[Adopted as Art. XV of the Bylaws]
In ways, accepted or private, the persons receiving benefit from the installation of a common sewer line shall pay a proportionate assessment, not to exceed 66% of the cost thereof as ascertained, assessed and certified by the Board of Public Works pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 83, and any amendments thereto, of the General Laws, unless the Town Council votes that the assessment shall be paid entirely by the person(s) receiving the betterment. In no case shall such assessment exceed the benefit or advantage received by the person or persons so assessed.
In ways, accepted or private, the total cost of laying water pipes or lines including the cost of the pipes, and other material, and of the labor in laying the pipe and other expenses incidental thereto shall be assessed proportionately by the Board of Public Works to the owners of land receiving benefit from the laying of such water line, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 332 of the Acts of 1955 of the General Court.[1] In no case shall the assessment against any owners exceed the benefit received.
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Editor's Note: See MGL c. 40, §§ 42G, 42H, and 42I.
In ways, accepted or private, the persons receiving benefit from the installation of a main drain shall pay a proportionate assessment of the cost thereof as ascertained, assessed, and certified by the Board of Public Works pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 83, and any amendments thereto, of the General Laws. In no case shall the assessment exceed the benefit or advantage received by the person or persons so assessed.
Building of roads on accepted ways of the Town shall be done under the Betterment Act[1] with the abutting property owners being assessed a sum not to exceed 1/2 of the cost thereof.
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Editor's Note: See MGL c. 80, §§ 1 to 17.
The laying of curbstone and installation of sidewalks shall be exempt from assessment of betterments, unless an assessment is specified in an article for the project approved by Town Council vote. The abutting property owners shall be assessed a sum not to exceed 1/2 of the cost thereof.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to restrict or abrogate the power of the Planning Board to require the construction or installation of municipal utilities or improvements in ways shown on subdivision plats under the control of the Planning Board at the sole expense of the subdivision developer, and no assessment shall be made under this article on account of any utility or improvement so constructed or installed by a developer at his sole expense.
If any section of this article, or portion thereof, or the application of such section or portion thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the validity of the remaining section or portions thereof of this article and their applicability to other persons or circumstances of the section shall not be affected thereby.