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Kenai Peninsula Borough board upholds assessor value in Burke appeal over removed override
Summary
The Board of Equalization upheld the assessor’s $209,700 valuation for a Homer-area parcel despite the appellant’s argument that a prior flood-related override should not have been removed because high groundwater persists.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Equalization on May 21 upheld the borough assessor’s recommended value of $209,700 for parcel 05514036 after hearing an appeal from property owner Toby Burke.
Burke, who lives on Bowie Avenue, told the board that the borough’s 2015 override on his home’s assessed value — placed after a localized flooding event — should not have been removed because chronic high groundwater and recurring drainage problems remain. "The removal of that override is arbitrary and capricious," Burke said, describing perennial high water and septic-system impacts on his property.
The assessing department described its process and records to the panel. Joseph Nations,…
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