Pennsylvania Act 1937-261 — FIRST CLASS CITIES, SEWER DISTRICTS

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FIRST CLASS CITIES, SEWER DISTRICTS
                  Act of May 28, 1937, P.L. 950, No. 261              Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Providing for the creation of sewer districts in cities of the
        first class for the construction of sewers and sewer systems;
        and providing the method of assessing the expenses of such
        construction upon properties abutting such sewer or served
        and accommodated thereby.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That any city of the first
     class may, in constructing any sewer or sewer system for the
     accommodation of certain portion only of the city, constitute
     the territory into a sewer district or divide it into several
     sewer districts. In every such case of division into several
     districts, the city shall make an estimate of the proportion of
     the cost of the sewer or sewer system which should be equitably
     charged on each such district, and declare and establish such
     apportionment by resolution. No district shall be charged with
     more than its due proportion of the cost of the main sewers used
     jointly by more than one district, and the aggregate amount
     charged on property in any such district shall not exceed the
     estimate. Any amount not legally chargeable upon properties
     benefited shall be paid by the city.
        Section 2.  The charge for sewer construction in any sewer
     district shall be assessed upon the properties accommodated or
     benefited in either the following methods:
        (a)  By an assessment, pursuant to a resolution of the
     council of the city, of each lot or piece of land, in proportion
     to its frontage abutting on the sewer, allowing such reduction,
     in the case of properties abutting on more than one sewer, as
     the resolution may specify.
        (b)  By an assessment upon the several properties abutting on
     the sewer in proportion to benefits. The amount of the charge on
     each property shall be ascertained as provided by law for the
     assessment of benefits by viewers for sewer improvements.
        (c)  By the imposition of a charge or rental against the
     properties served or accommodated by such sewer or sewer system
     as provided by law for the imposition of such charges or rentals
     by cities, where more than one district is created the
     assessment in the different districts may be by different
     methods.
        Section 3.  All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the
     provisions of this act are hereby repealed.