[Amended 7-20-1982 by L.L. No. 5-1982]
[Added 9-6-1994 by L.L. No. 12-1994; amended 8-5-2003 by L.L. No. 4-2003; 12-6-2005 by L.L. No. 6-2005[1]]
Notwithstanding any federal, state or other law, rule and regulation, including any provision of this title, all real property taxes due and owing to the City of Fulton shall be paid as follows:
A. 
Taxes may be paid in two equal installments as follows: One-half of the tax due may be paid on or before February 28 without penalty and interest, and the remaining 1/2 of the tax due may be paid after February 28 at an interest rate of 1% per month, retroactive to January 1.
B. 
If the taxpayer fails to make payment on the installment basis as set forth in § C240A above, the entire tax shall be due and payable on March 1 at an interest rate of 1% per month, retroactive to January 1, on the unpaid balance, up to a maximum of 12% per year.
C. 
The Clerk/Chamberlain shall have no authority to grant a grace period under § C240A or B above, except as per Subsection D, as follows.
[Amended 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
D. 
Administrative hearing. When all or any portion of real property taxes due is not paid on or before March 1, interest and penalties shall accrue at the rates specified in § C240A or B. The property owner is entitled to request relief from the interest and penalties by requesting an administrative hearing. The administrative hearing shall be held before the Clerk/Chamberlain, Mayor and the Audit/Finance and Budget Committee of the Common Council. Upon completion of the administrative hearing, the Audit/Finance and Budget Committee, by majority vote, is hereby authorized to waive the interest and penalties accrued, in the event that they determine the request for relief by the property owner is justified.
[Amended 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law provided that it take effect 1-1-2006.
[Amended 10-30-1991 by L.L. No. 3-1991; 3-7-1995 by L.L. No. 4-1995]
a. 
On the first day of December, the Water Commissioner and Sanitation Commissioner shall certify to the County of Oswego, or its designee, a list of the names and addresses of the owners of all real property on which there is a bill for sewer and water charges which have remained due and unpaid, in whole or in part, for a period of 90 calendar days from the date of billing. The Water Commissioner and Sanitation Commissioner shall certify as to the amount of the bill which is due, as provided in § C87 of this Charter.
The Clerk/Chamberlain is hereby directed to add the entire amount of the sewer or water charges which shall be in default, plus the penalties and interest provided for in § C87 of the City Charter, to the real property taxes due and owing to the City of Fulton in the next succeeding year, and the Clerk/Chamberlain is directed to collect the same in the manner as real property taxes and owing to the City are collected.
[Amended 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
The Clerk/Chamberlain shall deliver the entire amount of the sewer and/or water charge which shall be in default, plus penalties and interest, and which said amount shall be added to the real property taxes, to the Sewer and Water Department, as prescribed above.
[Amended 12-1-2009 by L.L. No. 6-2009]
b. 
The remedies to the City under this section for the collection of unpaid sewer and water charges shall be in addition to any other remedy that the City may have for such collection, including the provisions of § C87 of this Charter and § 137-63B of the Public Sewer Ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now § 514-63B of Ch. 514, Sewers.
[Amended 7-16-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991; 12-15-1998 by L.L. No. 17-1998[1]; 6-5-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; 7-19-2011 by L.L. No. 3-2011; 9-2-2014 by L.L. No. 5-2014; 4-17-2018 by L.L. No. 9-2018; 6-4-2024 by L.L. No. 9-2024]
1. 
There shall be an improvement district known as "Canalview Off-Street Parking Improvement District" bounded as follows: On the east by the center line of NYS Route 481; on the south by the center line of Rochester Street; on the west by the blue line of the Barge Canal; on the north by the irregular property line described in Exhibit A of Urban Renewal Project A-7.
2. 
A special assessment in the amount of $40,000, effective January 1, 2025, is hereby levied against the Canalview Off-Street Parking Improvement District annually, as follows, the proceeds of which are to be applied to the acquisition, improvement, maintenance and operations costs of the off-street parking areas created by the City of Fulton in the Canalview Off-Street Parking Improvement District.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed original Subsection 3, regarding property situate at 115 South First Street, as amended.
[Added 12-28-1993 by L.L. No. 4-1993; amended 6-4-2024 by L.L. No. 8-2024]
1. 
There shall be an improvement district known as "West Broadway Parking Improvement District" bounded as follows and to include the following properties:
All property with frontage on the south side of West Broadway and the north side of West Broadway situate between West First Street and West Second Street; all property with frontage on the west side of West First Street between West Broadway and Beech Street; all property with frontage on Beech Street between West First Street and West Second Street; and all property with frontage on West Second Street between West Broadway and Beech Street.
2. 
A special assessment in the sum of $8,000 annually, effective January 1, 2025, is hereby levied against the West Broadway Parking Improvement District, the proceeds of which are to be applied to defray the expense to the City of Fulton for the acquisition, improvement, maintenance and improvement of said district.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § C263B, Garbage Collection and Disposal District, added 3-1-1994 by L.L. No. 5-1994, was repealed 4-7-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § C263B(i), Garbage Collection and Disposal District: special assessment without notice, added 3-7-1995 by L.L. No. 5-1995, as amended, was repealed 4-7-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009.
[Added 3-15-1994 by L.L. No. 7-1994]
At the request of one or more of the record owner(s) of private property situate in the City of Fulton, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works may elect to remove snow and/or ice from such property.
Prior to commencing such removal, the record owner(s) shall execute an agreement on a form prescribed by the City Attorney. Said agreement shall provide for the per-hour charge to be assessed for the removal, and said agreement shall also contain the following language:
If the stated consideration is not paid within 30 days after invoicing by the city, the City may, by Common Council resolution, institute civil action against the owner(s) and/or place a special assessment on the premises effective on January 1 of the next succeeding year, such special assessment to be assessed and collected in the same manner as any and all other special assessments in the city.
The Common Council shall, at its regular meeting in December of each and every year, pass a resolution charging a special assessment against all property owner(s) who then have invoices that have been unpaid for a period of 30 days or more. The special assessment shall be placed on the City tax bill for the year next succeeding the adoption of the resolution.
This special assessment shall not apply to any privately owned parking lot that is part of a then-effective special assessment parking district.
For the purpose of this section, "private property" shall be deemed to be all real property not owned by a municipality, as "municipality" is defined in the General City Law or the General Municipal Law.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that the City remove snow and/or ice from private property, even if the consideration is offered to be paid. The decision as to whether or not to perform the removal shall be vested solely in the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works.