If at least 2/3 of property owners in a proposed road construction
district present a written petition to the Cecil County Council requesting
the creation of a road construction district for road construction
or repair projects, the Cecil County Council may, by ordinance, establish
a road construction district.
At a final hearing conducted under this section, the Cecil County
Council may:
A. Establish the district and designate the area within the road construction
district;
B. Establish the project scope and cost estimate;
C. Establish the estimated individual levies based on the benefits accruing
to each of the lots or parcels of land in the road construction district
to the extent it is benefitted by the road construction;
D. Determine if interest is to be charged and the rate of the interest;
E. Determine the time period for property owners to reimburse the County
for its costs.
Cecil County may contract with owners for the purchase of land
required for use in connection with a road construction district.
Upon completion of the project, the Cecil County Council may:
A. Fix and levy a benefit charge on all real property within the road
construction district that is sufficient to meet the costs of the
project, including interest paid and administrative, notice, and advertisement
costs; and
B. Establish the benefit charge levied under Subsection
A of this section to be a lien on the real property that is assessed and to be paid annually in the same manner as County taxes by all property owners in the road construction district for the period of time established by the Cecil County Council.
If a road construction project is completed according to County
specifications, the road shall be included as part of the County road
system.
The minimum right-of-way that may be purchased under this article
is 30 feet.