[Adopted 11-10-2009 by L.L. No. 8-2009
The City of Kingston and the Town of Ulster
("the applicants") are hereby authorized and empowered to submit an
application for redesignation of certain areas within Ulster County
as an empire zone; provided, however, that such authorization and
empowerment shall be conditioned upon the concurrence, through properly
adopted resolution(s) with respect to such application, of the governing
bodies of any and all cities, towns and villages in which such zone
is located.
The applicants have received empire zone approval
to submit said application from the New York State Department of Economic
Development.
It is the desire of this Legislature to authorize
an application to revise the boundaries of the Kingston/Ulster Empire
Zone to include 1,240.39 acres located in the Kingston/Ulster Empire
Zone.
The boundaries of said areas to be included
in said empire zone shall be as set forth in Schedule A, which is
attached hereto and made a part hereof. Pursuant to §§
205-4 and
205-8 of the Code of the City of Kingston, said map and description shall heretofore be placed on file with the City of Kingston Clerk's office and also filed with the Ulster County Clerk.
Pursuant to Article 18-B of the General Municipal Law, the Local
Empire Zone Administrative Board as presently constituted is hereby
continued. The Local Empire Zone Administrative Board, pursuant to
§ 963(a) of the General Municipal Law, as amended, shall
sponsor and recommend for certification by the New York State Commissioner
of Economic Development and the New York State Commissioner of Labor
the applications of those businesses eligible for certification to
receive the benefits referred to in § 966 of the General
Municipal Law and shall perform all other duties required of it pursuant
to § 963(b) of the General Municipal Law.
The Commissioner of the New York State Department of Economic
Development is hereby requested to revise the boundaries of the Kingston/Ulster
Empire Zone in accordance with this article.