Title 58 — Townships

For the purpose of making an improvement project and defraying the cost by special assessment, a board of township supervisors may create an improvement district upon petition of sixty percent of the freeholders in a proposed improvement district area. The improvement district mu…

Each improvement district must be of such size and form as to include all properties, which in the judgment of the board of township supervisors will be benefited by the construction of the improvement project that is proposed to be made in or for the district.

After an improvement district has been created, the board of township supervisors shall direct a competent engineer to prepare a report as to the general nature, purpose, and feasibility of the proposed improvement and an estimate of the probable cost of the work. The board of to…

At the special township meeting for public disclosure of the findings of the engineer, the freeholders of the township in attendance are entitled to vote on the question of whether to proceed with the improvement project. Upon approval by sixty percent or more of the votes cast a…

If the election under this chapter results in approval of a project, the board of township supervisors may cause the improvement to be made and may levy and collect assessments from the improvement district.

Any aggrieved freeholder may appeal the special assessment against the freeholder's real property by providing the township clerk a written notice of appeal, stating the grounds upon which the appeal is based, within twenty days after the special township meeting. The clerk shall…

When it is proposed to finance in whole or in part the construction of a project with funds raised through the collection of special assessments, the township has the authority granted to municipalities in chapters 40-22, 40-23, 40-23.1, 40-24, 40-25, 40-26, 40-27, and 40-28, and…