[Adopted 3-2-1982 by Ord. No. 145, effective 4-1-1982]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Equipment which provides for the collection, transfer, storage
and use of incident solar energy for water heating, space heating
or cooling which, absent such solar energy system, would require a
conventional energy resource, such as petroleum products, natural
gas or electricity, and which meets standards established by regulation
by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
Includes a solar energy heating or cooling system which consists
of both active and passive elements.
Refers to a department in the executive branch of government
of the State of Connecticut which is charged with the function of
assisting and advising municipalities on matters of municipal finance.
The arrangement and design of the structural elements of
a building to cause the collection, storage or distribution of energy
within for water heating or space heating or cooling and which meets
the standards established by regulation by the Secretary of the Office
of Policy and Management.
Equipment which is designed, operated and installed as a
system at any private residential location, which utilizes solar energy
to produce electricity for consumption at such location and which
meets standards established by regulation by the Secretary of the
Office of Policy and Management.
[Amended 10-24-1995 by Ord. No. 201]
The owner of any building in the Town of North
Branford which is equipped with an active, passive or hybrid solar
energy heating or cooling system or which has a solar energy electricity
generating system installed for the generation of electricity for
private residential use is hereby granted authorization to apply for
an exemption from the building's assessment, pursuant to the provisions
of Connecticut General Statutes § 12-81(56), (57) and (62).
No exemption is allowed for any building or solar energy electrical
generating system that commenced on or after October 1, 1991.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: State statutes are very specific
as to the time frame when solar energy exemptions were eligible for
tax exemptions.
In each case, an exemption, if granted in accordance
with the provisions of this article, shall be limited to the first
15 assessment years following the construction of such building or
addition of such system to a building.
Any person who desires to claim the exemption
provided in this article shall file with the Assessor of the Town
of North Branford, within 30 days following the annual assessment
date, written application claiming such exemption on a form as prescribed
by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Failure to
file such application in said manner and form within the time limit
prescribed shall constitute a waiver of the right to such exemption
for the assessment year.
