As used in this Part, certain terms are defined as follows:
ASSESSMENT LEVY — An action by City Council ordinance to establish assessments for benefitted properties and ordering the City to collect such assessments.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS — A professional engineer, registered in the State of Pennsylvania, who has been appointed as the Director of Public Works or the Director of Public Works authorized representative.
FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT — The length of a parcel of land abutting an improvement usually measured in feet or meters.
PRIVATE ALLEYS — A right-of-way legally described by an easement for the purpose of property access in the delivery of services. The property with which the easement is overlaid is owned and maintained by the adjacent property owners.
PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENT — Typical improvements projects for which special assessments are levied include:
A. Street and alley construction.
B. Curb and gutter installation.
C. Sidewalk construction.
D. Sanitary sewer installation.
E. Storm sewer installation.
F. Water main installation.
G. Streetlights.
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT — Charges levied by local government against real property to defray the cost of public works improvements which benefit such property.