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14 results for “property tax increase” · 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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The Zoning Hearing Board of Doylestown Township considered an application by Peter and Donna Acquavella to construct an in-ground swimming pool at their residential property (Tax Parcel No. 09-057-053), which would increase impervious surface coverage from the allowed 20% to 30.1% in the R-1 Residential Zoning District. Hearings were held on January 25, 2024, and February 22, 2024, at the Doylestown Township Building, with the application filed on December 20, 2024, and a decision mailed on April 8, 2024. The applicants sought a variance from §175-38 of the Doylestown Township Zoning Ordinance to permit the pool construction on their 18,578-square-foot lot.
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