The word "owner" as used in this article shall
denote the person appearing as owner in the tax assessment records
of the county, and any notice required herein shall be deemed sufficient
notice if mailed to the owner at the address given therein. If the
owner's name or the owner's address as shown by the records is believed
by the Board of Town Commissioners to be in error, the Commissioners,
may, in addition to the notice above provided, publish a letter in
one of the newspapers printed and published in the Town "to the owner
of (the property concerned, describing it)," which letter shall contain
the information required by this article.
Where the Board of Town Commissioners desires
a new sidewalk to be constructed, a written notice shall be given
by the Town to the owner of the property along which the sidewalk
is to be constructed of the intention of the Commissioners to compel
the construction of the new sidewalk. This notice shall set forth
in simple terms the specifications therefor.
Where the Commissioners seek to compel the repaving
or improvement of an existing sidewalk, opportunity for hearing as
to the reasonableness of the specifications or as to the reasonableness
of the repaving or improvement shall be given to the owner at a regular
meeting of the Board of Town Commissioners next following the fifth
day after the receipt of such notice by the owner. The Commissioners,
after such hearing, may require the Director of Public Works to make
any changes in the specifications which they shall deem reasonable
and proper. The Commissioners shall enter their findings and the changes
required, if any, upon their minute book within five days from the
date of such hearing and shall make the same known to the owner upon
his request at the Town office.
Sidewalks in the Town of Bel Air shall be constructed
in accordance with Town of Bel Air standards and specifications.
It shall become the duty of the owner, within 15 days from the receipt of the original notice to the owner or within 20 days from the hearing provided under §
410-12, to notify the Commissioners in writing if the owner undertakes and agrees to pave, repave or improve the sidewalk by private contract according to the Town's standard specifications.
If the owner, after giving to the Commissioners the notice as provided in §
410-14, shall not begin the paving, repaving or improvement of the sidewalk within 30 days from the date of such notice, he shall be presumed to have waived his right to do so, unless, within the thirty-day period, he shall have made written request to the Commissioners to extend the time for beginning work.
If the owner shall begin the paving, repaving
or improvement of the sidewalk and shall not complete the same within
15 days from the date of such beginning, he shall be presumed to have
waived his right to do so, unless, within the fifteen-day period,
he shall have made written request to the Commissioners to extend
the time for completing the work.
Upon receipt of a request for an extension of
time for either beginning or completing the work, the Commissioners
shall give to the owner opportunity for hearing upon such request
not later than their regular meeting next following the receipt of
such request. Their decision upon such request and the extension of
time allowed, if any, shall be entered upon their minute book and
shall be made known to the owner upon his request at the Town office.
Further extensions of time may be granted by the Commissioners upon
like request and in like manner.