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a reasonable charge of cost which may reasonably be
attributed to the project.

93. Procedure.

(a) PROVIDED. — The procedure for special
assessments, wherever authorized in this charter, is as
provided in this section.

(b) ASSESSMENT OF COST. — The cost of the project
being charged for shall be assessed according to the
front rule of apportionment or some other equitable basis
determined by the council.

(c) AMOUNT. — The amount assessed against any
property for any project or improvement shall not exceed
the value of the benefits accruing to the property
therefrom, nor shall any special assignment be levied
which causes the total amount of special assessments
levied by the town and outstanding against any property
at any time, exclusive of delinquent installments, to
exceed twenty-five per centum. (25%) of the assessed value
of the property after giving effect to the benefit
accruing thereto from the project or improvement for
which assessed.

(d)    UNIFORMITY OF RATES. — When desirable, the
affected property may be divided into different classes
to be charged different rates, but, except for this, any
rate shall be uniform.

(e)    LEVY OF CHARGES; PUBLIC HEARING; NOTICE. —
All special assessment charges shall be levied by the
council by ordinance. Before levying any special
assessment charges, the council shall hold a public
hearing. The clerk—treasurer shall cause notice to be
given stating the nature and extend of the proposed
project, the kind of materials to be used, the estimated
cost of the project, the portion of the cost to be
assessed, the number of installments in which the
assessment may be paid, the method to be used in
apportioning the cost and the limits of the proposed area
of assessment. The notice shall also state the time and
place at which all persons interested, or their agents or
attorneys, may appear before the council and be heard
concerning the proposed project and special assessment.
Such notice shall be given by sending a copy thereof by
mail to the owner of record of each parcel of property
proposed to be assessed and to the person in whose name
the property is assessed for taxation and by publication
of a copy of the notice at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation in the town. The clerk—treasurer
shall present at the hearing a certificate of publication
and mailing of copies of the notice, which certificate