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2672
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Ch. 664
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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INCLUDED IN THE DISTRICT.
(B) THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
MAY CREATE SPECIAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS WITHIN THE
CONFINES OF THE COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A
METHOD OF FUNDING THE IMPROVEMENT OF PRIVATE ROADS IN THE
COUNTY TO COUNTY STANDARDS PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE IN THE
COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM. ONLY LAND WHICH FRONTS ON THE ROAD
TO BE IMPROVED SHALL BE INCLUDED IN A DISTRICT AND, OF
SUCH LAND, ONLY SO MUCH THEREOF AS SHALL HAVE AT LEAST AN
AVERAGE DEPTH IN ONE OWNERSHIP OF 100 FEET SHALL BE
INCLUDED.
(C) THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THIS SUBTITLE FOR
THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MAY
ONLY BE INITIATED BY A PETITION SIGNED BY THE OWNERS OF
THE LAND IN THE PROPOSED DISTRICT HAVING OVER HALF OF THE
FRONTAGE ON THE ROAD. THE PETITION MAY BE DEVELOPED AND
THE SIGNATURES OBTAINED EITHER BY ONE OR MORE OF THE
OWNERS OR BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
(D) UPON RECEIPT OF A PETITION OR UPON THEIR OWN
MOTION, IF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DEVELOPED AND
OBTAINED THE SIGNATURES TO THE PETITION, AND BEFORE A
DISTRICT MAY BE CREATED, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL
DO THE FOLLOWING:
(1) CAUSE AN INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE OF THE
SECTION OF ROAD TO BE IMPROVED; THE INVESTIGATION SHALL
INCLUDE A STUDY OF THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD, THE WIDTH
OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, THE OWNERSHIP AND CONFIGURATION OF
LAND FRONTING ON THE ROAD, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO
THE FRONTAGES AND DEPTHS OF THE VARIOUS TRACTS ADJOINING
THE ROAD, THE ESTIMATED COST OF IMPROVING THE ROAD AND
ANY OTHER MATTERS WHICH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY FEEL
ARE RELEVANT TO THE CREATION OF A DISTRICT.
(2) CAUSE A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD AFTER
WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE HEARING AND THE PURPOSE THEREOF HAS
BEEN PUBLISHED ONE TIME IN A NEWSPAPER HAVING GENERAL
CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY AND AFTER A COPY OF THE NOTICE
HAS BEEN MAILED OR DELIVERED TO EACH OWNER OF LAND IN THE
PROPOSED DISTRICT. AT THE HEARING, ALL PERSONS HAVING AN
INTEREST IN THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT SHALL BE HEARD
AND BE PERMITTED TO PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE RELEVANT TO THE
PERSON'S POSITION IN THE MATTES AS MAY BE DESIRED.
(E) AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HELD, THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS SHALL DECIDE WHETHER A SPECIAL ROAD
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SHALL BE CREATED FOR THE AREA IN
QUESTION, OR FOR PART THEREOF, AND, IF THE DECISION IS IN
FAVOR OF THE CREATION OF A DISTRICT, IT SHALL CAUSE A
RESOLUTION TO BE PASSED OUTLINING THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF
AND GIVING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO THE LAND THEREIN AS A
SPECIAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT; THEREAFTER, THE SAME
NOTICE OF ITS DECISION SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE OWNERS AS
WAS GIVEN OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY PERSON AGGRIEVED BY
THE DECISION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY APPEAL THE
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