[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Suffern by L.L. No. 6-2010. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Numerous multifamily tax-exempt residential developments exist
in the Village of Suffern. Statistically these developments have produced
an extraordinary demand on the Village's emergency services.
It is the intent of the Board of Trustees in enacting this chapter
that an annual life and safety fee be established in order to permit
the Village to continue to provide the same excellent level of service
to these developments. Recognizing that it would be inequitable to
impose such a fee on established developments, the annual fee will
be applicable only to new developments that have not received a building
permit as of the effective date of this chapter. In adopting this
chapter, the Board of Trustees utilizes the provisions of § 10(ii)(a)(9-a),
10(ii)(a)(12) and 10(ii)(e)(3) of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
A.
An annual life and safety fee of $250 per unit per year shall be
charged to the owners of real property located in the Village of Suffern
which:
(1)
Consist of four or more attached or multifamily residential dwelling
units;
(2)
Are owned by an entity which is exempt from the payment;
(3)
Has occupants who generally reside in the units for more than a month
at a time and/or are tenants pursuant to an oral or written lease
or other arrangement.
B.
The annual life and safety fee will not apply to properties for which
a permanent building permit has been legally and properly issued prior
to the effective date of this chapter.
