If, after the filing of a petition under this chapter, council fails to hold a required hearing, an aggrieved party may file a mandamus action in the court of common pleas requesting that a hearing be held.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Section 1704 - Streets connecting with street of other municipality
Section 1705 - Entry on land to maintain marks and monuments
Section 1706 - Exclusive nature of provisions
Section 1707 - Failure of council to hold hearing
Section 1708 - Street lighting, ornamental lighting and traffic control signals and devices
Section 1712 - Borough street plan
Section 1721.1 - Power to lay out, open, etc
Section 1721.2 - Laying out streets and procedure
Section 1724 - Effect of laying out street
Section 1731 - Authority to open and vacate streets and procedure
Section 1732 - Petition for opening or vacating street and action thereon
Section 1733 - Action for damages and benefits and award
Section 1734 - Acceptance and dedication of streets
Section 1751 - Authority to straighten and relocate streets and procedure
Section 1761 - Proceedings with or without petition
Section 1771 - Improvement of streets outside or partly outside borough limits
Section 1782 - Acquisition of property for unobstructed view