08-14-2024, 09:37 PM
I discovered this by accident and I'm not sure it still works this way.
If you walk up to the front counter, they will check your TMK for permits, and decline the homeowner exemption if no permits are on file, the logic being that you can't possibly be "living there" without a permitted structure.
If, instead, you ask for the form, take it home, fill it out, and mail it in, it goes to a different person. They will conduct a site visit and grant the exemption if they see some evidence of "living there".
I called a couple of weeks later to make sure they got the form. The guy asked "since I have you on the phone... you have some kind of shack? Is it rectangular? How big is it?" Then he assigned a value to the shack and granted my exemption without ever visiting the property.
I miss that shack.
If you walk up to the front counter, they will check your TMK for permits, and decline the homeowner exemption if no permits are on file, the logic being that you can't possibly be "living there" without a permitted structure.
If, instead, you ask for the form, take it home, fill it out, and mail it in, it goes to a different person. They will conduct a site visit and grant the exemption if they see some evidence of "living there".
I called a couple of weeks later to make sure they got the form. The guy asked "since I have you on the phone... you have some kind of shack? Is it rectangular? How big is it?" Then he assigned a value to the shack and granted my exemption without ever visiting the property.
I miss that shack.