[Ord. No. 339A, 3/26/2002]
The Act of December 22, 1993, Public Law 529, No. 77, codified as the Allegheny Regional Asset District Law, PA Stat. Ann. Title 16 § 6101-B et seq., and amended by Act 77 of 2000.
Allegheny County.
A permanently disabled person.
A longtime owner/occupant of a principal residence in North Fayette Township who is: (1) a single person, aged 60 or older during a calendar year in which Township real property taxes are due and assessed; or (2) married persons if either spouse is 60 or older during a calendar year in which Township real property taxes are due and assessed and whose household income does not exceed $30,000; (3) a widow or widower aged 50 or older during a calendar year in which Township real property taxes are due and assessed; or (4) a disabled person aged 18 or older during a calendar year in which Township real property taxes are due and assessed; and whose household income as defined by the Senior Citizen Rebate and Assistance Act does not exceed $30,000.
All income received by an eligible taxpayer and his or her spouse while residing in his or her principal residence during a calendar year.
All income from whatever source derived, including, but not limited to, salaries, wages, bonuses, commissions, interest, dividends, IRA distributions, income from self-employment, alimony, support money, cash, public assistance and relief, the gross amount of any pensions or annuities, including railroad retirement benefits for calendar years prior to 1999, and 50% of railroad retirement benefits for calendar years 1999, and thereafter, all benefits received under the Federal Social Security Act (except Medicare benefits) for calendar years prior to 1999, and 50% of all benefits received under the Federal Social Security Act (except Medicare benefits) for calendar years 1999 and thereafter, all benefits received under state unemployment insurance laws and veterans disability payments, all interest received from the federal or any state government or any instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, realized capital gains, net income from rentals, workers compensation and the gross amount of loss of time insurance benefits, life insurance benefits and proceeds, except the first $5,000 of the total death benefit payments, and gifts of cash or property other than transfers by gift between members of a household in excess of a total value of $300, but shall not include surplus food or other relief in kind supplied by a governmental agency or property tax or rent rebate or inflation dividend.
A property owner/occupant is defined as any person who has owned one or more primary residence continuously for at least a 10-year period, or any person who for at least five years has owned and occupied a dwelling place as a principal residence and domicile if that person received assistance in the acquisition of the property as a part of a government or nonprofit housing program.
A natural person.
The dwelling place of a person, including the principal house and lot, and such lots as are used in connection therewith which contribute to its enjoyment, comfort and convenience, or a building with a maximum of one commercial establishment and a maximum of three residential units of which one residential unit must be a principal residence of a longtime owner/occupant.