N.Y. Town Law § 209-a: Definitions

§ 209-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following

definitions shall apply:

1. the term "improvement district" shall include only a sewer,

wastewater disposal, drainage, water, park, public parking, lighting,

snow removal, water supply, sidewalk, refuse and garbage, aquatic growth

control, or watershed protection improvement district or ambulance

district in any town, and, in any town bordering upon or containing

within its boundaries any navigable water of this state a public dock or

beach erosion control district;

2. 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;

3. the term "typical one or two family home" shall mean a benefited

property improved by a one or two family dwelling and having as 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;

4. 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 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;

5. 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.