Section 57011.1 - Petition for opening, etc(a) A petition may be presented to the board of commissioners for the opening, widening, straightening, extending, altering, improving, relocating, vacating or establishing or reestablishing the grade of any street.(b) A petition made pursuant to this section must 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.(3) Accompanied by payment of reasonable and necessary fees established by resolution in a form acceptable to the township. Fees may include those reasonable and necessary costs and expenses anticipated to be incurred by the township in responding to the petition, such as advertising, engineering, hearing, legal and similar costs.(c) 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.1931, June 24, P.L. 1206, art. XX, § 2011.1, added 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 782, No. 96, § 78, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].