City of Westbrook, ME Article II Sewer Assessments

[Adopted 3-28-1977 (Ch. 26, Art. II, of the 2007 Code)]

§ 260-42 Sewer Commission to report to municipal officers.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]

Whenever any extension to the sewerage system is completed, the Sewer Commission shall make a report to the municipal officers within 60 days after final acceptance of the work by the City Engineer.

§ 260-43 Contents of report.

The report from the Sewer Commission shall include a list or schedule of each property benefited by the sewer line with the owner's name and address, Tax Map references and recommended assessment. These figures and lists or schedules shall be accompanied by a brief explanation of the methods used to arrive at the figures and the reasons for the Commission's recommendations.

§ 260-44 Municipal officers to set public hearing date.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]

Within 30 days of the receipt of the report required by § 260-42, the municipal officers shall review the recommendations of the Sewer Commission, determine which lots are benefited and assess against such lots such sum not exceeding such benefit as they deem just and equitable and set a date for a public hearing on such assessments. Thirty days' notice of said public hearing as required by 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3442 shall be given.

§ 260-45 Corrections to assessment lists.

If for any reason a person so assessed believes there is any error in the assessment made or that his lot is not benefited as assessed, he may, prior to the date of the public hearing, contact the City Engineer, who shall review the assessment. The City Engineer may recommend to the municipal officers that they change such assessments where he determines that an error was made or that the lot is not benefited as assessed.