Town of Yorktown, NY
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2023-06-20
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 260 Taxation
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Article IX Exemption for Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 10 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 12 Bonds and Undertakings
- Ch 15 Building Construction Administration
- Ch 20 Capital Program
- Ch 30 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 35 Planning Board
- Ch 38 Eminent Domain
- Ch 40 Emergency Management
- Ch 45 Ethics
- Ch 65 Officers and Employees
- Ch 70 Ordinances, Adoption of
- Ch 75 Personnel Policies
- Ch 78 Procurement for Goods and Services
- Ch 80 Records
- Ch 85 Residency Requirements
- Ch 90 Smoking
- Ch 95 Videoconferencing
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 102 (Reserved)
- Ch 105 Alarm Devices
- Ch 108 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 115 Animals
- Ch 120 Bingo
- Ch 124 Blasting and Explosives
- Ch 127 Boats and Boating
- Ch 130 Building Construction and Fire Prevention
- Ch 135 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 138 Collection Bins
- Ch 140 Conservation Areas
- Ch 150 Dance Halls
- Ch 155 Electrical Standards
- Ch 158 Electrical Transmission Lines
- Ch 159 Energy Conservation
- Ch 161 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 165 (Reserved)
- Ch 168 Fees
- Ch 171 Filming
- Ch 175 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 178 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 180 Games of Chance
- Ch 195 Land Development
- Ch 198 Heritage Preservation
- Ch 200 Lighting, Outdoor
- Ch 201 Littering
- Ch 205 Notification of Proposed Land Use Activity or Regulation
- Ch 210 Parades and Street Closings
- Ch 213 Parks and Recreation Facilities
- Ch 216 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 219 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 222 Plumbing
- Ch 225 Property Maintenance
- Ch 240 Sewers and Septic Systems
- Ch 243 Skateboards, In-Line Skates, Roller Skates and Scooters
- Ch 245 Solid Waste
- Ch 247 Illicit Discharges, Activities and Connections
- Ch 248 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 250 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 255 Street Specifications
- Ch 260 Taxation
- Ch 260 Art IX Exemption for Volunteer Firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Workers
- § 260-34 Statutory authority; grant of exemption.
- Ch 265 Taxicabs
- Ch 270 Trees
- Ch 275 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 277 Vehicles, Unregistered or Abandoned
- Ch 280 Water
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Ch 301 Cannabis
- Ch 302 Community Choice Aggregation (Energy) Program
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 11-18-2003 by L.L. No. 14-2003; amended in its entirety 3-1-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005]
A.
This article is adopted pursuant to Chapter 142 of
the Laws of 2003, as amended by Chapter 399 of the Laws of 2004, which
enacted a new § 466-d to the Real Property Tax Law authorizing
municipal governments in Westchester County to provide a partial tax
exemption to certain qualifying volunteer firefighters and ambulance
workers.
B.
The Town of Yorktown hereby adopts and elects to be
bound by the provisions of § 466-d to the Real Property
Tax Law, as amended by Chapter 399 of the Laws of 2004 and as may
be amended further from time to time, for the purposes of real property
taxes levied for the Town of Yorktown and all ad valorem special districts
for which the Town of Yorktown levies taxes within its jurisdiction.
C.
The Town
of Yorktown hereby adopts and elects to be bound by the provisions
of § 466-a of the Real Property Tax Law. Such exemptions
shall be 10% of the assessed value of the subject property. There
shall be a two year minimum service requirement for eligibility. The
procedures for certification shall be established by the Town Assessor.
[Added 3-7-2023 by L.L. No. 2-2023]
