Ch. 492 LAWS OF MARYLAND

ORDER TO PROVIDE REVENUES FOR THE PURPOSE AS SPECIFIED IN THIS
SECTION. THE BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS 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.

(6) CONNECTION AND ASSESSMENT OF NONABUTTING
PROPERTY. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY AT ANY TIME PERMIT A
CONNECTION WITH A WATER MAIN OR SEWER BY A PROPERTY OWNER
WHOSE PROPERTY DOES NOT ABUT ON A WATER MAIN OR SEWER AND
WHO HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY PAID A BENEFIT ASSESSMENT FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER MAIN OR SEWER, PROVIDED THAT THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLASSIFY THE PROPERTY AND DETERMINE A
FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT TO BE PAID BY THE PROPERTY OWNER AS
THOUGH THE PROPERTY ABUTTED UPON A WATER MAIN OR SEWER,
AND IF THE CONNECTION IS MADE, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE
PROPERTY, AS TO ALL CHARGES, RATES AND BENEFITS, STAND IN EACH
RESPECT IN THE SAME POSITION AS IF THE PROPERTY ABUTTED UPON A
WATER MAIN OR SEWER.

I. SERVICE CHARGES.

(1) FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR
MAINTAINING, REPAIRING AND OPERATING THE COUNTY WATER,
SEWERAGE AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS AND FOR OTHER
EXPENSES, INCLUDING PROPER DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCES, AND FOR
INTEREST ON AND THE RETIREMENT OF BONDS AS PROVIDED IN THIS
SECTION, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE HEREBY EMPOWERED TO
MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHARGES:

(A) WATER SERVICE CHARGES. RATES FOR WATER
SERVICE SHALL CONSIST OF A MINIMUM OR READY-TO-SERVE CHARGE,
WHICH SHALL BE BASED UPON THE SIZE OF THE METER ON THE WATER
CONNECTION LEADING TO THE PROPERTY, AND OF A CHARGE FOR
WATER USED, WHICH SHALL BE BASED UPON THE WATER PASSING
THROUGH THE METER DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE LAST TWO
(2) READINGS. A METER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE PLACED ON EACH
WATER CONNECTION BY AND AT THE SOLE EXPENSES OF THE COUNTY,
AND IT SHALL REMAIN THE PROPERTY OF THE COUNTY. SUCH RATES
SHALL BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT EACH SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT,
BUT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY MAKE SUCH CLASSIFICATIONS
AS THEY DEEM ADVISABLE WITHIN ANY SUCH DISTRICT BASED UPON
QUANTITIES OF WATER USED. IF THE COUNTY AT ANY TIME SHALL NOT
HAVE METERS AVAILABLE TO INSTALL IN ALL THE PROPERTIES IN A
GIVEN LOCALITY THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM, THEN A FLAT
RATE SHALL BE CHARGED ON PROPERTIES IN WHICH METERS HAVE
NOT YET BEEN INSTALLED, WHICH RATE SHALL BE UNIFORM IN EACH
SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT AND BASED UPON THE READY-TO-SERVE
CHARGE AND THE AMOUNT OF WATER USED. IF ANY BILL FOR SUCH

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