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190 – Establishment or Extension of Improvement Districts.

§ 190. Establishment or extension of improvement districts. Upon a petition as hereinafter provided, the town board of any town may establish or extend in said town a sewer, drainage, water, water quality treatment, park, public parking, lighting, snow removal, water supply, sidewalk, a fallout shelter district or refuse and garbage district, aquatic plant growth […]

190-A – Water Storage and Distribution Districts.

§ 190-a. Water storage and distribution districts. In the manner hereinafter provided, the town board of any town may establish or extend in such town a water storage and distribution district for the purpose of acquiring or developing a supply of water for sale to water and water supply districts within the water storage and […]

190-B – Sewage Disposal Districts.

§ 190-b. Sewage disposal districts. In the manner hereinafter provided, the town board of any town may establish or extend in such town a sewage disposal district for the purpose of conveying and disposing, or conveying, treating and disposing of sewage from sewer districts or wastewater disposal districts within such sewage disposal district. A sewage […]

190-C – Preparation of Maps and Plans.

§ 190-c. Preparation of maps and plans. 1. Upon a petition signed, and acknowledged or proved in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, or authenticated in the manner provided by the election law for the authentication of nominating petitions, by at least twenty-five owners of taxable real property situated within each water […]

190-D – Procedure for Establishment of a Sewage Disposal District.

§ 190-d. Procedure for establishment of a sewage disposal district. All of the provisions of section one hundred ninety-c of this chapter, relating to the preparation of maps and plans and establishment of a water storage and distribution district, shall apply to the preparation of maps and plans and establishment of a sewage disposal district, […]

190-E – Wastewater Disposal Districts.

§ 190-e. Wastewater disposal districts. 1. The town board of any town is hereby authorized to establish or extend a wastewater disposal district, or more than one such district, in said town, outside of any incorporated village or city, for the purpose of administration and planning (including educational programs), design, installation, construction, rehabilitation, replacement, operation […]

190-F – Additional Powers of Sewer Districts.

§ 190-f. Additional powers of sewer districts. Notwithstanding any other provision of law a sewer district may also exercise all the powers of a wastewater disposal district if the map and plan prepared pursuant to section one hundred ninety-c of this article includes on-site wastewater disposal systems.

190-G – Water Quality Treatment Districts.

§ 190-g. Water quality treatment districts. 1. The town board of any town is hereby authorized to establish or extend a water quality treatment district, or more than one such district, for the purposes of (a) procuring by purchase, lease or other means, and installing water quality treatment units or devices, if required; providing periodic […]

191 – Petition.

§ 191. Petition. Except as otherwise provided in the case of a water storage and distribution district, water quality treatment district or sewage disposal district, a petition for the establishment or the extension of an improvement district shall be signed by the owners of taxable real property situate in the proposed district or extension thereof, […]

192 – Maps and Plans for Sewer, Wastewater Disposal, Drainage and Water Districts.

§ 192. Maps and plans for sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage and water districts. Every petition for the establishment or extension of a sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage or water district shall be accompanied by a map and plan prepared by a competent engineer, duly licensed by the state of New York, showing the boundaries of the […]

192-A – Provision for Excess Sewer, Drainage or Water Facilities.

§ 192-a. Provision for excess sewer, drainage or water facilities. 1. The town board, in causing maps and plans to be prepared or in approving the establishment or extension of a sewer, drainage or water district may provide by resolution that the map and plan include sewer, drainage or water facilities in excess of those […]

193 – Notice of Hearing on Petition; Cost to Typical Property; Definitions.

§ 193. Notice of hearing on petition; cost to typical property; definitions. 1. a. Whenever a petition shall be presented to the town board pursuant to this article, for the establishment or extension of a sewer, wastewater disposal, drainage, water, water quality treatment, park, public parking, lighting, snow removal, water supply, sidewalk, refuse and garbage, […]

194 – Establishment or Extension of Districts.

§ 194. Establishment or extension of districts. 1. After a hearing held upon notice as hereinbefore provided and upon the evidence given thereat, the town board shall determine by resolution: (a) whether the petition is signed, and acknowledged or proved, or authenticated, as required by law and is otherwise sufficient; (b) whether all the property […]

194-A – Powers of Town Boards With Respect to Certain Contracts.

§ 194-a. Powers of town boards with respect to certain contracts. Upon the adoption of a resolution, the town board of any town may enter into such contracts, as it may deem necessary, with any person, corporation or association for the purpose of ensuring that the cost of any improvement district will not constitute an […]

195 – Recording of Determination; Review by Certiorari.

§ 195. Recording of determination; review by certiorari. 1. The town clerk shall cause a certified copy of the determination or order of the town board adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article, or adopted pursuant to the provisions of article seventeen-A of the general municipal law, establishing, extending, dissolving or diminishing any district, […]

197 – Performance of the Work.

§ 197. Performance of the work. If the town board shall upon the petition determine to grant the relief sought by the petitioners and establish or extend a district either in whole or in part, or if the town board shall determine to establish or extend a district on its own motion without a petition […]

198 – Powers of Town Boards With Respect to Improvement Districts.

§ 198. Powers of town boards with respect to improvement districts. The town board of every town, except as otherwise provided by law, shall have authority to and may exercise the following powers with respect to improvement districts, heretofore or hereafter established, subject to the provisions of this article: 1. Sewer districts. After a sewer […]