Village of Manlius, NY Article IV Benefit Districts

[Adopted 7-13-1993 as L.L. No. 3-1993]

§ 89-30 Benefit District No. 1.

A. The current special assessments for streetlighting in Section B of the Ridge Run subdivision tract imposed under authority of Village resolution dated on or about February 13, 1990, shall be abolished and converted into benefit district charges as provided herein.

B. The 17 lots having frontage on Lamplighter Lane and embraced within the Village subdivision commonly known as "Ridge Run Section B," as designated in a certain final subdivision map prepared by Jack W. Cottrell, last dated and revised on August 19, 1985, entitled "Section B Amended Ridge Run," as filed with the Onondaga County Clerk on November 22, 1985, as Map No. 6377, shall constitute and be designated as Benefit District No. 1 within the Village.

C. The Village, through its Planning Board subdivision approval process, has previously approved the location and installation of three one-hundred-seventy-five-watt mercury vapor streetlights and associated facilities on Lamplighter Lane, at the locations shown on the Ridge Run Section B U.R.D. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation lighting location plan ("NIMO plan"). Two of the aforesaid streetlights have been installed to date, and the installation of a fourth streetlight is optional at the location shown on the approved NIMO plan.

D. The Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation ("NIMO") shall at all times, own, maintain and operate said streetlighting equipment and facilities within Benefit District No. 1.

E. The Village shall pay NIMO for streetlighting services within Ridge Run as provided in accordance with the standard streetlighting rates Service Classification No. 2 charged by NIMO on an annual basis, subject to rate increases in the event that the streetlights and associated facilities are removed before the year 2005.

F. The Board of Trustees of the Village shall cause the annual cost for NIMO streetlighting charges for Benefit District No. 1 (including but not limited to installation, annual cost and fuel maintenance fees) to be assessed annually and shared equally by said 17 property lots within Benefit District No. 1.

G. The Board of Trustees of the Village hereby reserves the right, by resolution without the necessity of a public hearing, to modify Benefit District No. 1 herein created by adding new property or territory to it, by eliminating from it any or all property or territory which is included within it or by disestablishing the same Benefit District No. 1 in its entirety.

H. This section shall apply to Village of Manlius assessment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or after March 1, 1993.