[Amended 7-18-2006 by L.L. No. 23-2006]
A. Cognizant of the existence within this state of certain areas characterized
by persistent and pervasive poverty, high unemployment, limited job
creation, dependence on public assistance income, dilapidated and
abandoned industrial and commercial facilities and a shrinking tax
base, the State Legislature has enacted a law known as the "New York
State Empire Zones Act." The purpose of this Act is to allow government
to target for these areas extraordinary economic and human resource
development programs in order to stimulate private investment, private
business development and job creation. Under the Act, special incentives
and assistance are available that will promote the development of
new businesses, the expansion of existing businesses and the development
of human resources within areas that are designated by the New York
State Commissioner of Economic Development as an Empire Zone.
B. In 1996, in response to military base closures and realignments and
the loss of jobs at defense contractor facilities around the state,
the Governor and the State Legislature amended the Empire Zone statute
to allow for the designation of a new round of Empire Zones. Specifically,
General Municipal Law § 960, Subdivision (b)(v), was amended
to allow for the designation of not more than seven Empire Zones,
"each which shall contain a defense or military base or facility which
has been designated for closure or realignment or a site currently
or formerly owned or operated by either the (1) United States military
or (2) a defense contractor whose employment in New York State was
adversely affected by a reduction in military spending."
C. This article is required to permit the Town of Riverhead, in cooperation
with the County of Suffolk, to prepare and submit to the New York
State Commissioner of Economic Development an application for redesignation
of the Town of Riverhead as an Empire Zone and to permit the execution
of any documents necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article.
It is the intent of this article to provide the incentive necessary
to attract private business and industry to the proposed Empire Zone,
as further described herein below, and to maintain the connection
between such growth and the human resources base of the community
within said zone.
[Amended 12-28-2005 by L.L. No. 54-2005; 11-5-2009 by L.L. No.
58-2009]
The Empire Zone is described by Geographic Information System,
NYS SPF North American Datum 1983 coordinates, Suffolk County Tax
Map numbers or metes and bounds as set forth in descriptions on file
in the Town offices and includes the following subzones in the Town
of Riverhead:
A. Calverton Property (EPCAL Subzone Area 1).
B. Downtown Riverhead Properties (Downtown Subzone Areas 2 and 3).
[Amended 12-28-2005 by L.L. No. 54-2005]
The Certifying Officer of the Empire Zone in the Town of Riverhead
shall be the Town Attorney, with such powers as provided in the statute.
[Amended 12-28-2005 by L.L. No. 54-2005]
The provisions of Real Property Tax Law § 485-e are
deemed incorporated herein and made applicable to this Empire Zone.
[Added 11-8-2006 by L.L. No. 44-2006]
A. In 2005, New York State amended the Empire Zone Program to include
specific projects deemed as "regionally significant projects." "Regionally
significant projects" are defined as company and site-specific projects
located outside the existing zone boundaries of 1,280 acres/credits
and must meet the criteria of § 957, Subdivision (d), of
the New York General Municipal Law.
B. The following projects have been determined as eligible regionally
significant project designated areas:
(1)
Telephonics Corporation, located at 789 Park Avenue, Huntington,
New York, more particularly described as Suffolk County Tax Map No.
0400-104.04-01.00-110.000;
(2)
US Web, Inc., located at 780 Park Avenue, Huntington, New York,
more particularly described as Suffolk County Tax Map No. 0400-104.00-01.00-050.000;
(3)
Blue & White Foods, LLC, located at 535, 525 and 515 Smith
Street, Farmingdale, New York, more particularly described as Suffolk
County Tax Map No. 0100-6-1-14, 0100-6-1-13 and 0100-6-1-15;
[Added 3-6-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; amended 5-1-2007 by L.L. No. 13-2007]
(4)
Custom Woodwork, LTD., dba Heritage Wide Plank Flooring and
Renaissance Woodworking, located at 713-817 Pulaski Street, Riverhead,
New York, more particularly described as Suffolk County Tax Map No.
600-124-02-24;
[Added 3-6-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007]
(5)
C & N Packaging, Inc., located at 105 Wyandanch Avenue,
Wyandanch, New York, more particularly described as Suffolk County
Tax Map No. 0100-080.00-02.00-119.009; and
[Added 3-6-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007; amended 5-1-2007 by L.L. No. 13-2007]
(6)
Air Techniques, Inc., located at 1295 Walt Whitman Road, Melville,
New York, more particularly described as Suffolk County Tax Map No.
0400-255.00-01.00-002.005.
[Added 3-6-2007 by L.L. No. 5-2007]