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NY Town L § 231-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 231-A - Permanent Financing of District Improvements to Be Paid From General Taxation.

§  231-a. Permanent financing of district improvements to be paid from   general taxation. When the cost of any improvement is  to  be  assessed,   levied and collected from the several lots and parcels of lands within a   district  in the same manner and at the same time as other town charges,   the town board may  finance  said  improvement  pursuant  to  the  local   finance law. The town board shall raise annually by tax a sum sufficient   to  pay  the interest and the principal of obligations issued to finance   such improvement, if not otherwise paid, as the same shall  become  due;   such  tax  shall be assessed, levied and collected from the several lots   and parcels of land within the district in the same manner  and  at  the   same time as the annual tax for other town charges.Annual collections of such taxes shall be applied by the supervisor in   payment  of  maturing  obligations and accruing interest, for which such   taxes were levied. If the total of  annual  collections  of  such  taxes   shall be less than the amount required for such purposes, the town board   may direct that surplus moneys not otherwise appropriated be applied.
NY Town L § 232 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 232 - Permanent Financing of General Improvements.

§ 232. Permanent financing of general improvements. The town board may   provide for the payment of the cost of any public improvement or project   authorized  by  subdivisions eleven-a or eleven-c of section sixty-four,   or sections eighty-one, two hundred twenty or two hundred twenty-one  of   this  chapter,  by any one or by a combination of the following methods,   namely: (1) by the use of surplus moneys of the town or (2) by including   a sum therefor in the annual tax levy or (3) by making  funds  available   therefor  pursuant to the local finance law.  The town board shall raise   annually by tax a sum sufficient to pay the interest and  the  principal   of  such  obligations,  if  not otherwise paid, as the same shall become   due; and such tax shall be  assessed,  levied  and  collected  from  all   taxable  property in the town in the same manner and at the same time as   the annual tax for other town charges.If the public improvement or project is a  refuse  disposal  plant  or   plants  referred  to  in  section two hundred twenty-one of this chapter   provision shall be made that  the  town  shall  be  reimbursed,  out  of   revenues  from  the  improvement  or  project  to  pay the cost of which   obligations were issued, for any moneys so raised by  taxation  for  the   payment of the principal and interest of such obligations.
NY Town L § 234 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 234 - Disposition of Proceeds of Bonds, Notes or Certificates.

§  234.  Disposition of proceeds of bonds, notes or certificates.  All   moneys derived from the sale of bonds  or  notes  shall  be  kept  as  a   separate  fund by the supervisor. Such moneys shall be disbursed only in   the manner provided by section one hundred nineteen of this chapter.
NY Town L § 235 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 235 - Accounts to Be Kept With Each Improvement.

§ 235. Accounts to be kept with each improvement. The supervisor shall   keep  accounts  in the name of each improvement in such form as has been   or may be formulated and prescribed by the state department of audit and   control. He shall carefully preserve all  coupons,  certificates,  bonds   and notes which he shall pay, and present the same, with a transcript of   the account, to the town board from time to time, as it may require, and   at  least once in each year shall make and file a complete statement and   shall account with such board on account of every improvement.
NY Town L § 236 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 236 - Completion of Improvements.

§  236.  Completion of improvements. Upon the completion of any of the   improvements authorized by article twelve, article twelve-A, or  section   eighty-one,  two  hundred  twenty  or  two  hundred  twenty-one  of this   chapter, the town board, engineer, or  other  official  or  employee  in   charge  thereof,  shall file in the office of the town clerk a statement   in detail showing the actual and complete cost thereof.  Such  statement   shall  thereupon be entered in full in the minutes of the town board and   if the cost of the improvement shall be borne by local  assessment  upon   the  several  lots  or parcels of land especially benefited, pursuant to   article twelve, the town clerk shall file a certified copy thereof  with   the  assessors, accompanied by a certified copy of the resolution of the   town  board  specifying  the  property  especially  benefited   by   the   improvement and directing the assessors to apportion so much of the cost   thereof upon the several lots and parcels of land so deemed benefited as   shall  be  in  just  proportion  to  the  amount  of  benefit  which the   improvement shall have conferred upon the same.
NY Town L § 237 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 237 - Preparation of Assessment-Roll for Certain Improvements.

§  237.  Preparation  of assessment-roll for certain improvements.  It   shall thereupon be the duty of the assessors, or the town board, if  the   town  board  shall  so  elect, to prepare an assessment-roll which shall   contain a description of each lot or parcel of land so that the same may   be ascertained and identified; the names of the reputed owners  thereof;   the  amount of benefit of said improvement which each such lot or parcel   of land shall have received, and the amount assessed against each lot or   parcel. In case of assessments for general or trunk sewers,  drains  and   trunk  water  mains,  all  property  within the sewer, drainage or water   districts shall be included in the assessment.  In other cases the  town   board  shall define the territory to be included by the assessors in the   assessment-roll.  The  town  board  may  at  its  election  prepare  any   assessment-roll in the first instance without at any time submitting the   same to the assessors.
NY Town L § 238 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 238 - Assessment of Property Partly in District.

§  238.  Assessment of property partly in district. In all cases where   real property is divided by the boundary line of any district, it  shall   be  the duty of the assessors after fixing the valuation of the whole of   such real property as now required by law, to determine what  proportion   of such valuation is on account of that part of such real property lying   within  the limits of the district and shall designate the same upon the   assessment-roll. The valuation of the real property  lying  within  such   district so fixed and determined by the assessors shall be the valuation   of  said  part  of  such  real  property  for  taxation for all district   purposes.
NY Town L § 239 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 239 - Completion of Roll and Hearing.

§  239.  Completion  of  roll  and  hearing. The assessors or the town   board,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  file  the  assessment-roll  when   completed, with the town clerk and thereupon it shall be the duty of the   town  board to cause notice to be published at least once in a newspaper   published within the town, or, if there be none published in  the  town,   then  in  a  newspaper  published in the county and having a circulation   within the town, that said assessment-roll has been completed, and  that   at a time and place to be specified therein the town board will meet and   hear  and  consider  any  objections  which may be made to the roll. The   first publication of the notice of the completion of the roll  shall  be   not  less  than  ten  nor  more  than  twenty days before the time to be   specified therein for the hearing.At the time and place so specified, the town board shall meet and hear   and consider any objections to the assessment-roll, and  may  change  or   amend the same as they deem it necessary or just so to do and may affirm   and  adopt  the same as originally proposed or as amended or changed, or   they may annul the same and order the assessors to proceed anew  and  to   prepare  another  roll or the town board may prepare such new roll. If a   new roll be prepared, upon the completion and filing  thereof  the  town   board  shall  give notice of a public hearing thereon, hold such hearing   and consider objections and reject, correct, amend and  affirm  the  new   roll in the manner herein provided with respect to the original roll. No   action  or  proceeding shall be maintained to set aside, vacate, cancel,   annul, review, reduce or  otherwise  test  or  affect  the  legality  or   validity  of  any such assessment unless such action or proceeding shall   be commenced within thirty days after  the  said  final  assessment-roll   shall have been affirmed.
NY Town L § 240 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 240 - Delivery of Roll to Collector; Warrant for Collection.

§ 240. Delivery of roll to collector; warrant for collection.  1. When   the  assessment roll shall have been finally approved and adopted by the   town board, the board shall annex  thereto  a  warrant  which  shall  be   signed  by the supervisor and countersigned by the town clerk commanding   the town tax collector or the  receiver  of  taxes  and  assessments  to   collect  from the several persons named therein the sum or sums opposite   their respective names and to pay the same  to  the  supervisor  of  the   town.2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,   when the assessment  roll  is  prepared  by  means  of  electronic  data   processing  equipment, the warrant may be filed therewith, in accordance   with the provisions of article fifteen-C of the real property tax law.3. The warrant so annexed to or filed with the assessment  roll  shall   prescribe  that  the assessments therein may be paid in whole or in part   without fee or penalty on or before a date to be specified therein which   shall be not less than thirty nor more than one hundred eighty days from   the date of the warrant.
NY Town L § 241 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 241 - Notice by Collector or Receiver of Taxes; Return of Assessment Roll.

§  241. Notice by collector or receiver of taxes; return of assessment   roll. Each town tax collector or receiver of taxes and assessments, upon   receiving an assessment roll and warrant, shall forthwith  cause  notice   of  the  reception thereof to be published at least once in the official   paper and to be posted on the sign-board of the town maintained pursuant   to subdivision six of section thirty of  this  chapter,  specifying  the   place where and the time when the assessments may be paid to him. Within   ten  days after the last day specified in the warrant for the payment of   the assessments in whole or in part, the town tax collector or  receiver   of  taxes  and  assessments  shall  deliver the assessment roll or, upon   mutual agreement,  the  data  file  therefor,  as  provided  in  article   fifteen-C  of  the real property tax law, to the supervisor of the town,   indicating the several parcels of land for which assessments shall  have   been paid in full, or in part, and the parcels of land for which no part   of  such assessments shall have been paid, and he shall at the same time   account for and pay over to the supervisor all moneys so collected.
NY Town L § 242 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 242 - Assessments Payable in Installments.

§  242.  Assessments  payable in installments. 1. The supervisor shall   present the returned assessment roll to  the  town  board  at  its  next   meeting.   If   obligations  shall  have  been  issued  to  finance  the   improvement, in whole or in part, the town board shall divide the amount   of the unpaid assessment against each parcel of land  into  such  annual   installments  as shall be necessary to completely amortize the principal   amount of such obligations as they shall mature.  A  special  assessment   roll  shall  be prepared setting forth such amortization, specifying the   owner of each parcel of land and the amount of each  annual  installment   which shall be assessed against such parcel.2. There shall be added to the amount of each installment, interest at   the  highest  rate  borne  by  the  obligations  so issued. The original   assessment roll or data file as authorized by article fifteen-C  of  the   real  property  tax  law returned by the collector or receiver of taxes,   together with the  special  assessment  roll  for  the  payment  of  the   assessments  in  installments,  shall be filed in the office of the town   clerk.3.  Whenever  assessments  shall  be  payable  in  installments,  each   installment  thereof  shall  become a lien at and only from the time the   same becomes payable upon the parcel of real estate upon which the  same   shall be assessed, prior and superior to all other claims, liens, assets   or interests therein, except the lien of an existing tax or assessment.
NY Town L § 243 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 243 - Collection of Annual Installments of Assessments.

§   243.   Collection  of  annual  installments  of  assessments.  The   supervisor of the town shall annually transmit to the county legislative   body at the meeting thereof  at  which  taxes  are  levied  a  statement   setting  forth  a  description  of  each  parcel  of land liable for the   payment of an installment of an assessment together with the name of the   owner and the amount of such assessment with interest. It shall  be  the   duty  of  the  county  legislative body to levy and assess the amount of   such installment, with interest as aforesaid, against the  specific  lot   or  parcel of land against which same was originally levied and assessed   at the time and in the manner provided by law for the levy of state  and   county  taxes.  The  warrant  annexed  to or filed with the tax roll and   delivered to the town tax collector or receiver of taxes and assessments   shall direct him to pay to  the  supervisor  the  full  amount  of  such   installments  of  unpaid  assessments with interest. If the collector or   receiver of taxes and  assessments  shall  be  unable  to  collect  such   installment of assessment with interest, he shall return the same to the   county  treasurer of the county and collection thereof shall be enforced   in the manner provided by law for the collection of unpaid town taxes.
NY Town L § 244 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 244 - Correction of Assessments.

§  244. Correction of assessments. When it shall be ascertained to the   satisfaction of the said board that any error, omission or  mistake  has   been  made in measuring or in entering the frontage or bounds of any lot   or in the quantity of any parcel of land held to be especially benefited   by an improvement or in any other matter connected with the making of  a   local  assessment,  it  shall  be  lawful  for the said board, and it is   hereby authorized to correct such error,  omission  or  mistake.  Before   making  any  such  correction,  however,  it  shall give to the owner or   occupant of the land against which  an  assessment  is  to  be  made  or   increased, notice personally, or by mail, specifying a time, which shall   be  at least five days after the mailing or service of the notice, and a   place at which the said board will meet for the  purpose  of  correcting   such  alleged error, omission, or mistake, and shall give to such person   at such time and place an opportunity to be  heard,  and  to  make  such   objections  to  such  change as he may desire. If the correction of such   error, omission or mistake shall affect the entire assessment, or  shall   be  sufficiently  general  so  that  the  board  shall  believe  that in   furtherance of justice it should give public notice thereof, it shall at   least ten days  before  correcting  such  error,  omission  or  mistake,   publish  in  the  official  paper a notice specifying the alleged error,   omission or mistake, and that at  a  time  and  place  to  be  specified   therein  it  will  meet  for  the purpose of correcting the same, and of   hearing any objections which may be made thereto. The board  shall  meet   at  the  time  and  place  to  be  so  specified,  and after hearing all   objections which may be made thereto, if, in its judgment, the  mistake,   error  or  omission  exists,  and in furtherance of justice it should be   corrected, it shall cause the same to be so corrected.
NY Town L § 245 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 245 - Expense of Maintenance.

§  245.  Expense  of maintenance. After the improvement is constructed   and completed, it shall be maintained by the town board and the cost  of   such  maintenance shall be a charge upon the district or parcels of land   against which the cost of the  improvement  was  charged  and  shall  be   raised  in  the  manner  provided  in  section two hundred two-a of this   chapter.
NY Town L § 246 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 246 - Proceeding to Review Decision.

§  246. Proceeding to review decision. Any person interested who shall   have appeared before the board and made his objections  at  any  hearing   provided  for  in this statute, and who shall consider himself aggrieved   by any decision or action of the board may commence a proceeding, within   thirty days from the date of such decision or action, in the  county  or   supreme  court  for  a review of the decision or action of the board, in   the manner provided by article seventy-eight of the civil  practice  law   and  rules.  The  court  may  review  the action of the board, and if it   decides that any injustice or error has been committed,  may  annul  the   proceedings  and  direct  the board to proceed in the matter de novo, or   may specify  the  correction  which  should  be  made  and  compel  such   correction  by the board; and the court may, in its discretion, stay the   proceedings of the board upon motion of the petitioner,  and  upon  such   security  or conditions and notice to the board as may seem proper until   the final decision on the petition.
NY Town L § 247 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 15 - Financing of Public Improvements 247 - Reassessment and Apportionment Where Original Assessment and Apportionment Has Been Held Invalid.

§  247.  Reassessment  and apportionment where original assessment and   apportionment has been held invalid.  In  the  event  that  any  tax  or   assessment  apportionment  assessed  or  levied upon any property in any   town on account of or in behalf of any district or for the  construction   of  any  improvement  authorized by this chapter, for the payment of the   principal or interest of any town bond issued  on  behalf  of  any  such   district or improvement, shall be held invalid or illegal because of the   invalidity   of,  or  any  irregularity  in,  the  proceedings  for  the   establishment or enlargement of such district, or for  the  acquisition,   construction, enlargement or extension of any improvement therein or for   the construction of any improvement authorized by this chapter, the town   board  shall  make a new apportionment, assessment or levy of the amount   to be raised for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds   in the manner provided by law for the original apportionment, assessment   or levy, or if such new apportionment,  assessment  or  levy  cannot  be   legally  made, shall assess such amount on the lands within the district   or abutting upon such improvement in proportion as nearly as may  be  to   the benefit which each lot or parcel will derive therefrom in the manner   provided  by  this  chapter  for  the  assessment  of  the  cost  of the   construction of a sewer system, and such board may, after a hearing held   thereon, determine to assess such amount on all such  lands  or  on  the   lands  benefited, in proportion to the assessed valuation of such lands.   After such amount has been so apportioned or assessed,  the  town  board   shall  transmit  a  statement  showing each lot or parcel liable and the   amount chargeable to each to the board  of  supervisors.  The  board  of   supervisors shall levy the respective amount against the property liable   and  shall  cause  to  be  prepared  forthwith a special or supplemental   tax-roll and shall cause said amounts to be collected in the same manner   as other town taxes.  Said amounts when collected shall be paid  to  the   supervisor and be by him applied in payment of the bonds. Nothing herein   contained  shall  in  any  way  limit  or  affect  the  power to pay the   principal and interest of such bonds in the same manner  as  other  town   charges are paid.
NY Town L § 261 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 16 - Zoning and Planning 261 - Grant of Power; Appropriations for Certain Expenses Incurred Under This Article.

§  261.  Grant  of power; appropriations for certain expenses incurred   under this article. For the purpose of  promoting  the  health,  safety,   morals,  or  the  general  welfare  of  the community, the town board is   hereby empowered by local law or ordinance to regulate and restrict  the   height,  number  of  stories and size of buildings and other structures,   the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of  yards,  courts,   and  other  open spaces, the density of population, and the location and   use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence  or   other purposes; provided that such regulations shall apply to and affect   only  such  part  of a town as is outside the limits of any incorporated   village or  city;  provided  further,  that  all  charges  and  expenses   incurred  under  this  article for zoning and planning shall be a charge   upon the taxable property of that  part  of  the  town  outside  of  any   incorporated  village  or  city. The town board is hereby authorized and   empowered to make such appropriation as it may see fit for such  charges   and  expenses,  provided  however,  that such appropriation shall be the   estimated charges  and  expenses  less  fees,  if  any,  collected,  and   provided,  that the amount so appropriated shall be assessed, levied and   collected from the property outside of any incorporated village or city.   Such regulations may provide that a board of appeals may  determine  and   vary their application in harmony with their general purpose and intent,   and in accordance with general or specific rules therein contained.
NY Town L § 261-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 16 - Zoning and Planning 261-C - Planned Unit Development Zoning Districts.

§ 261-c. Planned unit development zoning districts. A town legislative   body  is  hereby authorized to enact, as part of its zoning local law or   ordinance, procedures and requirements for the establishment and mapping   of planned unit development zoning districts. Planned  unit  development   district   regulations   are   intended   to  provide  for  residential,   commercial, industrial or other land uses, or a mix  thereof,  in  which   economies of scale, creative architectural or planning concepts and open   space  preservation may be achieved by a developer in furtherance of the   town comprehensive plan and zoning local law or ordinance.