[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Huntington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 149.
[Adopted 5-16-1972 by L.L. No. 4-1972 (Ch.
51 of the 1969 Code of the Town of Huntington)]
The Town Board, in order to prevent its citizens
from being victimized by misinformation, deception or misleading representations
on the part of some developers, subdividers or their agents with respect
to estimated taxes on residential dwellings within a subdivision and
the school district in which the subject property or parcel is located,
therefore intends this enactment to correct any such abuse, to provide
a guide for the developer and to further provide adequate and sufficient
information in order to make certain that the prospective purchaser
of a residential dwelling will be in a position to be aware of the
prospective assessment and taxes he will be confronted with if he
purchases.
This Article shall apply to any person who offers
new homes for sale or contracts for the construction of residential
homes on real property owned by him or in which he has a beneficial
interest wherein such sales are made from a model house and/or from
a set of standardized plans used by such person. For the purposes
of this Article, the term "person" shall be intended to include a
person, partnership, corporation or any other form of legal entity,
its agents and employees.
All persons coming within the provisions of § 97-8 of this Article shall conspicuously post in every model house authorized to be constructed by the Town of Huntington or in their sales office located within the Town of Huntington, or both, at least one notice containing the information required by § 97-10 of this Article. Such notice shall be uniform in size, form and texture and shall be issued by the Assessor.
Each notice shall contain the following information:
A.
Current tax rate for county, town, special district
or school districts. The notice shall contain a statement that such
tax rate is subject to change in any given tax year. The tax rate
shall be the tax rate for the area in which the real property is located
or offered for sale, and in the event the real property is located
or offered for sale in more than one school district or special district,
a separate notice shall be posted for each such separate school district
or special district containing the information required by this subsection.[1]
B.
The estimated assessed valuation of the model house
or the house as offered on the plans and specifications, as approximated
by the Assessor of the Town of Huntington, with increments and deductions
indicated for various standardized options and deviations from the
basic model. The estimated assessed valuation shall be the estimated
assessed valuation for the area in which the real property is located
or offered for sale, and in the event the real property is located
or offered for sale in more than one school district, a separate notice
shall be posted for each separate school district or special district
containing the information required by this subsection.
C.
The estimated county, town, special district and school
tax for the model house or the house as offered on the plans and specifications,
as approximated by the Assessor, with increments and deductions indicated
for various standardized options and deviations from the basic model.
The estimated county, town, special district and school tax for the
area in which the real property is located or offered for sale and
in the event the real property is located or offered for sale in more
than one school district or special district, a separate notice shall
be posted for each such separate school district or special district
containing the information required by this subsection.[2]
D.
A statement to the effect that information as to the
estimated assessed valuation for the model house with increments and
deductions for other than standarized options and deviations will
be available in the office of the Assessor upon request and submission
of a plan thereof.
E.
The designation of the school district within which
the real property lies.
F.
Information as to the zoning classification of the
real property and all surrounding properties is available in the office
of the Town Clerk and the Department of Planning and Environment,
100 Main Street, Huntington, New York, upon request.
[Amended 7-13-2021 by L.L. No. 35-2021]
Within one month following the beginning of any given tax year, the subdivider shall post a notice as required by § 97-9 hereof, containing all information as based upon the current tax rate for county, town, special district and school district taxes.
[Amended 11-6-2019 by L.L. No. 56-2019]
It shall be unlawful for any person, within the provisions of this Article, to fail to post the notice as required by § 97-9 hereof, to change any of the information contained on the notice or to fail to post a current notice as required by § 97-11 hereof. The Building Inspector shall enforce the provisions of this Article and from time to time shall cause inspections to be made of model houses in order to determine that notices are posted in conformance with this Article. Any person found guilty of an offense based on a violation of this Article shall likewise be subject to a fine of not less than two hundred fifty ($250) dollars and not more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars. Any person found by the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication to have violated this Article shall likewise be subject to a monetary penalty in an amount within the range of fines authorized herein.
