(1) Any owner of an existing residential building, or any owner or lessee of a commercial facility, may make application to the administering agency for a property assessment or reassessment moratorium certificate. The application shall be filed within thirty (30) days before commencing restoration, repair, rehabilitation, or stabilization and shall be filed in a manner prescribed by the administering agency and on a form prescribed by the Department of Revenue. The application shall contain or be accompanied by a general description of the property and a general description of the proposed use of the property, the general nature and extent of the restoration, repair, rehabilitation, or stabilization to be undertaken and a time schedule for undertaking and completing the project. If the property is a commercial facility, the application shall in addition, be accompanied by a descriptive list of the fixed building equipment which will be a part of the facility and a statement of the economic advantages expected from the moratorium, including expected construction employment.
(2) Except as otherwise provided herein, the property valuation administrator, or other assessing official, and the administering agency shall maintain a record of all applications for a property assessment or reassessment moratorium and shall assess or reassess the property within thirty (30) days of receipt of the application. The administering agency shall issue a moratorium certificate only after completion of the project. The applicant shall notify the administering agency when the project is complete and the administering agency shall then conduct an on-site inspection of the property for purposes of verifying improvements.
(3) The applicant shall have two (2) years in which to complete the improvement unless granted an extension by the administering agency. In no case shall the application be extended beyond two (2) additional years. This provision shall not preclude normal reassessment of the subject property.
(4) Any application for an assessment or reassessment moratorium not acted upon by the applicant shall become void two (2) years from the date of application and shall be purged from the files of the administering agency.
(5) An assessment or reassessment moratorium certificate may be transferred or assigned by the holder of the certificate to a new owner or lessee of the property.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 106, effective June 20, 2005. — Created
1982 Ky. Acts ch. 327, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1982.