Local Pipeline Ordinance. Property Tax Recapture from Pipeline. 5 Bits informed:intel.

Chesco Township in Pennsylvania is proposing new ordinances that concern the operation pipelines, including:

  • Limiting that can travel in the pipe- bn snything heavier than air- no compressed gas within 2500 feet of homes.schools and churches
  • Requiring fencing around pipelines
  • Requiring comapnies to pay cities any lot tax revenue from poroperty declines due to the pipeline
  • City would have input on minimizing the impact on aquifers, private water wells, and building foundations
  • Required monitoring systems

Pennsylvania State Impact | Chesco township plan would give municipalities more control over pipelines