Every inhabitant who is legally blind as determined by the blind services program, bureau of vocational rehabilitation, department of education shall be exempt each year on the assessed value, for property tax purposes, of his or her residential real estate to the value of $15,000, and a city or town may exempt any amount it may determine is appropriate to address significant increases in property values in accordance with the procedures in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72:27-a. The term “residential real estate” as used in this section shall mean the same as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72:29. All applications made under this section shall be subject to the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72:33 and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72:34.