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Canterbury select board asks for records after resident learns parcel reclassified, $40,000 charge cited
Summary
Select board members reviewed a longtime property tax discrepancy after a resident said a 141-acre “backland” parcel moved from unbuildable to buildable on town records; the board asked staff to produce revaluation notices and the current-use application and tabled further action.
Canterbury Select Board members reviewed a tax-billing dispute after a resident said town records reclassified a 141-acre backland parcel as buildable, producing an unexpected assessment increase and a $40,000 payment figure.
The board moved to gather the assessor’s notices and the parcel’s current-use application and to revisit the matter at the next meeting to determine whether a clerical error or another issue produced the reassessment.
The resident told the board, “the amount of the, request for the payment is $40,000,” and said they…
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