WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 478

SHALL FIX AND LEVY BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS UPON ALL PROPERTIES IN
THE SANITARY DISTRICT ABUTTING UPON SAID WATER MAIN OR
SEWER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CLASSIFICATION OR SUBDIVISION
THEREOF, AND SHALL IN WRITING, NOTIFY ALL OWNERS OF SAID
PROPERTIES INTO WHICH CLASS OR SUBDIVISION THEIR RESPECTIVE
PROPERTIES FALL AND THE CHARGE DETERMINED UPON, NAMING ALSO
IN SAID NOTICE A TIME AND PLACE, WHEN AND AT WHICH TIME SAID
OWNER WILL BE HEARD. SUCH NOTICE MAY BE MAILED TO THE LAST
KNOWN ADDRESS OF THE OWNER, OR SERVED IN PERSON UPON ANY
ADULT OCCUPYING THE PREMISES OR IN CASE OF A VACANT OR
UNIMPROVED PROPERTY POSTED UPON THE PREMISES.

C. LEVY OF ASSESSMENT. THE CLASSIFICATION OF AND THE
BENEFIT ASSESSED AGAINST ANY PROPERTY AS MADE BY THE COUNTY
SHALL BE FINAL, SUBJECT ONLY TO REVISION AT SAID HEARING. THE
COUNTY MAY CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY FROM TIME
TO TIME AS SAID PROPERTIES CHANGE IN THE USES TO WHICH THEY
ARE PUT. SAID BENEFITS SHALL BE LEVIED FOR WATER SUPPLY,
SEWERAGE, AND DRAINAGE CONSTRUCTION AND SHALL BE BASED FOR
EACH CLASS OF PROPERTY UPON THE NUMBER OF FRONT FEET
ABUTTING UPON THE STREET, LANE, ROAD, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY
IN WHICH THE WATER PIPE OR SEWER IS PLACED; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT IN THE CASE OF ANY IRREGULAR SHAPED LOT ABUTTING UPON A
ROAD, STREET, LANE, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH THERE IS OR
IS BEING CONSTRUCTED A WATER MAIN, SEWER OR DRAINAGE SYSTEM
AT ANY POINT, SAID LOT SHALL BE ASSESSED FOR SUCH FRONTAGE AS
THE COUNTY MAY DETERMINE TO BE REASONABLE AND FAIR; AND
PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO LOT IN A SUBDIVISION PROPERTY SHALL
BE ASSESSED ON MORE THAN ONE (1) SIDE, UNLESS SAID LOT ABUTS
UPON TWO (2) PARALLEL STREETS, OR UNLESS SAID LOT IS A CORNER
LOT, IN EITHER OF WHICH EVENTS SAID LOT MAY BE AVERAGED AND
ASSESSED UPON SUCH FRONTAGE AS THE COUNTY MAY DEEM
REASONABLE AND FAIR, AND THAT ALL LOTS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL OR BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION SHALL BE ASSESSED EVEN
THOUGH A WATER MAIN MAY NOT EXTEND ALONG THE FULL LENGTH
OF ANY BOUNDARY; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT NO LAND SO
CLASSIFIED AS AGRICULTURAL BY THE COUNTY SHALL BE ASSESSED A
FRONT FOOT BENEFIT WHEN SAID AGRICULTURAL LAND HAS
CONSTRUCTED THROUGH IT OR IN FRONT OF IT A SEWER OR WATER
MAIN, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE WATER OR SEWER CONNECTION IS
MADE AND WHEN SO MADE AND FOR EVERY CONNECTION SUCH LAND
SHALL BECOME LIABLE TO A FRONT FOOT ASSESSMENT FOR SUCH
REASONABLE FRONTAGE NOT EXCEEDING THREE HUNDRED (300) FEET,
OR AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY, AND SHALL BE
IMMEDIATELY ASSESSED AT THE RATE OF ASSESSMENT DETERMINED
BY THE COUNTY FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND.

D. SAME; UNIFORMITY. FRONT FOOT BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS FOR

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