(a) The WSSC:
(1) Shall permit a connection with a water main or sewer by a property
owner whose property does not abut on the water main or sewer and who
has not previously paid a benefit charge for the construction of the
water main or sewer;
(2) Shall classify the property and determine a front foot benefit charge
to be paid by the property owner at the rate and for the same number of
years as though the property abutted upon a water main or sewer
constructed in the year in which the connection is made;
(3) If the connection is made the property owner and the property, shall
stand as to all charges, rates, and benefits in the same position as if
the property abutted upon a newly constructed water main or sewer;
(4) If water or sewer lines that abut the property are constructed at a
subsequent date, may require the owner of the property to connect to
the abutting line and discontinue service from the nonabutting line; or
(5) While the property is in the same classification as when the
nonabutting connection was made, may not assess for the new abutting
water main or sewer and the prior assessment stands.
(b) (1) In this subsection "cost of construction" includes the cost of
connecting a water and sewer line to the WSSC system.
(2) If an applicant applies for water or sewer lines in an area in which
the WSSC determines that it is not economically feasible to serve
unless the applicant makes a substantial contribution to the cost of
construction of the water and sewer lines, the WSSC may classify the
applicant's property together with other adjacent or adjoining
properties that could be readily served from the construction required
by the applicant as a "remote area".
(3) Upon the approval of the application, the payment of the contribution,
and the levying of the required front foot benefit charge, the WSSC may
construct water or sewer lines as are desired by the applicant.
(4) The WSSC may contract with the applicant at the time of the
contribution to refund part or all of the contribution from any front
foot benefit charges levied against property on lines subsequently
constructed by the WSSC and served through the lines of the applicant
within the "remote area".
(5) The WSSC shall determine the proportion to be refunded and the maximum
time of repayment, not exceeding 10 years.
(c) When the WSSC acquires an existing system, other than a municipal
system, the WSSC may levy a front foot assessment less than the uniform
front foot assessment levied in the sanitary district if:
(1) The construction cost of the system has been added in whole or in part
to the purchase of land that abuts on the system; and
(2) The addition of the construction costs is a factor in the cost of the
system to the WSSC.
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