[Adopted 10-3-2011 by L.L. No. 5-2011]
The intent of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ardsley,
New York, is to implement § 1402, Subdivision 3, of the
Real Property Tax Law providing for the voluntary termination of the
Village's status as an assessing unit, as provided in Village
Law and the Real Property Tax Law. It is also the intent of this article
to abolish the position of Assessor and Board of Assessment Review
and to terminate any and all responsibility as provided by law for
the review of the assessment of real property located within the Village
of Ardsley.
On or after the effective date of this article, the Village
of Ardsley shall cease to be an assessing unit.
The position of Assessor of the Village of Ardsley is hereby
abolished.
The Board of Assessment Review in the Village of Ardsley is
hereby abolished.
On or after the effective date of this article, taxes in the
Village of Ardsley shall be levied on a copy of the applicable part
of the assessment roll of the Town of Greenburgh with the taxable
status date of the Town controlling for Village purposes.
Within five days of the effective date of this article, the
Board of Trustees of the Village of Ardsley shall file a copy of such
article with the Clerk, Assessor and Board of Assessors of the Town
of Greenburgh and with the State Board of Real Property Services.
This article shall be subject to referendum on petition pursuant
to Article 9 of the Village Law.