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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 230

owners and others of record interested in the abutting
property and an opportunity to be heard, the hearing to be
before the "Friendship Heights Village Council" who shall
decide the matters properly brought before them. Any party
affected by the final decision of the village council made
after that hearing shall have the right to appeal therefrom
within ten days to the circuit court of Montgomery County[;
and provided further, that upon the petition of the owners
of two-thirds of the property subject to the assessment for
the cost of proposed improvements abutting upon any street,
road or lane to be graded, paved, macadamized or improved,
requesting the grading, paving, macadamizing or improving of
any such street, roads, lanes, or sidewalks, the village
council shall make the assessment against the abutting
property owners to provide the funds for and cause to be
performed the necessary work or construction to be done in
accordance with the provisions hereinabove provided];
PROVIDED THAT, UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF JULY, 1980, UPON ANY
PETITION RECEIVED BY THE FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS VILLAGE COUNCIL
OF THE OWNERS OF THE TWO-THIRDS OF THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO
THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE COST OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
ABUTTING UPON ANY STREET, ROAD OR LANE TO BE GRADED, PAVED,
MACADAMIZED OR IMPROVED REQUESTING THE GRADING, PAVING,
MACADAMIZING OR IMPROVING OF ANY SUCH STREETS, ROADS, LANES
OR SIDEWALKS, THE VILLAGE COUNCIL SHALL MAKE THE ASSESSMENT
AGAINST THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS
FOR AND CAUSE TO BE PERFORMED THE NECESSARY WORK OR
CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE PROVISIONS. THE
IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE CARRIED OUT TO COMPLETION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THESE PROVISIONS FOR ANY REQUEST RECEIVED
PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF JULY 1980. AFTER THAT DATE, NO
PETITIONS SHALL BE RECEIVED OR ACTED UPON.

(C) MONTGOMERY COUNTY MAY RECEIVE BY DEDICATION OR
ACQUISITION AND MAY CONSTRUCT BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OR AT
COUNTY EXPENSE AND MAINTAIN AT COUNTY EXPENSE, ANY STREET OR
ROAD WITHIN THE SPECIAL TAXING AREA WHICH IS ON A MASTER
PLAN OR SECTOR PLAN APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND
ADOPTED BY THE MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING
COMMISSION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 22, 1980.

CHAPTER 231
(House Bill 1526)
AN ACT concerning

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