11 results for “fire infrastructure” · proposal
11 results for “fire infrastructure” · proposal
This legislation amends Pennsylvania's Second Class Township Code to establish and clarify tax levy authorities for second-class townships. The amendments modify Section 3205 regarding township and special tax levies, allowing township boards of supervisors to levy taxes on real property for various purposes, including general township operations (up to fourteen mills, potentially increased to nineteen mills by court petition), highway lighting (five mills), public buildings (fifty percent of general tax rate), fire protection (three mills with provisions for employee compensation), fire hydrants (two mills), parks and recreation, and debt service. The act was passed on December 1, 2004, as House Bill 250 and represents updates to taxation authority originally established in 1933.
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This subdivision proposal for Arcadia - Phase 3C seeks to create one detached residential lot on approximately 9.323 acres in Knox County Commission District 5, with zoning in the Planned Residential and Floodway zones. The developer, Beacon Park, LLC, requested one alternative design standard to reduce the minimum horizontal curve radius from 250 feet to 100 feet, which requires Planning Commission approval. Staff recommendations include compliance with engineering and public works requirements, connection to sanitary sewer, designation of common area, provision of appropriate street naming, compliance with Fire Marshal requirements, and installation of a temporary turnaround at the southern terminus of Arcadia Peninsula Way during the design phase.
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This Pennsylvania legislation amends the Second Class Township Code to establish the framework for township and special tax levies. The amendment specifies authorized tax rates that township boards of supervisors may levy on real property, including limits of fourteen mills for general purposes (expandable to nineteen mills with court approval), five mills for highway lighting, three mills for fire apparatus and services, two mills for fire hydrants, and additional levies for public buildings, parks and recreation, and debt service. The legislation requires voter approval when fire-related taxes exceed three mills and permits townships to allocate up to one mill of fire tax revenue for employee compensation.
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