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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 911

ASSESSED ON BOTH FRONT AND REAR. ANY OF THE LOTS IN THE
FOREGOING CATEGORIES MAY BE ASSESSED FOR THEIR FULL
FRONTAGE EVEN THOUGH A WATER MAIN OR SEWER MAY NOT EXTEND
ALONG THE FULL LENGTH OF ANY BOUNDARY. LAND CLASSED AS
AGRICULTURAL BY THE COMMISSION, WHEN IN ACTUAL USE FOR
FARMING OR TRUCKING PURPOSES, MAY NOT 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
THE TIME A WATER OR SEWER CONNECTION IS MADE. WHEN SO
HADE AND FOR EVERY CONNECTION, THE LAND SHALL BECOME
LIABLE TO A FRONT FOOT ASSESSMENT FOR A REASONABLE
FRONTAGE, NOT EXCEEDING A 300 FOOT FRONT, AS MAY BE
DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION, AND SHALL BE ASSESSED
IMMEDIATELY AT THE RATE OF ASSESSMENT DETERMINED UPON BY
THE COMMISSION FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND. PUBLIC PARKS OR
PLAYGROUNDS OWNED BY A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANY
PROPERTY OR BUILDING OWNED BY A REGULARLY ORGANIZED
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHILE SO USED FOR PUBLIC
PURPOSES, IS EXEMPT FROM THE IMPOSITION OF A BENEFIT
CHARGE. THE COMMISSION MAY PROVIDE FURTHER FOR A HIATUS
IN THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF A BENEFIT ASSESSMENT
FOR ANY PROPERTY OTHERWISE ASSESSABLE WITH RESPECT TO A
SANITARY SEWER LINE, WHICH PROPERTY CANNOT IN THE
JUDGMENT OF THE COMMISSION OBTAIN SERVICE FROM THE SEWER
PIPE UPON WHICH THE BENEFIT WOULD BE BASED. THE
COMMISSION MAY PROVIDE FOR A HIATUS IN THE IMPOSITION AND
THE COLLECTION OF A BENEFIT CHARGE WITH RESPECT TO A
WATER MAIN WHEN THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OTHERWISE
SUBJECT TO IT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IS NOT
PERMITTED TO CONNECT TO THE WATER MAIN BY THE COMMISSION
ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABSENCE OF A SANITARY SEWER OR FINDING
BY THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT A SEPTIC SYSTEM
WOULD NOT BE APPROVED FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE WATER FOR
WHICH THE CONNECTION IS REQUESTED, AND THE EXTENSION OF
AN IMPROVED SEWERAGE SYSTEM IS NOT REASONABLY FEASIBLE.
THE SUSPENSION OF THE BENEFIT CHARGE SHALL TERMINATE AT
ANY TIME A CONNECTION WITH THE COMMISSION'S SEWER PIPE OR
WATER MAIN, AS THE CASE MAY BE, IS MADE BY THE OWNER OF
THE PROPERTY. UPON THAT OCCURRENCE, THE PROPERTY SHALL
BE CLASSIFIED AND THE BENEFIT CHARGE SHALL COMMENCE AND
BE COLLECTED AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED WITH RESPECT TO LAND
OR PROPERTY FOR WHICH BENEFIT CHARGES HAD BEEN EXEMPTED
OR SUSPENDED INITIALLY AND THE EXEMPTION OR SUSPENSION IS
NO LONGER APPLICABLE. IF PROPERTY IN THE SANITARY
DISTRICT IS AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMISSION
WATER LINE OR SANITARY SEWER LINE CONNECTED TO A PUBLIC
WATER SYSTEM OR PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM OPERATED EITHER BY A
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR BY A WATER OR SEWER COMPANY
SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MARYLAND STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, OR IF FOLLOWING
CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMISSION LINE THE PROPERTY IS
CONNECTED TO THE OTHER SPECIFIED PUBLIC SYSTEM PURSUANT
TO COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION, THE PROPERTY IS EXEMPT FROM
THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF A SANITARY DISTRICT
BENEFIT ASSESSMENT UNTIL IT IS SERVED BY OR CONNECTED TO
THE COMMISSION'S WATER OR SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM, AS
THE CASE MAY BE. WHEN THE EXEMPTION OR SUSPENSION
CONDITION IS NO LONGER APPLICABLE PURSUANT TO THOSE