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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 67612. Assessment

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

The board of supervisors may provide for the payment of the cost of water lines or water systems in the township or in districts thereof by an assessment upon the properties accommodated or benefited by one of the following methods:

(1) By an assessment under a resolution or ordinance of the board of supervisors of each lot or piece of land in proportion to its frontage abutting on the water mains, allowing an equitable reduction in the case of corner properties and unusually shaped properties or in the case of properties abutting on more than one main as the resolution or ordinance may specify.

(2) By an equal assessment on all properties abutting on the mains in proportion to the total cost of construction.  The amount of the charge on each property shall be determined by the board of supervisors.

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