[Adopted 3-6-1951 by Ord.
No. 2]
Those portions of the Township of Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
located and being within 600 feet (measured in a straight line) of
any hydrant now or hereafter located within said Township, over which
said Township now or hereafter exercises jurisdiction or control or
for which the Township of Bristol now or hereafter pays to the Borough
of Bristol a rental or service charge or fee, are hereby declared
to be fire districts of the Township of Bristol.
For the fiscal year 1951 and yearly thereafter until changed, modified, amended or repealed by ordinance of the Township of Bristol, a special fire tax of one mill on the valuation assessed for county purposes as established for general taxation is hereby levied and assessed on all surface properties located within said fire districts created by § 180-1 of this article. The rate of taxation, expressed in dollars and cents, on each $100 of such assessed valuation of taxable property is $0.10.
All taxpayers subject to the payment of the special fire tax
herein levied and assessed shall be entitled to a discount of 2% of
the amount of such tax upon making payment of the whole amount thereof
within two months after the date of the tax notice. All taxpayers
who fail to make payment of any such taxes for a period of four months
after the date of the tax notice shall be charged a penalty of 5%,
which penalty shall be added to the taxes by the Treasurer or Tax
Collector of the Township of Bristol and be collected by him.
Said special fire tax and penalties thereon shall be collected
by the duly elected or appointed Treasurer or Tax Collector for the
Township of Bristol in the same manner and at the same time or times
as other Township taxes are collected, as provided by the Local Tax
Collection Law,[1] and the remedies available for the collection of other
taxes shall apply and be available to the Township of Bristol and
the Treasurer or Tax Collector thereof for the collection of the tax
herein levied and assessed.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 72 P.S. § 5511.1 et seq.
The entry of said special fire tax in the tax duplicate and
issuance of said duplicate to the Treasurer or Tax Collector shall
constitute his warrant for the collection of said special fire tax
herein levied and assessed.
The Treasurer or Tax Collector shall give notice to the taxpayers
at the same time and in the same manner as provided by the Local Tax
Collection Law of 1945, as amended and supplemented.[1] Failure to receive notice shall not relieve any taxpayer
from the payment of any taxes imposed by this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 72 P.S. § 5511.1 et seq.
The expenses of collection and compensation of the Treasurer
or Tax Collector shall be paid and allowed as provided in the Local
Tax Collection Law of 1945, as amended and supplemented,[1] which compensation shall be the same as fixed from time
to time by the Township of Bristol for the collection of other Township
taxes.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 72 P.S. § 5511.1 et seq.
It is the intent of this article to confer and there is hereby
conferred upon the Treasurer or Tax Collector of the Township of Bristol
all the powers, together with all the duties and obligations, to the
same extent and as fully as provided for in the Local Tax Collection
Law of 1945, as amended and supplemented.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 72 P.S. § 5511.1 et seq.
[Added 12-16-1953 by Ord.
No. 59]
There is hereby created a fire district in a certain portion
of the Township of Bristol aforesaid, said fire district to be composed
of that area of said Township of Bristol which is located within 6,000
feet of any fireplug located or placed in that area of Levittown in
the Township of Bristol aforesaid shown on plans named and recorded
in the office for recording of deeds in Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
as follows:
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Plan
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Date
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Book
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Page
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 1
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January 28, 1952
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4
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40
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 2
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January 28, 1952
|
4
|
41
|
|
Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 3
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January 28, 1952
|
4
|
42
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 4
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June 6, 1952
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4
|
49
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 5
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June 6, 1952
|
4
|
50
|
|
Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 12
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August 29, 1952
|
5
|
40
|
|
Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 13
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August 29, 1952
|
5
|
41
|
|
Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 14
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October 20, 1952
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5
|
47
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 15
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October 20, 1952
|
5
|
48
|
|
Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 20
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December 1, 1952
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6
|
11
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 21
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March 2, 1953
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6
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21
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 22
|
March 2, 1953
|
6
|
22
|
|
Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 23
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June 24, 1953
|
6
|
33
|
|
Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 24
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June 24, 1953
|
6
|
34
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 25
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June 24, 1953
|
6
|
35
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 26
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July 17, 1953
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6
|
45
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 27
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July 17, 1953
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6
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46
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 28
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June 24, 1953
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6
|
36
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 29
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June 24, 1953
|
6
|
37
|
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Subdivision Map, Levittown - Section 30
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June 24, 1953
|
6
|
38
|
[Added 12-16-1953 by Ord.
No. 59]
For the fiscal year 1954, there is hereby levied and assessed on all surface properties or real estate located within the fire district created by § 180-9 of this article a special fire tax of one mill on the valuation assessed for county purposes as established for general taxation.
[Added 12-16-1953 by Ord.
No. 59]
Said special fire tax shall be collected in the same manner
as provided by, and under and subject to, the provisions of the Act
of Assembly of May 25, 1945, P.L. 1050, as amended, said Act being
known as the "Local Tax Collection Law."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 72 P.S. § 5511.1 et seq.
[Added 3-11-1959 by Ord.
No. 283]
There is hereby created a fire district in a certain portion
of the Township more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the middle of the Newportville-Fallsington
Road with the middle of Legislative Route 152; thence along the middle
of the said Newportville-Fallsington Road in a northeasterly direction
to the middle of Edgely Road; thence along the middle of the Edgely
Road in a northerly direction to the corner of lands now or late of
Hunter Manufacturing Company; thence along said lands northeasterly
to the middle of Wistar Road, southerly to a point 200 feet from the
intersection of Wistar Road with Newportville Road, a corner of lands
of the Danherst Corporation; thence along said lands northeasterly
and southerly to the middle of the said Newportville-Fallsington Road;
thence along the middle of the said Newportville-Fallsington Road
in a northeasterly direction to the line of the Township of Falls;
thence along the line of the said Township of Falls southerly and
southwesterly to the Levittown Parkway (formerly Oxford Valley-Tullytown
Road); thence along the middle of said Levittown Parkway southerly
to the boundary line of the Borough of Tullytown; thence along said
boundary line southwesterly and southerly to the Pennsylvania Canal;
thence along the said Pennsylvania Canal southwesterly to the line
of lands now or late of Corrine Wheeler; thence along said lands northerly
and northwesterly to the line of lands known and laid out as Riverview
Farms Section No. 2; thence along said lands and land of the Philadelphia
Electric Company northerly to the middle of Mill Creek Road; thence
along the middle of Mill Creek Road southwesterly to the middle of
the said Edgely Road; thence along the middle of Edgely Road southerly
to the line of lands of the Philadelphia Electric Company; thence
along said lands southeasterly to the middle of Bloomsdale Road; thence
along the middle of said Bloomsdale Road southerly to the northerly
line of said lands southwesterly to the line of lands now or late
of Levitt and Sons, Inc.; thence along said lands northerly to the
northerly line of lands of the said Philadelphia Electric Company;
thence along said lands southwesterly to the line of lands now or
late of Joseph Ponzek; thence along said lands northwesterly to the
middle of the Bristol-Oxford Road; thence along the middle of the
Bristol-Oxford Road northerly to the line of lands known and laid
out as Section 52, Mill Creek Falls, Levittown; thence along said
lands southwesterly to the line of lands of E. Heath; thence along
said lands northerly and northwesterly to the middle of Legislative
Route 152, northerly to the line of lands now or late of Samuel Baiocchi;
thence along said lands southwesterly, northerly and northeasterly
to the middle of the said Legislative Route 152; thence along the
middle of said Legislative Route 152 northerly to the middle of the
said Newportville-Fallsington Road and place of beginning.
[Added 3-11-1959 by Ord.
No. 283]
For the fiscal year 1959 and yearly thereafter unit changed, modified, amended or repealed by ordinance, there is hereby levied and assessed on all surface properties or real estate located within the fire district created by § 180-12 of this article a special fire tax of one mill on the valuation assessed for county purposes as established for general taxation.
[Added 3-11-1959 by Ord.
No. 283]
The said special fire tax shall be collected in the same manner
as provided by, and under and subject to, the provisions of the Act
of Assembly of May 25, 1945, P.L. 1050, as amended and supplemented,
said Act being known as the “Local Tax Collection Law.”[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: See 72 P.S. § 5511.1 et seq.
