§ 25-206

Maryland § 25-206

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article gpu: Public Utilities
• Title: 25

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(a) This section applies only to a property owner:

(1) whose property does not abut a water main or sewer; and

(2) who has not previously paid a benefit charge for the construction of the water main or sewer.

(b) The Commission:

(1) shall allow a property owner to connect to a nonabutting water main or sewer;

(2) shall classify the property and impose a front foot benefit charge to be paid by the property owner at the rate and for the same number of years as though the property abutted on a water main or sewer constructed in the year in which the connection is made;

(3) when the connection is made, shall place the property owner in the same position as to all charges, rates, and benefits as if the property abutted on a newly constructed water main or sewer;

(4) if a water main or sewer abutting on the property is subsequently constructed, may require the property owner to connect to the abutting line and discontinue service from the nonabutting line; or

(5) while the property is in the same classification as when the nonabutting connection was made, shall allow the prior imposition of a front foot benefit charge to stand and may not impose a front foot benefit charge for the new abutting water main or sewer.