§ 3-11. Personal service of notice.

(a) Notice required.

The Department of Transportation shall serve written or printed notice upon each and every party or parties assessed for damages, caused by the condemnation and opening of any public highway.

(b) But not prerequisite.

However, the service of this notice is not a prerequisite to the condemnation and opening of any street under any ordinance passed by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.