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§ 12918. Petition for opening

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 11 Pa.C.S.A. CitiesEffective: January 25, 2016

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 11 Pa.C.S.A. Cities
Part V. Third Class Cities (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 129. Streets
Effective: January 25, 2016
11 Pa.C.S.A. § 12918
Formerly cited as PA ST 53 P.S. § 37918
§ 12918. Petition for opening
(a) Presentment to council.--A petition may be presented to council for the opening, widening, straightening, altering, extending, vacating, establishing or reestablishing of the grade of any street.
(b) Majority of property owners required.--A petition made pursuant to this section shall be:
(1) Signed by a majority, in number and interest, of the owners of property abutting on the line of the proposed improvement or vacation as fixed at the time of presentation of the petition.
(2) Verified by affidavit of one or more of the petitioners.
(c) Majority in interest.--The majority in interest of owners of undivided interests in any piece of property shall be deemed as one person for the purposes of the petition.

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2015, Nov. 24, P.L. 242, No. 67, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 25, 2016].
11 Pa.C.S.A. § 12918, PA ST 11 Pa.C.S.A. § 12918
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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