782                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                              Ch. 356

ONE SIDE, UNLESS THAT LOT ABUTS UPON TWO PARALLEL
STREETS, OR UNLESS THE LOT IS A CORNER LOT, IN EITHER OF
WHICH EVENTS, THE LOT MAY BE AVERAGED AND ASSESSED
UPON FRONTAGE AS THE COUNTY MAY DEEM REASONABLE AND
FAIR. ALL LOTS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL OR
BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION SHALL BE ASSESSED EVEN THOUGH A
WATER MAIN MAY NOT EXTEND ALONG THE FULL LENGTH OF
ANY BOUNDARY. NO LAND CLASSIFIED AS AGRICULTURAL BY
THE COUNTY SHALL BE ASSESSED A FRONT FOOT BENEFIT WHEN
THE AGRICULTURAL LAND HAS CONSTRUCTED THROUGH IT OR
IN FRONT OF IT A SEWER OR WATER MAIN, UNTIL WHATEVER
TIME AS THE WATER OR SEWER CONNECTION IS MADE AND
WHEN SO MADE AND FOR EVERY CONNECTION THAT LAND SHALL
BECOME LIABLE TO A FRONT FOOT ASSESSMENT FOR A
REASONABLE FRONTAGE NOT EXCEEDING THREE HUNDRED (300)
FEET, OR AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY AND SHALL
BE IMMEDIATELY ASSESSED AT THE RATE OF ASSESSMENT
DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND.

(D)     FRONT FOOT BENEFIT ASSESSMENTS FOR WATER SUPPLY
AND SEWERAGE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE AS NEARLY UNIFORM
AS IS REASONABLY PRACTICAL FOR EACH CLASS OR SUB-CLASS
OF PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE SANITARY DISTRICT FOR ANY
ONE YEAR AND NO BENEFIT CHARGE, ONCE LEVIED, SHALL BE
INCREASED. HOWEVER, WHENEVER THE COUNTY ACQUIRES AN
EXISTING SYSTEM, OTHER THAN A MUNICIPAL SYSTEM, THE
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 HAS
DETERMINED TO BE A FACTOR IN THE COST TO THE COUNTY OF
SUCH SYSTEM, THE COUNTY MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, LEVY A
FRONT FOOT ASSESSMENT LESS THAN THE UNIFORM FRONT FOOT
ASSESSMENT LEVIED IN THE REMAINDER OF THE SANITARY
DISTRICT.

(E)    THE AMOUNT OF THE ASSESSMENT PER FRONT FOOT FOR
EACH CLASS OF PROPERTY FOR BOTH WATER MAINS, SEWERS
AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS MAY BE REDUCED FROM TIME TO TIME
BY THE COUNTY IN ITS DISCRETION, IF COSTS AND CONDITIONS
ARE DEEMED BY IT TO JUSTIFY SUCH REDUCTION, AND MAY BE
SUBSEQUENTLY INCREASED IN THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL
ASSESSMENT IN THE EVENT REVENUES PROVE TO BE
INSUFFICIENT. THE BENEFIT CHARGE SHALL BE PAID ANNUALLY
BY ALL PROPERTIES LOCATED AS ABOVE SPECIFIED, FOR A
PERIOD OF YEARS CO-EXTENSIVE WITH THE PERIOD OF
MATURITY OF THE BONDS OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH
SUCH CONSTRUCTION WAS DONE.

(F)    THE COUNTY MAY AT ANY TIME PERMIT A CONNECTION
WITH A WATER MAIN OR SEWER BY THE PROPERTY OWNER
WHOSE PROPERTY DOES NOT ABUT UPON A STREET, LANE, ROAD,
ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH A WATER MAIN OR SEWER IS
PLACED AND WHO HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY PAID A BENEFIT
CHARGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER MAIN OR
SEWER, PROVIDED, THE COUNTY SHALL CLASSIFY THE PROPERTY
AND DETERMINE A FRONT FOOT CHARGE TO BE PAID BY THE
PROPERTY OWNER AS THOUGH HIS OR HER PROPERTY ABUTTED
UPON A STREET, LANE, ROAD, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN