HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              2361

TO PAY ALL OR ANY PART OF THE PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST ON
OR TO RETIRE ANY OUTSTANDING BONDS ISSUED UNDER PART II OF
THIS SUBTITLE, THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY MAY LEVY AN ANNUAL
FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT AGAINST ANY PROPERTY THAT ABUTS ON ANY
STREET, ROAD, ALLEY, OR RIGHT-OF-WAY IN WHICH A WATER PIPE,
SEWER, OR DRAIN IS LAID, OR FROM WHICH REFUSE IS COLLECTED.

(B) CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY; FRONTAGE LENGTH.

TO SET FRONT-FOOT ASSESSMENT RATES, THE MUNICIPAL
AUTHORITY MAY:

(1) CLASSIFY ANY PROPERTY ACCORDING TO ITS USE;

(2) DETERMINE A FAIR AND REASONABLE FRONTAGE

LENGTH FOR:

STREET;

(I) ANY CORNER LOT FRONTING ON MORE THAN 1

(II) ANY IRREGULAR SHAPED LOT FRONTING ON
MORE THAN 1 STREET;

THAN 1 STREET:

(III) ANY SHALLOW LOT FRONTING ON MORE

(IV) ANY AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY; OR

(V) ANY SMALL ACREAGE; AND

(3) CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATIONS OR THE FRONT-FOOT
ASSESSMENT RATES FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT THE RATE FOR ALL
PROPERTY ASSESSED IN THE MUNICIPALITY FOR ANY YEAR SHALL BE
UNIFORM WITHIN EACH CLASSIFICATION.

(C)  NOTICE AND HEARING.

(1) THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY SHALL NOTIFY EACH
OWNER OF ASSESSED PROPERTY IN WRITING AS TO:

(I) THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY;

(II) THE AMOUNT OF THE ASSESSMENT; AND

(III) THE TIME AND PLACE FOR A HEARING ON
THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE BENEFIT CHARGES
ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

(2) THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE
BENEFIT CHARGES ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY SHALL BE
FINAL, SUBJECT ONLY TO MODIFICATION AT THE HEARING.

(D)  DEFAULT.

(1) THE BENEFIT CHARGES ARE IN DEFAULT IF NOT