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other improvements provided for under the provisions of
this article, the Town of Friendsville shall have the power:

(a) To issue bonds in accordance with the provisions of
Section 57 of this charter.

(b) To assess the cost of water, sewer, or storm water
mains or any part thereof on the property abutting on the
water, sewer, and storm water mains in accordance with
Section 84 83 of this charter.

(c) To charge and collect such service rates, water
rents, or other charges as may be necessary for water sup-
plied and for the removal of sewage. These charges are to
be billed and collected by the clerk-treasurer, and, if water
bills are uncollected within thirty days, the water may be
turned off. All charges shall be a lien on the property, col-
lectible in the same manner as town taxes.

ARTICLE X

SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE
POWER

82. The Town of Friendsville shall have the power to
levy and collect taxes in the form of special assessments
upon property in a limited and determinable area for spe-
cial benefits conferred upon such property by the construc-
tion or installation of water mains, sewer mains, public
ways, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and storm water sewers,
and to provide for the payment of all or any part of the
above projects out of the proceeds of such special assess-
ment.

PROCEDURE

83. The procedure for special assessments, wherever
authorized in this charter, shall be as follows:

(a) The cost of the work being charged for shall be as-
sessed according to the front foot rule of apportionment or
some other equitable basis determined by the council.

(b) The amount assessed against any property for any
project or improvement shall not exceed the value of the
benefits accruing to the property therefrom, nor shall any
special assessment be levied which shall cause the total
amount of special assessments levied by the town and out-
standing against any property at any time, exclusive of
delinquent installments, to exceed twenty-five per cent
(25%) of the fair cash market value of the property after
giving effect to the benefit accruing thereto from the pro-
ject or improvement for which assessed.