§ C-27. Benefit assessments: Procedure.  


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  • The Mayor and Town Council shall levy against each parcel of land abutting benefiting roadways, alleys, curbs, sidewalks, gutters and street improvements, an assessment for a share of the total cost assessed on such initial or original improvements equal to the proportion thereof, that the number of feet in said parcel abutting on said improvement bears to the total assessable frontage on the part of said street so improved; provided, however, that where the property abuts on two (2) or more streets, where such improvements are made or about to be made, the Mayor and Town Council of Cheverly shall have full power and authority to adjust assessments to be made against such lots for the cost of improvements herein authorized abutting such lot or lots to such an amount as shall be just and equitable, and the costs of improvements thus exempted shall be included in the assessment to be made against the abutting property included in the project, and such adjustments as made by the Mayor and Town Council of Cheverly shall be final and conclusive; and provided further that, where the topography of a street makes the pro rata front foot assessment basis inequitable and where all the lots, despite variable front foot basis share equally in the benefits, the Mayor and Town Council of Cheverly shall have full power and authority to assess the cost of improvements and such assessments as made by the Mayor and Town Council of Cheverly shall be final and conclusive.

(Amended by Ord. No. 8-76; Ord. No. 8-79)