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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 19811013 2 i rC OCTOBER 13, 1981' The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session on Tuesday, October 13, 1981, at 6.30 P.M. in the Commissioners' Room, orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina. Ccumissioners present: Commissioner Richard'M tted, Vice-Chair, and Caamissioners Norman Gustaveson and Nomon. Walker. Ccmni-ssioners absents Comm;ssi.oner.Anne Barnes, Chair,and Commis-' sioner Don Willhoit. Commissioner Nutted chaired the meeting in the absence of Cam-nis sinner Barnes: he stated the.purpose of the meeting, i.e., to hear pro- perty valuation appeals. 1%. The Tax Supervisor, Bill Laws, and Kermit Lloyd from the Tax Office were present. lL. n 4M� Craig and Christie Price, Tax Map 43, Block D, Parcel 9: Mx. Lloyd said he had revisited the property and had no recommendation for a change in the original appraisal.. Mr. Price said he was next door I to a triplex apartment and there was a sewage easement down the middle of his lot as well as the house being very small. The Board thanked the Prices. ' (Mile the Board did not discuss the individual appeals directly 25. following the presentation of those appeals, the Board did discuss the 2(. appeals during the meeting; therefore, for the sake of simplicity and clarity, 27, L am including all discussion for each appeal within the presentation; a copy of 28. the reccmTendations follow on pages of this book. The Clerk.) 29. Mr. Lloyd said the sewer easement ran down the outer edge of the drive- 30 way on the property and he wasn't sure it.was an the property. He said 31. the Places had as much privacy in as anyone else in Lake Forest. He rec- cnmiended no change. .Commissioner Walker moved, seconded by Cm issioner Gustaveson, no change in the valuation, as amended by the Tax office. Vote: Ayes, 3; noes, 0. 35. Kate Lucy Lee , Tax Map 43, Block F, T-ot 4 Mr. Lloyd said he had visited the property on October 7 and he felt 3'7. 36- m the property had been overgraded. He reo naed lowering the grade to B-05 39. 40. 1. 73G - 2. 'T 3. 4. and giving a 20% topographic adjustment because of the lot. Mr. Lloyd 5- said if the Board adopted his reccamendations it would lower the appraised 6. value of this property to $87,521.00. Ms. Lee said that was better than 7. the original appraisal although not as much as she'd have liked. 8. .. Commissioner Gustaveson moved seconded by Omudssioner Whitted, to - 9. . approve the Tax Office's „4ataon and lower Ms. Iee's property 10. valuation to $87,521.00. -Vote. Ayes, 3;- noes, 0.. John Glenn Whitfield, Tax Map 16, Parcel 3 Mr. Loyd said there appeared to be sane mix up concerning a Forestry- 13. Use Plan request by Mr. Whitfield'. Mr. Lloyd said Mr.. Whitfield's land. 14.• was under a valid forestry management program and.had been for many years 15. 7 however u)en he went to list his taxes the lister used the word "plan,-" 16. this terminology apparently confused Mr..Whitfield who thought he had to' 17. prepare a plan for the forestry management program his land was already under. Consequently there was a delay while Mr. Whitfield drew up has 19. Plan and got it approved by the Forestry Service. Mr. Whitfield agreed 20, with Mr. Lloyd's =mw'Y of the situation and said he was told he'd have 21. to have a "plan." During the discussion it was revealed that Mr. Whitfield 22. thinks his land is also in the flood plain. Mr. Lloyd said if that is 23. true some adjustment should be made for the land being in the flood plain. 2tr. Comai.ssioner Walker moved, seconded by Omm_issicner Whitted, to am- 25. sider Mr. Whitfield's request for forestry use on his land a timely re- . G6. quest for 1981 tax purposes. During discussion that followed the Board 27. asked that those which fell into the same category as Mr. Whitfield's 28. be brought to the Board for its review; the Board said it wished to be 29. fair. Mr. Lloyd said there were 4 or S requests and they all involved farm 30. land. 31. Vote: Ayes, 3;noes, 0. 32. John and Grace Roberts Tax Map 40, Block A,Lots 4B and 32 33. Mr. Lloyd said there were two lots in oy question; one is inside the limits _ 34- of Hillsborough and me just outside, although the lots are contiguous. 35. Lot 4 B is mostly fill with a steep drop off; Mr. Lloyd tended a 75% 36. topographic adjustment on this lot with the value changed to $4,250. 37. 38. 39.. 40- 2. 3 30 4. Mx. Llcyd said Tot. 32 was more Valuable than Lot 4 B, although it r. too, consisted of fill. He recamended a 30% topographic adjustment for b. this lot with the value being changed to $20,070. 74 Mr. poberts was satisfied with these recomtTended changes. Cc miissioner Custaveson moved, seconded by Counissioner Whitted, to !. approve and accept the Tax office's recmmendations as described by Mr. 10. Lloyd. Vote: Ayes, 3; noes, 0: _ 11. Ra d J. D' ledina & Catherine, Tax Map Mo Block B. Pa�-eel 17 12. Mr. Lloyd said the Tax office had made an error, i..e., the house was 13. described as having 2 baths when in actuality it had 2] baths. Mr. laoyd... 14. said he rem that the depreciation be changed to 12% but that.no other 15. adjustment be made. .Mr. Dingledine.said the neighborhood was becoming 16. transient due to the number of rentals in the area. 17. Camdssi.oner Walker urwed, seconded by Ownnissiamer Whitted, to accept is, the Tax office's rec=amndation as outlined in the above Paragraph. Vote: 19. Ayes, 3; noes, 0. _`.0. Barry Nakell & LYnne Tax n2 S A,Block C, Iot -3 ?.. Mx. Lloyd said the only error he found was the house was a 1 3/4 storey ..., 22. house rather than 2 stories and he recommended an adjustment for that error 23. only. Mr. Na mll felt the house was overvalued and was worth no more than 24, $79,000. 25. OMMiSsioner Chi Lstaveson moved, seconded by O m issioner[Matted, to approve 26. and accppt the.Tax Office s reoommandaticn of an adjustment for the, error 27. noted above. Vote: Ayes., 3; noes, 0. 26. John B. Norris & EMa, Tax Map 6 A,Block D. 'lots A 5 29. Mr. Lloyd said there was a deep ravine across one of the lots and con- 30. sequently, there was only one building Bite; he reoocrmended that the value 31. be changed from $17,42$ to a total an the two uniuproved lots of $11,610. 32. Coa issi.aner Walker moved, seconded by Om nissicner Custaveson, to - 3. accept and approve the Tax office's reccaffendation. Vote:• Ayes, 3; noes,0. J Donald L. DeBlanc, Ta R Map 4, Parcel S_A 35. Mr. I1oyd said he had revisited the house and reco=erx3ed no change in 36. 37. 380 39. 40. 7 3 r 2 4 2. 3. 4• made in the valuation. Mr. I7eBlanc disagreed and said he felt the house 5. was ovex�-val.ued. 6. C=alssiener whitteci moved, seconded by cannissioner Gustaveson; to 7• approve and accept the Tax Appraiser's recommendation endation of.no change. 8. Vote: Ayes, 3; noes, 0. 9. Elizabeth Grinstead, Tax Map 16, Parcel 32 10.' Mr. -Lloyd said this was a request for farm use; he said Mrs. Grimstead 11. said she mailed the request an but the Tax Office did not receive it. : -- 12. O=mzsioner Walker moved to approve this property for farm use and, to make 13• a release of her tax ball and to rebill:her based on this motion. Can- 14• missianer Gusraveson seconded the motion: Voter Ayes, 3;noes, 0. 15. Robert Hilliard, Tax Map 43, Paroel'l7 16• mr. Lloyd said he re-visited the property and there is no transmission z7• line across the property as Mr. Billiard maintains, only a feeder line.- Mr.: 16• Lloyd recommended no change in the valuation: 19• Camniss=ner Nutted moved, Seconded by C=ai.ssi.oner Gustavesaz, the 20. Tax Appraiser's rwa mandation of no change. Vote:- Ayes, 3; noes, 0. 21. James Kimball. gj,ng, Tax Map 79, Block D, Lot 9 22,, Mr, Lloyd said he had tried to re-Visit the house but the lady at ham 23. would not permit him in. He feels that the valuation is in line with 24. 'other homes of a similar age. Mr. King said his mother does not norma.Uy 25. let persons into the -has whom she does not know. . Mr. King said he would 26. be glad to meet with Mr. Lloyd and let him see the house. Mr. King elaborated 27. saying the house needs new plumbing, f,Rmace, wiring and there is termite. 28. damage. He continued saying the lot was too small and faced.mx*ber house 29■ only a few feet from then, he said he had to get a special use permit when 30• he bought the house and feels he'd have a problem re-selling it. After 31• discussion, Mr. Lloyd said he'd like to go inside the house before he made 32. a recommendation to the Board. An appointment to see the house was made and 33- this appeal is to be returned to the Board of Oammissioners on October 29. 34• Jeffrey L. rblex, Tax Map 87, Block D, Lot 16 35. Mr. Lloyd said he had re-visited the bare but was not able to get insi.cb. 36• He recommends increasing the physical depreciation from 34% to 40% and that 37. the lot be given a 10% economic depreciation because it's transitional from 38. 39. 40. 2. .3• 4• rcial property to residential. Mr. Obler said the Credit Union pJ=g 5° lot was next to his home and there was a trailer behind the house too. He said these are numerous rental units in disrepair across the street. cbmmissioner Gustaveson moved, seconded by Dbmmissioner Walker, to 8. approve and accept the Tax Supervisor's rec=nmdaticn. Vote: Ayes, 9. 3; noes, 0. 0. Agenda Item 2: village Lands2a�tg . 11. The request was postponed from the October 5th meeting of the Board of Commissioners. Scott Williams, Jr., asks that the valuation he listed- 13. for 1981. for business personalty be reduced to $4,000. 1L-. Village.Iandscaping was not present for this meeting._ 15, rams ssioner Gustaveson, Canmii,ssioxa<r 4rhitted moved, seconded by to lb, deny the request for tax release and-the valuation listed by Mr. Williams .17, remain the same. Vote: Ayes, 3; noes, 0. 18. With no further business to coma before the Board, it adjourned the 190 meeting by consensus. 20. - ?1 Richard Whitted, Vice-chair 73. Paulette ipridgen-pond, clerk 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. _33• 35• 36. 37. 38° 39. 40.