[Adopted 2-6-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
This article is enacted pursuant to the authority and in accordance with Real Property Tax Law § 458-a, which shall be equally applicable in this article.
A Gold Star Parent (i.e., parents of children who died in the line of duty while serving in the United States armed forces during a period of war) owning qualifying real property shall be eligible for exemption to the extent provided by such § 458-a, provided he/she uses such property as his/her primary residence. Such qualifying residential real property shall be entitled to the maximum exemption, unless the maximum exemption as provided by § 458-a shall be reduced by local law adopted subsequent to this article.