments shall be collected in the same manner as taxes are
collected by the Township of Pine, and the Collector shall receive the same
commission as the Collector receives on the collection of Township real estate
taxes. The Township Treasurer shall receive all such assessments and keep
the same in a separate account.
