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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
Fine. Then refund property taxes. You can't say these "non homeowners" have to pay property tax. If they don't own homes then don't charge them as if they did. Pretty simple really.
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I just did a quick search on the city assessement site and after scrolling through 4 pages, the highest value I saw was $71k. The lowest was around $11k and most (at a quick glance) were around the $15k-$20k range.
Using the city's tax calculator, based on 2017 tax rates, the person with the $71k home paid about $453, the person at $11k paid $70 (for the whole year), and the average would have been around $95-130/year.
So to refund them, how far back would you go? I'd say maybe 3 years to when the plan for the new park feel through. That means people will be getting at most $1500-2000 (the family assessed at $71k would get $1359) with most people getting $200-300. Personally I'd take the $20k the city is offereing.