Sec. 8-380. Fixing of assessments in housing development zones.

      Sec. 8-380. Fixing of assessments in housing development zones. Any municipality which includes an area which has been designated as a housing development zone pursuant to section 8-378 shall provide, by ordinance, for the fixing of assessments on all commercial and residential property in such zone which is improved during the period when such area is designated a housing development zone and, in the case of residential property, is occupied by families whose income is less than one hundred fifty per cent of the median family income of the municipality. Such fixed assessments shall be for a period of eleven years from the time of such improvement and the municipality shall defer any increase in assessment attributable to such improvements according to the following schedule:

YearPercentage
Of Increase Deferred
First100   Second100   Third90 Fourth80 Fifth70 Sixth60 Seventh50 Eighth40 Ninth30 Tenth20 Eleventh10       (P.A. 87-378, S. 5.)