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BETTERTON

AREA SHALL BE CONNECTED WITH MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER
SYSTEMS WITHIN ONE YEAR OF EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
ANNEXATION.

D.     THE TOWN OF BETTERTON CONCURS WITH THE DESIRE
OF CHESAPEAKE PROPERTIES TO CHANGE THE ZONING
CLASSIFICATION OF THE HASTINGS FARM PROPERTY AND AGREES
THAT SUCH RECLASSIFICATION SILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE
COMMISSIONERS OF BETTERTON AT THE EARLIEST TIME THAT SUCH
ACTION MAY BE TAKEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAW,
SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF BETTERTON OF
PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE REZONED PROPERTY.

E.     CHESAPEAKE PROPERTIES SHALL PAY ALL EXPENSES
INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE ANNEXATION OF THE HASTINGS
FARM AND IN CHANGING THE SAID FARM'S ZONING
CLASSIFICATION, THESE EXPENSES TO INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO, FEES FOR LEGAL SERVICES AND LAND SURVEYS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that new
Section 2A, "1974 Annexation" is added to the Charter of
the Town of Betterton as amended and the date of the
passage of this Resolution is the 12 day of November,
1973 and the addition to the Charter of the Town of
Betterton, hereby enacted, shall become effective on the
21 day of February, 1974, provided that there shall have
been published in the Kent County News, a newspaper of
general circulation serving the community of Betterton,
once in each of the four weeks commencing on the 1 4 day
of November 1973, a brief and accurate description of the
area to be annexed and the conditions and circumstances
applicable thereto, including notice of a public hearing
to be held by the Commissioners of Betterton on the
proposed annexation on the 7 day of January, 1974,
provided further that such public hearing shall have been
held, and unless a proper petition for a referendum shall
have been filed as provided by Section 19, sub-sections
(f) or (g), of Article 23A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland prior to such effective date.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the
President of the Commissioners of Betterton is hereby
specifically directed to carry out the provisions of
Section 2 hereof regarding the giving of notice by
publication of the material directed therein to be
published, and, as evidence of that compliance, the Town
Clerk shall cause to be affixed to the Charter Amendment
Resolution a certificate of the publication of the
newspaper in which such material shall have been
published, and the President, if there is no Petition for
a Referendum, shall declare the Charter Amendment to be
effective on the effective date herein provided for,