12-16-2006, 06:14 AM
As discussed in our WG meetings, identifying and adding unpermitted dwellings to the property tax rolls may be a possible recommendation. Just as some people feel that they are not getting a fair return on their tax dollar, having some people escape valuation of their homes entirely seems even less fair. There are any number of reasonably well built unpermitted dwellings out there that contribute nothing to support the roads, parks, police and fire, civil defense, etc., etc.
How to accomplish adding them to the tax rolls is of course the rub. The county has a building permit amnesty going on now (no extra cost to the permit if you bring the house up to standards). That would be the best way but aside from a newspaper article citing a few individuals I have not heard how well that is going.
How to accomplish adding them to the tax rolls is of course the rub. The county has a building permit amnesty going on now (no extra cost to the permit if you bring the house up to standards). That would be the best way but aside from a newspaper article citing a few individuals I have not heard how well that is going.