§ 193. Notice of hearing on petition; cost to typical property; definitions. 1. a. Whenever a petition shall be presented to the town board pursuant to this article, for the establishment or extension of a sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage, water, water quality treatment, park, public parking, lighting, snow removal, water supply, sidewalk, refuse and garbage, aquatic plant growth control district, ambulance district, harbor improvement district, public dock district, beach erosion control district, or a fallout shelter district, the board shall adopt an order and enter the same in the minutes of its proceedings, reciting in general terms the filing of such petition, the boundaries of the proposed district, the improvements proposed, the maximum amount proposed to be expended for the improvement as stated in the petition or the maximum amount to be expended for the performance or supplying of services if a maximum amount is stated in the petition, the estimated cost of hook-up fees, if any, to, and the cost of the district or extension to, the typical property and, if different, the typical one or two family home, and specifying the time when and place where said board will meet to consider the petition and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof, concerning the same. The board shall cause a copy of such order, certified by the town clerk, to be published at least once in the official paper, the first publication thereof to be not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day set therein for the hearing as aforesaid, and shall also cause a copy thereof to be posted on the signboard of the town maintained pursuant to subdivision six of section thirty of this chapter, not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day designated for the hearing as aforesaid. In the event that the town maintains a website, such information may also be provided on the website. Prior to the publication of a copy of the order, the board shall cause to be prepared, and file for public inspection with the town clerk, a detailed explanation of how the estimated cost of hook-up fees, if any, to, and the cost of the district or extension to, the typical property and, if different, the typical one or two family home was computed. b. (1) If the permission of the state comptroller is not required pursuant to section one hundred ninety-four of this article because it is proposed or required that the town in which the district or extension is located shall finance the cost thereof by the issuance of bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness of the town therefor or debt service as proposed to be assumed pursuant to subdivision twelve of section one hundred ninety-eight of this article but the cost to the typical property or, if different, the cost to the typical one or two family home is not above the average cost threshold described in that section, a certified copy of the order of the town board adopted pursuant to this section shall also be filed with the state comptroller on or about the date of the publication of a copy of such order. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph one of this paragraph, the state comptroller shall not be precluded from requiring the submission of additional information or data in such form and detail as the state comptroller shall deem sufficient or from causing an investigation to be made with respect to the establishment or extension of a district or an increase in the maximum amount to be expended. 2. For purposes of this article the following definition shall apply: a. the term "typical property" shall mean a benefited property having an assessed value that approximates the assessed value of the mode of the benefited properties situated in the district or extension that will be required to finance the cost of the proposed improvements;b. the term "typical one or two family home" shall mean a benefited property improved by a one or two family dwelling and having an assessed value that approximates the assessed value of the mode of the benefited properties improved by one or two family dwellings situated in the district or extension that will be required to finance the cost of the proposed improvements: c. the terms "cost of the district or extension to the typical property" and "cost of the district or extension to the typical one or two family home" shall mean the amount that it is estimated that the owner of such a typical property or home within the district or extension will be required to pay for debt service, operation and maintenance and other charges, such as user charges, related to the improvements in the first year following formation of the district or extension or, if greater, in the first year in which both principal and interest on any indebtedness and operation and maintenance costs will be paid. d. the term "mode" shall mean, in connection with assessed value of property, the most frequently occurring assessed value as shown on the latest completed final assessment roll.
§ 193. Notice of hearing on petition; cost to typical property; definitions. 1. a. Whenever a petition shall be presented to the town board pursuant to this article, for the establishment or extension of a sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage, water, water quality treatment, park, public parking, lighting, snow removal, water supply, sidewalk, refuse and garbage, aquatic plant growth control district, ambulance district, harbor improvement district, public dock district, beach erosion control district, or a fallout shelter district, the board shall adopt an order and enter the same in the minutes of its proceedings, reciting in general terms the filing of such petition, the boundaries of the proposed district, the improvements proposed, the maximum amount proposed to be expended for the improvement as stated in the petition or the maximum amount to be expended for the performance or supplying of services if a maximum amount is stated in the petition, the estimated cost of hook-up fees, if any, to, and the cost of the district or extension to, the typical property and, if different, the typical one or two family home, and specifying the time when and place where said board will meet to consider the petition and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof, concerning the same. The board shall cause a copy of such order, certified by the town clerk, to be published at least once in the official paper, the first publication thereof to be not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day set therein for the hearing as aforesaid, and shall also cause a copy thereof to be posted on the signboard of the town maintained pursuant to subdivision six of section thirty of this chapter, not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day designated for the hearing as aforesaid. In the event that the town maintains a website, such information may also be provided on the website. Prior to the publication of a copy of the order, the board shall cause to be prepared, and file for public inspection with the town clerk, a detailed explanation of how the estimated cost of hook-up fees, if any, to, and the cost of the district or extension to, the typical property and, if different, the typical one or two family home was computed. b. (1) If the permission of the state comptroller is not required pursuant to section one hundred ninety-four of this article because it is proposed or required that the town in which the district or extension is located shall finance the cost thereof by the issuance of bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness of the town therefor or debt service as proposed to be assumed pursuant to subdivision twelve of section one hundred ninety-eight of this article but the cost to the typical property or, if different, the cost to the typical one or two family home is not above the average cost threshold described in that section, a certified copy of the order of the town board adopted pursuant to this section shall also be filed with the state comptroller on or about the date of the publication of a copy of such order. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph one of this paragraph, the state comptroller shall not be precluded from requiring the submission of additional information or data in such form and detail as the state comptroller shall deem sufficient or from causing an investigation to be made with respect to the establishment or extension of a district or an increase in the maximum amount to be expended. 2. For purposes of this article the following definition shall apply: a. the term "typical property" shall mean a benefited property having an assessed value that approximates the assessed value of the mode of the benefited properties situated in the district or extension that will be required to finance the cost of the proposed improvements;b. the term "typical one or two family home" shall mean a benefited property improved by a one or two family dwelling and having an assessed value that approximates the assessed value of the mode of the benefited properties improved by one or two family dwellings situated in the district or extension that will be required to finance the cost of the proposed improvements: c. the terms "cost of the district or extension to the typical property" and "cost of the district or extension to the typical one or two family home" shall mean the amount that it is estimated that the owner of such a typical property or home within the district or extension will be required to pay for debt service, operation and maintenance and other charges, such as user charges, related to the improvements in the first year following formation of the district or extension or, if greater, in the first year in which both principal and interest on any indebtedness and operation and maintenance costs will be paid. d. the term "mode" shall mean, in connection with assessed value of property, the most frequently occurring assessed value as shown on the latest completed final assessment roll.
§ 193. Notice of hearing on petition; cost to typical property; definitions. 1. a. Whenever a petition shall be presented to the town board pursuant to this article, for the establishment or extension of a sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage, water, water quality treatment, park, public parking, lighting, snow removal, water supply, sidewalk, refuse and garbage, aquatic plant growth control district, ambulance district, harbor improvement district, public dock district, beach erosion control district, or a fallout shelter district, the board shall adopt an order and enter the same in the minutes of its proceedings, reciting in general terms the filing of such petition, the boundaries of the proposed district, the improvements proposed, the maximum amount proposed to be expended for the improvement as stated in the petition or the maximum amount to be expended for the performance or supplying of services if a maximum amount is stated in the petition, the estimated cost of hook-up fees, if any, to, and the cost of the district or extension to, the typical property and, if different, the typical one or two family home, and specifying the time when and place where said board will meet to consider the petition and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof, concerning the same. The board shall cause a copy of such order, certified by the town clerk, to be published at least once in the official paper, the first publication thereof to be not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day set therein for the hearing as aforesaid, and shall also cause a copy thereof to be posted on the signboard of the town maintained pursuant to subdivision six of section thirty of this chapter, not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day designated for the hearing as aforesaid. In the event that the town maintains a website, such information may also be provided on the website. Prior to the publication of a copy of the order, the board shall cause to be prepared, and file for public inspection with the town clerk, a detailed explanation of how the estimated cost of hook-up fees, if any, to, and the cost of the district or extension to, the typical property and, if different, the typical one or two family home was computed. b. (1) If the permission of the state comptroller is not required pursuant to section one hundred ninety-four of this article because it is proposed or required that the town in which the district or extension is located shall finance the cost thereof by the issuance of bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness of the town therefor or debt service as proposed to be assumed pursuant to subdivision twelve of section one hundred ninety-eight of this article but the cost to the typical property or, if different, the cost to the typical one or two family home is not above the average cost threshold described in that section, a certified copy of the order of the town board adopted pursuant to this section shall also be filed with the state comptroller on or about the date of the publication of a copy of such order. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph one of this paragraph, the state comptroller shall not be precluded from requiring the submission of additional information or data in such form and detail as the state comptroller shall deem sufficient or from causing an investigation to be made with respect to the establishment or extension of a district or an increase in the maximum amount to be expended. 2. For purposes of this article the following definition shall apply: a. the term "typical property" shall mean a benefited property having an assessed value that approximates the assessed value of the mode of the benefited properties situated in the district or extension that will be required to finance the cost of the proposed improvements;b. the term "typical one or two family home" shall mean a benefited property improved by a one or two family dwelling and having an assessed value that approximates the assessed value of the mode of the benefited properties improved by one or two family dwellings situated in the district or extension that will be required to finance the cost of the proposed improvements: c. the terms "cost of the district or extension to the typical property" and "cost of the district or extension to the typical one or two family home" shall mean the amount that it is estimated that the owner of such a typical property or home within the district or extension will be required to pay for debt service, operation and maintenance and other charges, such as user charges, related to the improvements in the first year following formation of the district or extension or, if greater, in the first year in which both principal and interest on any indebtedness and operation and maintenance costs will be paid. d. the term "mode" shall mean, in connection with assessed value of property, the most frequently occurring assessed value as shown on the latest completed final assessment roll.
