WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 492

ABUTTING UPON THE STREET, ROAD, LANE, 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
STREET, ROAD, LANE, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH THERE IS OR
IS BEING CONSTRUCTED A WATER MAIN OR SEWER AT ANY POINT, THE
LOT SHALL BE ASSESSED FOR SUCH FRONTAGE AS THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS MAY DETERMINE TO BE REASONABLE AND FAIR, AND
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NO LOT IN A SUBDIVISION PROPERTY MAY
BE ASSESSED ON MORE THAN ONE (1) SIDE UNLESS IT ABUTS UPON TWO
(2) PARALLEL STREETS, THAT CORNER LOTS MAY BE AVERAGED AND
ASSESSED UPON SUCH FRONTAGE AS THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MAY DEEM REASONABLE AND FAIR AND THAT ALL LOTS IN THE
SUBDIVISION PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION SHALL BE ASSESSED EVEN
THOUGH A WATER MAIN OR SEWER MAY NOT EXTEND ALONG THE FULL
LENGTH OF ANY BOUNDARY, AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT NO LAND
CLASSIFIED AS AGRICULTURAL BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
SHALL BE ASSESSED A FRONT-FOOT BENEFIT WHEN IT 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
..HALL BECOME LIABLE TO A FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT FOR SUCH
REASONABLE FRONTAGE, NOT EXCEEDING THREE HUNDRED (300) FEET,
AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND SHALL
BE IMMEDIATELY ASSESSED AT THE RATE OF ASSESSMENT
DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR AGRICULTURAL
LAND.

(4) UNIFORMITY OF ASSESSMENTS; EXCEPTION. FRONT-FOOT
BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS FOR WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE
CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE AS NEARLY UNIFORM AS IS REASONABLE AND
PRACTICABLE FOR EACH CLASS OR SUBCLASS OF PROPERTY
THROUGHOUT EACH SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FOR ANY ONE (1) YEAR;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT WHENEVER THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
REQUIRE AN EXISTING SYSTEM, OTHER THAN A MUNICIPAL SYSTEM,
THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED, IN WHOLE
OR IN PART, TO THE PURCHASE PRICE OF LAND OR LOTS ABUTTING
UPON THE SYSTEM AND WHICH CONTRIBUTION THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS HAVE DETERMINED TO BE A FACTOR IN THE COST TO
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SUCH SYSTEM, THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, IN THEIR DISCRETION, MAY LEVY A FRONT-FOOT
ASSESSMENT LESS THAN THE UNIFORM FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT
LEVIED IN THE REMAINDER OF THE SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT IN
WHICH THE SYSTEM IS LOCATED.

(5) CHANGES IN ASSESSMENTS; PAYMENT. THE AMOUNT OF
THE ASSESSMENT PER FRONT FOOT FOR EACH CLASS OF PROPERTY FOR
BOTH WATER MAINS AND SEWERS MAY BE CHANGED FROM TIME TO
TIME BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, IN THEIR DISCRETION, IN

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