2306

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 240

(2) UNLESS THE PARCEL HAS AN IRREGULAR SHAPE,
THE SANITARY COMMISSION SHALL DETERMINE THE FRONT-FOOT
ASSESSMENT FOR EACH PARCEL ON THE BASIS OF THE LENGTH OF THE
PARCEL ALONG THE WAY IN WHICH THE WATER PIPE OR SEWER PIPE
IS LAID.

(3) IF A PARCEL HAS AN IRREGULAR SHAPE, THE

SANITARY COMMISSION SHALL DETERMINE THE FRONT-FOOT

ASSESSMENT IN A FAIR AND REASONABLE MANNER.

(E)  SAME -- AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY.

AS TO A PARCEL CLASSIFIED AS AGRICULTURAL:

(1) THE SANITARY COMMISSION MAY NOT MAKE A
FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT UNTIL A WATER OR SEWER CONNECTION IS
MADE TO THE PARCEL; AND

(2) WHEN THE WATER OR SEWER CONNECTION IS MADE,
THE SANITARY COMMISSION MAY NOT COMPUTE A FRONT-FOOT
ASSESSMENT ON THE PARCEL FOR MORE THAN 300 FEET OF FRONTAGE.

(F)  SAME —- SUBDIVISION PROPERTY.

AS TO A PARCEL CLASSIFIED AS SUBDIVISION:

(1) EVEN IF THE WATER PIPE OR SEWER PIPE DOES
NOT EXTEND ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE OF THE PARCEL, THE
SANITARY COMMISSION MAY MAKE A FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT;

(2) UNLESS THE PARCEL ABUTS PARALLEL STREETS,
THE SANITARY COMMISSION MAY NOT MAKE A FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT
FOR MORE THAN 1 SIDE OF THE PARCEL; AND

(3) IF THE PARCEL IS ON A CORNER, THE SANITARY
COMMISSION MAY AVERAGE THE FRONTAGE OF THE PARCEL AND
DETERMINE THE FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PARCEL IN A FAIR
AND REASONABLE MANNER.

(G)  SAME -- ACQUIRED SYSTEMS.

THE SANITARY COMMISSION MAY MAKE FOR A PARCEL A
FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT THAT IS LESS THAN THE ASSESSMENT
LEVIED ON OTHER PARCELS IN THE SERVICE AREA, IF THE PARCEL
IS SERVED BY A SYSTEM:

(1) THAT IS ACQUIRED BY THE SANITARY COMMISSION;

(2) THAT WAS NOT A MUNICIPAL SYSTEM; AND

(3) WHOSE COST TO THE SANITARY COMMISSION WAS
AFFECTED BY THE FACT THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THE
SYSTEM WERE ANY PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE PARCELS
SERVICED BY THE SYSTEM.