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Ch. 320
LAWS OF MARYLAND
Article 9 - Charles County
104-14.
(A) IN ADDITION TO THEIR OTHER POWERS AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THIS SECTION, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY PROVIDE FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS ALONG ALL OR ANY PART
OF THE STREETS, LANES, ALLEYS, AND PUBLIC WAYS OF THE COUNTY, AND
ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH ANY PERSON, PARTNERSHIP, OR
CORPORATION FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
(B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION, THE COSTS OF THE
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS PROVIDED UNDER THE
AUTHORITY OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PAID BY AD VALOREM TAXES A
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LEVIED UPON THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE AREA
DISTRICT TO BE SERVED BY THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF
SIDEWALKS.
(C) A SIDEWALK DISTRICT MAY BE CREATED BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH TIME THE RESIDENTS
AND TAXPAYERS WITHIN THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK DISTRICT SHALL BE
GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
(D) NOTICE OF THE HEARING SHALL BE:
(1) NOT MORE THAN 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING,
PUBLISHED AT LEAST ONCE IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN
THE AREA WHERE THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK DISTRICT IS TO BE LOCATED;
AND
(2) AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING,
MAILED TO THE OWNER OF RECORD OF EACH PARCEL OF PROPERTY PROPOSED
TO BE:
(I) INCLUDED IN THE SIDEWALK DISTRICT; AND
(II) SUBJECT TO THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO PAY
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS.
(E) FOLLOWING THE HEARING, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY
ESTABLISH THE SIDEWALK DISTRICT AND LEVY ON ALL PROPERTY THAT IS
SUBJECT TO ORDINARY COUNTY TAXES AND LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT
AD VALOREM TAXES AT A RATE SUFFICIENT TO PAY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
OVER A 15-YEAR PERIOD TO RECOVER THE COSTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION
AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SIDEWALKS.
(F) ALL SUCH TAXES SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE LEVIED IN
THE SAME MANNER, ON THE SAME ASSESSMENTS, FOR THE SAME PERIOD OR
PERIODS, AND AS OF THE SAME DATE OR DATES OF FINALITY AS ARE
PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
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