2977
HOWARD COUNTY

construction and may be imposed to pay in part the
cost of any of the above described facilities
irrespective of whether they are located within or
beyond the boundaries of the Metropolitan District or
within or beyond the the boundaries of Howard County.
The Director of Public Works; may adopt an assessment,
uniform in amount as to all properties connected, or
[[it]] HE may adopt and from time to time alter or
amend, a variable assessment determined as to each
property on the basis of intensity of use or volume of
sewage generated. In adopting any such system of
variable assessment, the Director of Public Works
shall first fix a basic measure of use, to be known as
a sewage unit. HE shall then fix a uniform charge for
such sewage unit, and shall determine the assessment
for each property on the basis of one sewage unit or
any multiple thereof, depending upon intensity or
volume of use as aforesaid. An assessment in—aid—of
construction shall be imposed only one with respect to
each property, EXCEPT WHERE INTENSITY OF USE OR
VOLUME OF SEWAGE GENERATED IS INCREASED AS HEREINAFTER
DEFINED, and shall be collected by the Director of
Finance in a lump sum at the time above mentioned,
except that the Director of [[Public Works]] FINANCE
may authorize the collection in installments not to
exceed a period of three (3) years, with interest and
service charge. IN THE EVENT THAT ANY STRUCTURES ON
A PROPERTY WHICH HAS CONNECTED TO THE SEWER SYSTEM ARE
ALTERED, ENLARGED OR RENOVATED OR WHERE ADDITIONAL
STRUCTURES ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED, ON THE SAME
PROPERTY, AND THE RESULTANT ADDITION OR CHANGE TO THE
STRUCTURES OR ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES CREATES A GREATER
INTENSITY OF USE AND VOLUME OF SEWAGE GENERATED, THE
PROPERTY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENT OF AN
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT IN-AID-OF CONSTRUCTION PRIOR TO
THE APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING PERMIT FOR SUCH
ALTERATION, ENLARGEMENT, RENOVATION OR ADDITIONAL
STRUCTURE. All receipts from assessments in-aid-of
construction shall be credited by the Director of
Finance to a special construction account established
on its books and said receipts shall be used only for
payments on account of the cost of the facilities
above described or to liquidate bonds issued by the
Metropolitan District for such purpose, to the end
that the special benefit assessments and ad valorem
taxes imposed and levied therefor pursuant to this
subtitle may be correspondingly reduced; provided,
however, that the imposition of any such assessments
in—aid—of construction may be terminated by the County
Council whenever, in its judgment, it shall determine