§ 835. Creation of neighborhood improvement district
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 73 P.S. Trade and CommerceEffective: February 20, 2001
Effective: February 20, 2001
73 P.S. § 835
§ 835. Creation of neighborhood improvement district
(1) A copy of everything required under this section, as well as the date, location and time of any public hearing required by this act, shall be provided by the municipal corporation to all property owners and lessees of property owners located in the proposed NID at least 30 days prior to the first public hearing required by this section.
(2) At least one public hearing, no earlier than 15 days apart, for the purpose of receiving public comment from affected property owners within the proposed NID, on the proposed NIDP, shall be held by the municipality before the establishment of an NID. Notice of the hearing shall be advertised at least ten days prior thereto in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
(3) Any objections by property owners within the proposed NID must be made in writing by persons representing the ownership of 40%, in numbers, of the benefited properties within the NID. Objections must be signed by the property owner and filed in the office of the clerk for the governing body of the municipality in which the NID is proposed.
(x) The method of determining the amount of the assessment fee to be levied on property owners within the NID under section 71.
(vii) Provide that a negative vote of at least 40% of the property owners within the NID proposed in the final plan shall be required to defeat the establishment of the proposed NID by filing objections with the clerk for the governing body of the municipality within 45 days of presentation of the final plan where the governing body of municipality is inclined to establish the NID.
(d) Final plan.--Prior to the establishment of an NID, the municipality shall submit a revised final plan to property owners located within the proposed NID which incorporates changes made to the plan based on comments from affected property owners within the NID provided at the public hearings or at some other time. Changes to the final plan which differ from the preliminary plan shall also be so indicated in an easily discernible method for the reader, including, but not limited to, changes being in boldfaced or italicized type.
(e) Public hearing.--At least one public hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment on any revisions to the preliminary plan made following suggestions by affected property owners within the proposed NID and reflected in the final NIDP shall be held by the municipal corporation before enacting an ordinance establishing an NID. Notice of the hearing shall be advertised at least ten days prior thereto in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
(1) Following the last public hearing required under subsection (e) or under subsection (g) if an amendment to the final plan, affected property owners located within a proposed NID shall have 45 days from the date of the hearing to object to and disapprove the final plan or any amendment to the final plan under the requirements of subsection (b)(3).
(2) If 40% or more of the affected property owners within the proposed NID fail to register their disapproval of the final plan or amendment to the final plan in writing with the clerk of the governing body of the municipality in which the NID is proposed, the governing body of the municipality may, following the 45-day period, enact a municipal ordinance establishing an NID under this act or, in the case of an amendment to the final plan, adopt any amendments to the ordinance.
Prior to the governing body of the municipality approving any of the changes in this paragraph, the governing body shall hold at least one public hearing to determine that such changes are in the public interest as it relates to affected property owners within the NID.
(3) The municipality shall provide public notice of the hearing for any amendments by publication of a notice in at least one newspaper having a general circulation in the NID specifying the time and the place of such hearing and the amendments to be considered. This notice shall be published once at least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing.
(5) Prior to the adoption of any amendment to the NID boundary which increases the size of the NID, any owner of property to be added to the NID shall be notified of the date, time and location of the public hearing on the proposed amendment to the final plan and provided all information required by subsection (c).
Credits
2000, Dec. 20, P.L. 949, No. 130, § 5, effective in 60 days.
Footnotes
73 P.S. § 837.
73 P.S. § 835, PA ST 73 P.S. § 835
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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