[AT] Subdivision Development

[charlie hill]

We have the same thing here Walt.  It is referred to as use tax.  Meaning 
that the land is taxed according to it's use.  Agricultural use land is 
valued at a much lower value than the same tract would be if it were bought 
by a developer and left idle.  ( I know that doesn't make sense but that's 
what they do.)   The only catch to it is this.  If you are a farmer or 
developer who continues to farm a tract and keep it under ag use and you 
decide to turn it into a subdivision, etc. then they go back for 3 years, 
recalculate the value and make you pay the difference in the taxes.

Charlie
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Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Subdivision Development


> You guys need a prop 13 CA or Measure 5 OR to  control your out of control
> government. I payed just over $600 this year thanks  to Measure 5 and 
> Farms are
> taxed at a much lower amount than the rest of the  country is.   We keep
> getting little increases for those silly things  like a new scholl or 
> firehouse but
> mostly we vote them down and the expert  figure out how live with what 
> they
> have. Amazing how good they are at this when  you pull the rug out from 
> under
> them. they all cry poor but they seem to get  along OK without the big 
> money.
> One city completey paved every street in town  with what they had and the 
> one
> next door asked for extra money and then couldn't  even fix one road that 
> was
> state hyway with what they got. OH they did fix the  downtown two block of
> wider sidewalks and areas that jut out into the street so  that the big 
> trucks
> can't make the turns with out running over them. and this  was supposed to 
> bring
> more people to town to shop even though it cut the parking  in half. Hey 
> I've
> had my say I'll shut up now.
>
> Back to tractor PLEASE  before we have another full blown fight over this
> stuff.
>
> Walt  Davies
> Cooper Hollow Farm
> Monmouth, OR 97361
> 503 623-0460
>
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