Numerous multifamily tax-exempt residential developments exist
in the Village of Suffern. Statistically these developments have produced
an extraordinary demand on the Village's emergency services.
It is the intent of the Board of Trustees in enacting this chapter
that an annual life and safety fee be established in order to permit
the Village to continue to provide the same excellent level of service
to these developments. Recognizing that it would be inequitable to
impose such a fee on established developments, the annual fee will
be applicable only to new developments that have not received a building
permit as of the effective date of this chapter. In adopting this
chapter, the Board of Trustees utilizes the provisions of § 10(ii)(a)(9-a),
10(ii)(a)(12) and 10(ii)(e)(3) of the Municipal Home Rule Law.