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MUNICIPAL CHAPTERS

AND PLACE WHEN AND AT WHICH SAID OWNER WILL BE HEARD.
SUCH NOTICE MAY BE MAILED TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF
THE OWNER, OR SERVED IN PERSON UPON ANY ADULT OCCUPYING
THE PREMISES OR IN CASE OF A VACANT OR UNIMPROVED
PROPERTY, POSTED UPON THE PREMISES. THE CLASSIFICATION
OF AND THE BENEFIT ASSESSED AGAINST ANY PROPERTY AS MADE
BY THE COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE FINAL, SUBJECT ONLY TO
REVISION AT SAID HEARING. THE COMMISSIONERS MAY CHANGE
THE CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY FROM TIME TO TIME AS SAID
PROPERTIES CHANGE IN THE USES TO WHICH THEY ARE PUT.
BENEFIT CHARGES SHALL BE AS NEARLY UNIFORM AS IS
REASONABLY PRACTICAL FOP EACH CLASS OF PROPERTY FOR ANY
ONE YEAR.

(C)    METHOD OF FIXING BENEFIT CHARGES. BENEFIT
CHARGES FOR SEWERAGE CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE BASED FOR EACH
CLASS OF PROPERTY UPON THE NUMBER OF FRONT FEET ABUTTING
UPON THE STREET, LAND, ROAD, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN
WHICH THE SEWER IS PLACED; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN THE
CASE OF ANY IRREGULAR SHAPED LOT ABUTTING UPON A ROAD,
STREET, LANE, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH THERE IS OR
IS BEING CONSTRUCTED A SEWER AT ANY POINT, SAID LOT SHALL
BE ASSESSED FOR SUCH FRONTAGE AS THE COMMISSION MAY
DETERMINE TO BE REASONABLE AND FAIR; AND PROVIDED FURTHER
THAT NO LOT IN A SUBDIVISION PROPERTY SHALL BE ASSESSED
ON MORE THAN ONE SIDE, UNLESS SAID LOT ABUTS UPON TWO
PARALLEL STREETS, THAT CORNER LOTS MAY BE AVERAGED OR
ASSESSED UPON SUCH FRONTAGE AS THE COMMISSIONERS MAY DEEM
REASONABLE AND FAIR; WHEN LAND IS ASSESSED AS
AGRICULTURAL LAND NO ASSESSMENT SHALL BE MADE EVEN THOUGH
A SEWER IS CONSTRUCTED THROUGH IT OR IN FRONT OF IT UNTIL
SUCH TIME AS THE SEWER CONNECTION IS MADE, AND WHEN SO
MADE, EVERY CONNECTION SHALL BECOME LIABLE TO A FRONT
FOOT ASSESSMENT AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY SAID
COMMISSIONERS FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND.

(D)    DURATION AND REDUCTION. THE ANNUAL AMOUNT OF
ANY BENEFIT CHARGE MAY BE REDUCED FROM TIME TO TIME BY
THE COMMISSIONERS IN ITS DISCRETION, IF COSTS AND
CONDITIONS ARE DEEMED BY IT TO JUSTIFY SUCH REDUCTION.
SAID BENEFIT CHARGES SHALL BE PAID ANNUALLY BY ALL
PROPERTIES AGAINST WHICH A BENEFIT HAS BEEN ASSESSED AS
LONG AS ANY OF THE BONDS REMAIN OUTSTANDING FOR PAYMENT
OF WHICH THE BENEFIT CHARGE WAS ORIGINALLY IMPOSED. THE
COMMISSIONERS SHALL AT ANY TIME PERMIT A CONNECTION WITH
THE SEWER BY A PROPERTY OWNER WHOSE PROPERTY DOES NOT
ABUT ON SAID SEWER AND WHO HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY THERETO
PAID A BENEFIT CHARGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAID SEWER,
PROVIDED, SAID COMMISSIONERS SHALL CLASSIFY SAID PROPERTY
AND DETERMINE A FRONT FOOT CHARGE TO BE PAID BY SAID
PROPERTY OWNER AS THOUGH HIS OR HER PROPERTY ABUTTED ON
SAID SEWER; AND IN THE EVENT OF SUCH CONNECTION BEING
MADE, SAID PROPERTY OWNER AND SAID PROPERTY AS TO ALL
CHARGES, PATES AND BENEFITS SHALL STAND IN EVERY RESPECT