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Editor's Note: Former Art. VII, Business Tangible
Property, adopted 5-11-1998 by Ord. No. 212, was repealed 5-13-2002
by Ord. No. 244.
The purpose of this article shall be to provide
a real estate property tax exemption in total, for dwellings and buildings
that include housing, the land on which they stand not exceeding one
acre in size, or a minimum lot size for zone in which the building
is located, owned by or held in trust for any religious organization
and actually used by its officiating clergy, used as a convent, nunnery
or retreat center by its religious order.
A.
Subject to further legislative authorization by the
General Assembly, dwellings and buildings that include housing, the
land on which they stand, not exceeding one acre in size, or the minimum
lot size for zone in which the dwelling house is located, owned by
or held in trust for any religious organization and actually used
by its officiating clergy, used as a convent, nunnery or retreat center
by its religious order.
B.
This ordinance shall be effective only upon passage
of enabling legislative authorization by the General Assembly and
all taxes shall be retroactively abated for those on the Tax Roll
as of December 31, 2005.
