It just occurred to me to look at this issue differently. I have read that one reason municipalities demand building permits is that they can up the value of a property based on the improvements and
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:27:11 -0500
Here in the Midland (MI) area it varies by township. In Homer township where I live a building permit is required only if the tower will be taller than 80 feet. They will accept the engineering spec
Hello Alan. I have not heard off a tower raising the appraised value of property,but with government anything is possible.It does have to do with money.If your state adopt a building code the municip
I had heard that another ham in town, after securing a permit for a 150 foot tower, did have his assessment increased (Story County, Iowa). I do not recall if he appealed or not. After we built our
I was just asking out of curiosity. People sometimes complain that a tower will lower their property values, so I was wondering whether there were any cases of towers doing the opposite. 73 Alan NV8A
When I have gotten permits for towers or other buildings, the taxing authority has simply mechanically increased the valuation by the amount of construction cost, which must be declared on the permit
Its probably not because of my tower farm, but my property value has gone up every time its been reviewed for the last 23 years. Having towers sure hasn't lowered the value, at least according to the
I had a tower in 11 yards of concrete with all the accessories, for 4 years. I put in a pool and the assessor showed up the next month. Don't think they were impressed with the tower. 73 Bill n' ____
Alan et al: I posted the following a few months after I erected my tower in my backyard: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00621.html . Was my increaased assessment due