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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BASIS OF THE PRIORITY OF
APPLICATION FOR SUBDIVISION OR RECORDATION OF
SUBDIVISION PLATS.

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SHALL ADOPT A
VARIABLE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE, AS TO BENEFITED
PROPERTIES, ON THE BASIS OF INTENSITY OF USE OR
VOLUME OF SEWAGE GENERATED. THE DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC WORKS SHALL FIX THE BASIC MEASURE OF USE,
TO BE KNOWN AS A SEWAGE UNIT, [[WHICH SHALL BE
ONE SEWAGE UNIT,]] WHICH SHALL BE ONE SEWAGE UNIT
PER RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT (SINGLE FAMILY,
APARTMENT OR TOWN-HOUSE) [[AND FOR.]] FOR
NON-RESIDENTIAL USES, THE SEWAGE UNIT EQUIVALENT
SHALL BE ON THE BASIS OF 90,000 GALLONS WATER
CONSUMPTION PER YEAR PER UNIT. THE DIRECTOR
SHALL THEN FIX THE UNIFORM CHARGE FOR EACH SEWAGE
UNIT, BEING PREDICATED ON THE IMPROVEMENTS
INVOLVED AND PROJECT COST THEREOF, AND THE NUMBER
OF SEWAGE TREATMENT UNITS PROVIDED BY [[SAID]]
THE IMPROVEMENTS, AND SHALL DETERMINE THE
ASSESSMENT FOR EACH BENEFITED PROPERTY ON THE
BASIS OF ONE SEWAGE UNIT OR MORE, DEPENDING UPON
INTENSITY OR VOLUME OF USE AS AFORESAID.
SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN-AID-OF CONSTRUCTION
SHALL BE IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO EACH BENEFITED
PROPERTY, AND SHALL BE A ONE-TIME CHARGE, EXCEPT
WHERE THE INTENSITY OR VOLUME OF USE IS INCREASED
BY VIRTUE OF ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES OR SIMILAR
INCREASE IN [[USE, AND]] USE. IT SHALL BE
COLLECTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IN A LUMP
SUM, UPON WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC WORKS THAT SEWAGE TREATMENT UNITS HAVE
BEEN ALLOCATED AND ASSIGNED TO THE PROPERTY
OWNER. ALL RECEIPTS FROM THE SUPPLEMENTAL
ASSESSMENTS IN-AID-OF CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE
CREDITED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO A SPECIAL
ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT,
AND [[SAID]] THESE RECEIPTS SHALL BE USED ONLY
FOR PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF THE COST OF THE
IMPROVEMENTS ABOVE DESCRIBED OR TO LIQUIDATE
BONDS OR NOTES ISSUED BY THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

SECTION 2.     AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY THE

COUNTY COUNCIL     OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, that this

Act shall take     effect sixty (60) days after its
enactment.