Select Board Accepts Assessor—s Recommendation to Reclassify Manufactured Home at 60 Middle Road as Accessory Unit

The Brentwood Select Board voted Sept. 2 to accept a recommendation from the town assessor to merge a manufactured home currently listed on a separate tax card into the primary parcel at 60 Middle Road and reclassify it as an accessory dwelling unit with the address 60A Middle Road. Nut graf: Assessing staff said the separate tax card (212.040.001) carries no land value and appears to have been created in error; merging the value into the main tax card (212.040) and designating the manufactured structure as an ADU will align tax records with the lot—s single-family zoning and reduce the risk of unintended separate ownership. Adrian Summers, the town assessor, prepared a memo and recommended that the tax card for the manufactured house be brought into the 60 Middle Road tax card and designated an ADU, and that the address be changed to 60A Middle Road. Assessing staff said they could not find a clear record showing creation of a separate legal address for 62 Middle Road and that the manufactured structure has no associated land value. The board moved, seconded and voted in favor of the assessor—s recommendation. The action directs assessing staff to adjust tax records and to notify the current owner of the change. Ending: Assessing office will prepare the notification letter to the property owner and update the tax card and address records per the assessor—s recommendation.