Ch. 478 LAWS OF MARYLAND

WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE AS NEARLY
UNIFORM AS IS REASONABLY PRACTICAL FOR EACH CLASS OR
SUB-CLASS OF PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE SANITARY DISTRICT FOR
ANY ONE YEAR AND NO BENEFIT CHARGE, ONCE LEVIED, SHALL BE
INCREASED; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHENEVER THE COUNTY
ACQUIRES AN EXISTING SYSTEM OTHER THAN A MUNICIPAL SYSTEM,
THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED IN WHOLE OR IN PART
TO THE PURCHASE PRICE OF LAND OR LOTS ABUTTING UPON SAID
SYSTEM AND WHICH CONTRIBUTION THE COUNTY HAS DETERMINED TO
BE A FACTOR IN THE COST TO THE COUNTY OF SUCH SYSTEM, THE
COUNTY MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, LEVY A FRONT FOOT ASSESSMENT
LESS THAN THE UNIFORM FRONT FOOT ASSESSMENT LEVIED IN THE
REMAINDER OF THE SANITARY DISTRICT.

E. CHANGE IN ASSESSMENTS. THE AMOUNT OF THE ASSESSMENT
PER FRONT FOOT FOR EACH CLASS OF PROPERTY FOR BOTH WATER
MAINS, SEWERS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS MAY BE REDUCED FROM TIME
TO TIME BY THE COUNTY IN ITS DISCRETION, IF COSTS AND CONDITIONS
ARE DEEMED BY IT TO JUSTIFY SUCH REDUCTION, BUT MAY BE
SUBSEQUENTLY INCREASED IN THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL
ASSESSMENT IN THE EVENT REVENUES PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT.
SAID BENEFIT CHARGE SHALL BE PAID ANNUALLY BY ALL PROPERTIES
LOCATED AS ABOVE SPECIFIED, FOR A PERIOD OF YEARS COEXTENSIVE
WITH THE PERIOD OF MATURITY OF THE BONDS OUT OF THE PROCEEDS
OF WHICH SUCH CONSTRUCTION WAS DONE.

F. CONNECTIONS. THE COUNTY MAY AT ANY TIME PERMIT A
CONNECTION WITH A WATER MAIN OR SEWER BY THE PROPERTY
OWNER WHOSE PROPERTY DOES NOT ABUT UPON A STREET, LANE,
ROAD, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH A WATER MAIN OR SEWER
IS PLACED AND WHO HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY PAID A BENEFIT CHARGE
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAID WATER MAIN OR SEWER, PROVIDED,
THE COUNTY SHALL CLASSIFY SAID PROPERTY AND DETERMINE A
FRONT FOOT CHARGE TO BE PAID BY SAID PROPERTY OWNER AS
THOUGH HIS OR HER PROPERTY ABUTTED UPON A STREET, LANE,
ROAD, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH A WATER MAIN OR SEWER
IS PLACED; AND IN THE EVENT OF SUCH CONNECTION BEING MADE,
SAID PROPERTY OWNER AND SAID PROPERTY AS TO ALL CHARGES,
RATES AND BENEFITS SHALL STAND IN EVERY RESPECT IN THE SAME
POSITION AS IF THE SAID PROPERTY ABUTTED UPON SUCH STREET,
LANE, ROAD, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY.

G. LIENS.

(1) THE ANNUAL BENEFIT ASSESSMENT OR OTHER CHARGES
AS ABOVE SPECIFIED SHALL BE A FIRST LIEN UPON THE PROPERTY
AGAINST WHICH THEY ARE ASSESSED UNTIL PAID, ANY STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, SUBJECT ONLY
TO PRIOR STATE AND COUNTY TAXES. IF ANY PROPERTY ON WHICH

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