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Union County appeals: Hayes family urges lower valuation over septic, topography and proposed Waxhaw Parkway
Summary
Property owners John and Mary Hayes told the Board of Equalization that steep topography, septic/perk limitations, deed restrictions and a proposed Waxhaw Parkway viaduct reduce marketability and should lower the 2025 land valuation. County appraisers asked the board to rely on neighborhood comps and noted a 45% discount already applied to roughly
John and Mary Hayes appealed the 2025 valuation on two adjoining 10-acre parcels, telling the Union County Board of Equalization and Review that steep topography, septic/perk limitations, deed restrictions limiting subdivision to one house per 10 acres and the routing of a proposed Waxhaw Parkway should reduce the county’s assessed values.
At the hearing the Hayeses described past on-site reviews and said county staff previously applied a 45% discount to roughly 3 acres they identified as nonbuildable. John Hayes said the parcels border active railroad tracks, contain a sliver of land between the road and track that cannot be developed, and that one neighbor must run septic lines…
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