Land subdividers who construct sewers and service
connections as a part of the subdivision construction shall pay a
betterment charge based on the amount of subdivision frontage on existing
sewered streets, and shall pay the entrance charges. Subdividers constructing
interceptor sewers, sewage pumping stations and force mains within
the subdivision shall do so at no cost to the City. Such facilities
and the land on which they are constructed or installed shall be deeded
to the City for operation and maintenance.
The length of street frontage for properties
against which betterment charges are made shall be computed according
to one of the following:
A. Frontage on one street. The actual frontage on the street, except if computed under Subsection
C(3).
B. Frontage on two or more streets. The average of the frontages including 1/2 the length of any curves between intersecting streets; provided, however, that such frontage shall in no event be less than the minimum frontage for the subject premises required under Chapter
190, Land Use, Part
2.
C. Cul-de-sac properties. Where a sewer serves properties
on a cul-de-sac, the frontage shall be taken as the largest of the
following:
(1) The width of the lot at the front of the house, whenever the frontage at the street line is less than that required by Chapter
190, Land Use, Part
2;
(2) The actual street frontage; or
(3) The minimum frontage required by the zoning ordinance.
Any person desiring an abatement of all or part
of the assessments and charges made pursuant to this chapter shall
apply in writing for an abatement to the Board of Public Works. The
Board of Public Works shall place said application on the agenda for
its next regular meeting, and shall notify the applicant in writing
by certified mail of the date said application shall be considered.
After the hearing, the Board shall forward its recommendation and
the application to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. The request for
abatement shall be considered in the same fashion as a resolution,
and the Mayor and Board of Aldermen may, for good cause shown, grant
or deny all or part of the abatement requested pursuant to NH RSA
149-I:18.