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Board sustains assessor values on Port Angeles mini-storage parcels; owners cite business intangibles and steep tax increase
Summary
Clallam County hearing examiners sustained assessor valuations for five adjacent mini‑storage parcels at 112 McCarver Street after property owners Donald and Sandra Hawkins argued the assessor did not separate business intangibles from real property.
Clallam County Board of Equalization hearing examiners on Feb. 21 sustained assessor valuations for five parcels of a Port Angeles mini‑storage complex owned by Donald and Sandra Hawkins, despite the owners’ contention that intangibles tied to their business were not removed from the property assessment.
The Hawkinses appealed five assessment notices for property at 112 McCarver Street (petition numbers 2024‑106 through 2024‑110), arguing the parcels should be treated as one business and that the assessor’s comparables relied on much larger statewide facilities. The board heard the appellants’ presentation, comments from the assessor’s representative and appraiser Lee Hancock, and then announced the recommendation to sustain the assessor’s determinations.
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