4058

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 767

in which there is or is being constructed a water main or
sewer shall be assessed for the frontage determined by the
commission to be reasonable and fair. Wherever there are a
number of lots in the same block in one ownership
appurtenant to a residence, the commission may give a
continuous frontage to all of the lots regardless of the
streets upon which they face. A corner lot in the
subdivision residential class of less than two acres in size
shall not be assessed on more than one side, unless it also
abuts on two parallel streets, but the frontage assessed may
be that determined to be reasonable and fair by the
commission, giving consideration to the frontage towards
which the building on the lot would naturally face. Lots
running through with front and rear on separate streets may
be assessed on both front and rear. Any of the lots in the
foregoing categories may be assessed for their full frontage
even through a water main or sewer may not extend along the
full length of any boundary.]

(A) (1) IN CLASSIFYING PROPERTY AND LEVYING THE FRONT
FOOT BENEFIT CHARGE, THE WSSC:

(I)  SHALL ASSESS ANY IRREGULARLY SHAPED
LOT THAT ABUTS ON A ROAD, STREET, LANE, ALLEY, RIGHT OF WAY,
OR EASEMENT IN WHICH THERE IS OR IS BEING CONSTRUCTED A
WATER MAIN OR SEWER FOR THE FRONTAGE THAT THE WSSC
DETERMINES TO BE REASONABLE AND FAIR;

(II)    MAY GIVE A CONTINUOUS FRONTAGE TO
ALL THE LOTS REGARDLESS OF THE STREETS ON WHICH THEY FACE IF
A NUMBER OF LOTS IN THE SAME BLOCK IN ONE OWNERSHIP ARE
APPURTENANT TO A RESIDENCE;

(III)  MAY NOT ASSESS A CORNER LOT IN THE
SUBDIVISION RESIDENTIAL CLASS THAT IS LESS THAN 2 ACRES IN
SIZE ON MORE THAN ONE SIDE UNLESS A CORNER LOT ABUTS ON 2
PARALLEL STREETS. HOWEVER, IF THE CORNER LOT DOES ABUT ON
2 PARALLEL STREETS, THE WSSC SHALL ASSESS THE FRONTAGE IN A
REASONABLE AND FAIR MANNER, AND SHALL TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION THE FRONTAGE TOWARDS WHICH THE BUILDING ON THE
LOT WOULD NATURALLY FACE; AND

(IV)  MAY ASSESS THE LOT ON BOTH FRONT AND
REAR IF A LOT RUNS THROUGH WITH FRONT AND REAR ON SEPARATE
STREETS.

(2) THE WSSC MAY ASSESS ANY LOT IN PARAGRAPH (1)
OF THIS SUBSECTION FOR ITS FULL FRONTAGE EVEN IF A WATER
MAIN OR SEWER DOES NOT EXTEND ALONG THE FULL LENGTH OF ANY
BOUNDARY.

[No land so classed as agricultural by this commission,
when in actual use for farming or trucking purposes, shall
be assessed a front foot benefit when such agricultural land
has constructed through it or in front of it a sewer or