Property tax break for crop shelters

Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any permanent structure constructed or installed on any taxable real property consisting of frames or supports and covered by rigid plastic, fiber glass, or other rigid and semi-rigid transparent or translucent material, and including wooden laths, used primarily for the protection of crops shall be exempted in determining and assessing the value of such taxable real property for ten years or for a period of ten years from the first day of January following commencement of construction or installation of the structure on the property for such purpose; provided, that any temporary structure so constructed or installed and covered by flexible plastic or other flexible transparent or translucent material, used for such purpose, shall be so exempted not subject to the ten-year limitation; provided further, that such exemption shall continue only so long as the structure is maintained in good condition. Only structures used for commercial agricultural or horticultural purposes shall be included in the exemption. (Ord. 1076 § 3 (part), 1980: prior code § 6-1.79)