Re: [TowerTalk] Towers and property values

[ersmar@comcast.net]

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 to the presence of the tower?  Coincidence?  
You be the judge.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Alan NV8A <nv8a@att.net>
> 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 
> then collect more property tax.
> 
> Are there cases where people have been granted a permit for a tower on a 
> residential property and had the value raised as a result?
> 
> (Neither of these applies here: (a) Michigan property values can be 
> raised by more than the CPI only when the property changes hands; (b) in 
> this municipality -- and many surrounding ones -- permits are not 
> required for towers and antennas used by FCC-licensed amateurs.)
> 
> 73
> 
> Alan NV8A
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