§ 209-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following
definitions shall apply:

1. the term "improvement district" shall include only a sewer,
wastewater disposal, drainage, water, park, public parking, lighting,
snow removal, water supply, sidewalk, refuse and garbage, aquatic growth
control, or watershed protection improvement district or ambulance
district in any town, and, in any town bordering upon or containing
within its boundaries any navigable water of this state a public dock or
beach erosion control district;

2. the term "typical property" shall mean a benefited property having
an assessed value that approximates the assessed value of the mode of
the benefited properties situated in the district or extension that will
be required to finance the cost of the proposed improvements;

3. the term "typical one or two family home" shall mean a benefited
property improved by a one or two family dwelling and having as assessed
value that approximates the assessed value of the mode of the benefited
properties improved by one or two family dwellings situated in the
district or extension that will be required to finance the cost of the
proposed improvements;

4. the terms "cost of the district or extension to the typical
property" and "cost of the district or extension to the typical one or
two family home" shall mean the amount that is estimated that the owner
of such a typical property or home within the district or extension will
be required to pay for debt service, operation and maintenance and other
charges, such as user charges, related to the improvements in the first
year following formation of the district or extension or, if greater, in
the first year in which both principal and interest on any indebtedness
and operation and maintenance costs will be paid;

5. the term "mode" shall mean, in connection with assessed value of
property, the most frequently occurring assessed value as shown on the
latest completed final assessment roll.