Pennsylvania § 12918 Petition for opening

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 12918 — Petition for opening

Pennsylvania § 12918

Title 11CITIES

PartPART V

Ch. 129STREETS

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11 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 12918 (2026).

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(a)Presentment to council.--A petition may be presented to council for the opening, widening, straightening, altering, extending, vacating, establishing or reestablishing of the grade of any street.

(b)Majority of property owners required.--A petition made pursuant to this section shall be:

(1)Signed by a majority, in number and interest, of the owners of property abutting on the line of the proposed improvement or vacation as fixed at the time of presentation of the petition.

(2)Verified by affidavit of one or more of the petitioners.

(c)Majority in interest.--The majority in interest of owners of undivided interests in any piece of property shall be deemed as one person for the purposes of the petition.

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(a) Presentment to council.--A petition may be presented to council for the opening, widening, straightening, altering, extending, vacating, establishing or reestablishing of the grade of any street.

(b) Majority of property owners required.--A petition made pursuant to this section shall be:

(1) Signed by a majority, in number and interest, of the owners of property abutting on the line of the proposed improvement or vacation as fixed at the time of presentation of the petition.

(2) Verified by affidavit of one or more of the petitioners.

(c) Majority in interest.--The majority in interest of owners of undivided interests in any piece of property shall be deemed as one person for the purposes of the petition.