§ (36). Public or private alley.
To do or have done any or all of the following work in, adjacent to, in connection with, or in the vicinity of, any public or private alley located in Baltimore City, at any time or times and from time to time, to promote the public health, safety and convenience:
(a) grade, regrade, repair, pave or repave any such alleys;
(b) construct, reconstruct, install, alter or repair any and all necessary drains, drainage facilities and appurtenances; and
(c) construct, reconstruct, install, alter, repair, remove or relocate any guard rail, guard fence, wall embankment, support, hedge, driveway, apron or approach in or immediately adjacent to any such alley.
Said municipality is authorized to determine the costs of said work and to assess such costs, in whole or in part, upon the owner of, or upon the interests of any and all owners of, property binding or abutting on any such alley, or upon the owner of, or upon the interests of any and all owners of, property in the vicinity of any such alley who are benefited by any or all of the work done, and all such assessments shall be liens on the properties involved until paid. Such assessments may be collected as taxes or special assessments are now collected by said City.
Such assessments shall be made upon such basis as may be determined by the City and the City is hereby empowered to classify the work mentioned in subparagraphs (a), (b), and (c) above, the owners of such abutting or benefited properties and the assessments against them, and to exempt any class or classes of properties or property owners from such assessments, in whole or in part.
Notice shall be given and all interested parties shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in connection with the necessity for doing any work not actually in the bed of, or immediately adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, any such alley, and notice shall be given in connection with the liability of all interested parties to pay the whole or any part of the costs of doing any or all the work mentioned in subparagraphs (a), (b) or (c) above, and such parties shall have the right to appeal to any duly constituted authority or court having jurisdiction in connection with any and all questions pertaining to the rights or liabilities of any such parties.
The City is authorized, by ordinance, to do any and all things necessary or proper in connection with, and to put into effect, any and all of the matters and things mentioned hereinabove.