§ 18.815. Appeals and procedure.

(a)

The following actions may be appealed to the Howard County Board of Appeals:

(1)

Certification by the Director of Finance pursuant to section 18.803 that a petition fails to contain the signatures of a majority of property owners within the district sought to be created.

(2)

The final order of the Director of Public Works pursuant to subsection 18.808(d) creating the streetlight district or failing to create the streetlight district.

(b)

Only the following shall have standing to the appeal:

(1)

A property owner who signed a petition to create a streetlight district may appeal as provided in subsection 18.815(a)(1).

(2)

Any owner of property within the streetlight district as created, as proposed by petition or as shown on the plat prepared by the Director of Public Works, may appeal as provided in subsection 18.815(a)(2).

(c)

All proceedings in connection with a petition to create a streetlight district and a petition to accept by gift existing streetlights shall be exempt from all provisions of section 2.100 of the Howard County Code.

(C.B. 99, 1980)