It is the intent of the Town Board of the Town of LaFayette,
County of Onondaga, to provide a real property tax exemption to qualifying
volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers as set forth in New York
Real Property Tax Law § 466-a.
Real Property Tax Law § 466-a authorizes the Town
Board to adopt a local law providing a real property tax exemption
of up to 10% of the assessed value of real property owned by qualifying
volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.
The Town Board of the Town of LaFayette, County of Onondaga,
hereby provides a lifetime real property tax exemption of 10% of the
assessed value of real property for any individuals that have been
certified by the authority having jurisdiction over an incorporated
volunteer fire company, fire department or incorporated volunteer
ambulance service as having accrued two or more years of active service,
so long as their primary residence remains within the Town of LaFayette.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of
this article, or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation,
or circumstance, shall be adjusted by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid or unconstitutional, such order or judgment shall not
affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
or part of this article, or in its application to the person, individual,
firm or corporation or circumstance, directly involved in the controversy
in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.