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Upper limit of Owner Annual Assessment Fee

  • 12 May 2015 10:34 AM
    Message # 3340578

    Does anyone know if Section 3102 of the Statutory Law actually limits the total annual assessment of an individual? The wording says "The commissioner's or board's apportioning of the cost of repairs to the road undertaken pursuant to the provisions of section 3101 may not exceed 1% of an individual owner's municipal property valuation in any calendar year."

    I was hoping it literally relates just to road repair costs, not plowing or liability insurance premiums. For our small potential road association, winter plowing/sanding costs almost max out a 1% limit, let alone do any actual "repairs" to the road.  

    Also, I assume the "owner's property value" refers to the town assessed value of the actual lot(s) involved in the association--not other property he/she might own elsewhere.  

  • 06 Jun 2016 4:24 PM
    Reply # 4060182 on 3340578
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    See Cliff Goodalls' answer to the May 2016 post on Municipal Valuation of Lots in Tree Growth.  The value you should be using is the value before any deductions for tree growth, homestead exemption, etc.  This may help you.  On the other hand, Cliff has also explained elsewhere that the amount of the dues includes all expenses, from plowing to maintenance to liability insurance, etc.  You can't separate them and limit just the maintenance fee to the 1%, unfortunately.

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