§ 49-55. Assessment of costs by County Council; appeals.

(a) Within 270 days after the County accepts any road authorized and subject to assessments under Section 49-54, the County Executive must forward final recommendations for assessments to the Council. The Executive must include any adjustment to previous estimates resulting from the actual costs of the project, including financing.

(b) Within 90 days after receiving these recommendations, the Council must approve or modify the recommended assessments and, by resolution, assess the costs of the road project against the adjacent properties, subject to the limits of Section 49-52. Each assessment must be computed on the basis of the linear frontage of each property, except as otherwise provided in Section 49-56. Each assessment becomes final when the Council adopts the resolution.

(c) Any person aggrieved by an assessment may appeal, within 30 days after the notice is mailed, to the Circuit Court for the County. Any party may appeal a decision of the Circuit Court to the Court of Special Appeals. (1971 L.M.C., ch. 3, § 17; 1976 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 5; 1978 L.M.C., ch. 34, § 1; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 31, § 1; , § 1.)

Editor’s note—This section is quoted in part in Montgomery County v. Schultze, 302 Md. 481, 489 A.2d 16 (1985) and cited in Montgomery County v. Schultze, 57 Md.App. 781, 471 A.2d 1129 (1984).