PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Kings Point will hold public hearings at 8:15 p.m., on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at the Village Hall, 32 Steppingstone Lane, Kings Point, New York 11024, with respect to Bills 1B, 2A, and 3 of 2019, which read, respectively, as follows:
1. Bill 1B of 2019, A local law amending Subsection D, of § 161-23, Projections into required yards, of Chapter 161, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Kings Point, with regard to solar panel systems.
Be it enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kings Point.
Section 1. Subsection D, Mechanical Equipment, of §161-23, Projections into required yards, of Chapter 161, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Kings Point, is hereby amended by adding a new subdivision 3, to read as follows:
“(3) With the approval of the Architectural and Preliminary Site Review Board, solar panel systems may be installed without having to meet the restrictions of this section so long as the system meets the following minimum standards:
(a) It shall not be located in a front yard.
(b) It shall not be located within 6 feet of any property line.
(c) It shall not exceed 3 feet in height when fully extended.
(d) It shall be substantially screened from all property lines to the extent that such Board finds that it shall not adversely impact the neighboring properties or the view of the system from the street. Such screening shall include, but not be limited to, evergreen screening between the system and the rear and side property lines, which such screening shall be not less than 6 feet in height when planted and with not more than 5 feet between each plant.”
Section 2. Effective date. This local law shall take effect immediately.
2. Bill 2a of 2019, A local law amending Article XII, Telecommunication Towers, of Chapter 161, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Kings Point, with regard to Small Wireless Facilities.
Be it enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kings Point
Section 1. Legislative Intent. The intent of this local law is to comply with 83 FR 51867, the Federal Rule adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on October 15, 2018, with regard to Small Wireless Facilities.
Section 2. § 161-81, Definitions, of Article 12, Telecommunication Towers, of Chapter 161, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Kings Point, is hereby amended by adding the following definitions:
“COLLOCATION As to Small Wireless Facilities, means mounting or installing an antenna for a Small Wireless Facility on a pre-existing structure; and/or modifying an existing structure for the purpose of mounting or installing an antenna for a Small Wireless Facilities on that structure.”
“FACILITY A structure that is used for the provision of personal wireless service, whether such service is provided on a stand-alone basis or commingled with other wireless communications services.”
“SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES—Facilities that meet the following criteria:
A. The facilities:
(1) Are mounted on structures 50 feet or less in height, including their antennas;
(2) Are mounted on structures no more than 10 percent taller than other adjacent structures; or
(3) Do not extend existing structures on which they are located to a height of more than 50 feet or by more than 10 percent, whichever is greater.
B. Each antenna associated with the deployment, excluding associated antenna equipment, is no more than three cubic feet in volume.
C. The provisions in §§ 161-83 and 161-84, shall not apply and there shall be no required minimum spacing between structures, however:
(1) The spacing and location of the structures shall be such as to minimize the aesthetic impact upon nearby residential dwellings, taking into account property lines, driveways, topography, sight lines, water views, and existing landscaping.
(2) New Small Wireless Facilities shall be placed on existing structures with existing Small Wireless Facilities to the extent feasible, so long as the collocation does not have a material adverse aesthetic impact on nearby residential dwellings from the multiplicity of facilities and associated equipment.
(3) If such new Small Wireless Facilities are not to be placed on existing structures with existing Small Wireless Facilities, they shall be placed on other existing structures to the extent feasible, so long as the location does not have a material adverse aesthetic impact on nearby residential dwellings.
D. All other wireless equipment associated with the structure, including the wireless equipment associated with the antenna and any pre-existing associated equipment of the structure, is no more than 28 cubic feet in volume.
E. The facilities do not require antenna structure registration pursuant to the rules adopted from time to time by the Federal Communications Commission.
F. The facilities do not result in human exposure to radio frequency radiation in excess of the applicable safety standards adopted from time to time by the Federal Communications Commission.”
Section 3. § 161-89, Termination of permit; abandoned or unused towers, of said Article XII, is hereby amended by adding a new subsection C, to read as follows:
“C. Small Wireless Facilities.
In lieu of subsections A and B of this section, the following provisions shall apply to Small Wireless Facilities:
(1) A Small Wireless Facility shall be deemed abandoned after 25 days’ notice to the permittee of nonpayment of a Village fee to maintain the facility, the expiration of a required permit for the facility, or sufficient other reasons by which the Village may reasonably infer that the facility has been abandoned.
(2) All abandoned Small Wireless Facilities and all of the wireless equipment associated with such facilities shall be removed within 45 days after such facilities have been abandoned or have been deemed abandoned.
(3) In the event that such facilities and the wireless equipment associated with such facilities shall not be removed within said 45-day period, such facilities and equipment shall be deemed abandoned and of no further value and may be removed and disposed of at any time thereafter by the Village and the cost of such removal and disposal shall be paid to the Village by the permittee within 30 days of demand by the Village. The permittee shall hold the Village harmless for any claims by any third-party for the Village’s removal and disposal of any such abandoned facilities and equipment.
(4) All notices shall be deemed sufficient if hand-delivered, sent by fax, email, or overnight courier, or mailed by certified mail return receipt requested to the last address, fax number, or email address on file for the permittee with the Village Clerk. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as a notice is actually received, the delivery shall be deemed sufficient.
(5) No performance bond shall be required.’
Section 4. § 161-91, Procedural requirements, of said Article XII, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“A. Non-Small Wireless Facilities.
The Board shall conduct a public hearing within 62 days from the day a complete application is filed with the Village Clerk with the appropriate application fee and deposit. The Board shall issue a decision within 35 days after the conclusion of the public hearing and the recommendations of the Nassau County Planning Commission, whichever is the later to occur.
B. Small Wireless Facilities.
(1) At the discretion of the Board, the Board may conduct a public hearing.
(2) The Board shall use its best efforts and due diligence to review an application to collocate a Small Wireless Facility using an existing structure within 60 days of its receipt of a complete application.
(3) The Board shall use its best efforts and due diligence to review an application to deploy a Small Wireless Facility using a new structure within 90 days of its receipt of a complete application.’
Section 5. Effective date. This local law shall take effect immediately.
3. Bill 3 of 2019, A local law authorizing the Village of Kings Point to levy a property tax in excess of the limit established in General Municipal Law § 3-c.
Section 1. Legislative Intent.
Be it enacted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kings Point.
A. Pursuant to Chapter 97 of the Laws of 2011, the New York State Legislature has enacted a “tax levy limit’ applicable to the Village budget. As a consequence of the severe limitations imposed by that legislation and the complexities of the legislation, the Village may exceed the levy limit for the next ensuing Village fiscal year.
B. While the Village Board of Trustees continually strives to keep taxes to a minimum, the State continues to annually add costly new unfunded mandates to the existing burdensome ones, which requires the Village to make costly expenditures, without the State granting any funds to offset those State mandated expenditures.
C.Because the tax levy limit imposed by the State legislation permits only a minimal increase in the Village tax levy, it may be insufficient to accommodate future expenses.
D.The consequences of exceeding, even inadvertently, the tax levy limit are severe for the Village and future Village budgets. Accordingly, although the Village Board of Trustees does not plan on exceeding the tax levy limit for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 2019, the Board hereby determines that it is in the best interests of the Village, its residents, and taxpayers that the Village be authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year June 1, 2019, which would allow for a real property tax levy in excess of the tax levy limit’ as defined by General Municipal Law § 3-c.
Section 2. Authority.
This local law is adopted pursuant to subdivision 5 of General Municipal Law § 3-c, which expressly authorizes a local government’s governing body to override the property tax cap for the coming fiscal year by the adoption of a local law approved by a vote of sixty percent of said governing body.
Section 3. Tax Levy Limit Override.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Kings Point, County of Nassau, is hereby authorized to adopt a budget for the fiscal year commencing June 1, 2019 that requires a real property tax levy in excess of the amount otherwise prescribed in General Municipal Law § 3-c.
Section 4. Severability.
If a court determines that any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or the application thereof to any person, firm, or corporation, or circumstance is invalid or unconstitutional, the court’s order or judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this local law, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, or part of this local law or in its application to the person, individual, firm, or corporation or circumstance, directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment or order shall be rendered.
Section 5. Effective date.
This local law shall take effect immediately.
Dated: Kings Point,
New York
February 11, 2019
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VILLAGE OF KINGS POINT
Gomie Persaud, Village Clerk-Treasurer
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