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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="9-604" title_number="9" title_name="Single-County Provisions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Carroll County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the county commissioners abate a violation of a zoning law, the county commissioners may assess against the property the reasonable costs of the abatement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The assessment shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>added to the annual tax bill of the property to be collected in the same manner as ordinary taxes are collected; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>subject to the same interest and penalty for nonpayment as provided by law for the nonpayment of county taxes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The assessment is a lien against the property from the date of assessment until paid.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A property owner aggrieved by the assessment may petition the county commissioners for relief.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 30 days after receiving a petition, the county commissioners shall conduct a hearing to determine the propriety and reasonableness of the assessment.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the hearing, the petitioner shall have the burden of showing good cause as to why the assessment should not be made.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
