§ 66802. Fire hydrants and water supply
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations
53 P.S. § 66802
§ 66802. Fire hydrants and water supply
(a) The board of supervisors may place, replace, operate, maintain and repair or contract with water companies or municipal authorities for the placing, replacing, operating, maintaining and repairing of fire hydrants to water mains, maintaining pressures approved by fire insurance underwriters along highways, streets, roads and alleys within the township or provide for or acquire a water supply system equipped to supply sufficient water for the protection of property from fire. The moneys necessary for providing or acquiring these fire protection services may be obtained by one of the following methods:
(2) The board of supervisors may annually assess the cost of fire protection by an equal assessment on all property, whether or not exempt from taxation under existing law, abutting upon highways, streets, roads and alleys within seven hundred and eighty feet of any fire hydrant in proportion to the number of feet the property abuts any water main or within seven hundred and eighty feet of any fire hydrant on the water main. The board of supervisors may provide for an equitable reduction from the frontage of lots at intersections or where, due to the irregular shape of lots, an assessment of the full frontage would be inequitable.
(3) The board of supervisors may pay the cost for fire protection out of the general township fund. If the board of supervisors elects to pay the cost of fire protection services out of the general fund, any special fire protection districts and annual assessments shall be abolished. All moneys in the separate accounts for the special fire protection districts shall be paid into the general fund.
(c) All assessments for fire protection shall be collected by the tax collector under section 3301(a).1
Credits
1933, May 1, P.L. 103, No. 69, § 1802. Reenacted and amended 1995, Nov. 9, P.L. 350, No. 60, § 1, effective in 180 days.
Footnotes
53 P.S. § 68301(a).
53 P.S. § 66802, PA ST 53 P.S. § 66802
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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