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Legislature amends sewer-use law to a unit-based assessment; officials, residents press for fairness measures
Summary
Orange County legislators voted to amend Local Law No. 4 (2008) to change sewer district assessments to a unit-based formula that includes vacant parcels for capital costs; officials and residents raised equity concerns for seniors and discussed implementation details.
The Orange County Legislature’s Rules Committee voted to amend Local Law No. 4 of 2008, the Orange County Sewer Use Law, to change how assessments are calculated for properties in Orange County Sewer District Number 1, County officials said. The amendment replaces references to taxes with benefit assessments and adopts a unit-based assessment formula that charges “units” per lot or unit type (for example, one unit for a single-family residence, two units for a two-family). The change aligns the county’s local law with a map-based planning report prepared for the sewer expansion project and with the method used to calculate capital assessments tied to bonding and interest costs, county staff…
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