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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

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 EXTENT 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 SHALL BE DEEMED PROOF OF
NOTICE, BUT FAILURE OF ANY OWNER TO RECEIVE THE MAILED
COPY SHALL NOT INVALIDATE THE PROCEEDINGS. THE DATE OF
HEARING SHALL BE SET AT LEAST TEN AND NOT MOPE THAN
THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE CLERK-TREASURER SHALL HAVE
COMPLETED PUBLICATION AND SERVICE OF NOTICE AS PROVIDED
IN THIS SECTION. FOLLOWING THE HEAPING THE COUNCIL, IN
ITS DISCRETION, MAY VOTE TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT AND
MAY LEVY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

(F)    RIGHT TO APPEAL. -- ANY INTERESTED PERSON

FEELING AGGRIEVED BY THE LEVYING OF ANY SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE
COUNTY WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE LEVYING OF ANY
ASSESSMENT BY THE COUNCIL.

(G)    PAYMENTS; INTEREST. — SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS MAY
BE MADE PAYABLE IN ANNUAL OR MORE FREQUENT INSTALLMENTS
OVER SUCH PERIOD OF TIME, NOT TO EXCEED TEN YEAR, AND IN
SUCH MANNER AS THE COUNCIL MAY DETERMINE. THE COUNCIL
SHALL DETERMINE ON WHAT DATE INSTALLMENTS SHALL BE DUE
AND PAYABLE. INTEREST MAY BE CHARGED ON INSTALLMENTS AT
THE RATE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL.