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Local business owner presses county on tax‑deed parking‑lot dispute; county outlines options including special assessment or foreclosure
Summary
A Sumter County business owner pressed the board to resolve a multi‑year tax‑deed dispute over a commercial parking lot the county now holds; county counsel outlined options including conveyance to a condo association, an MSBU special assessment, waiving back taxes, or code enforcement that could end in foreclosure.
Dr. Brent Compton, a local physician and business owner, asked the Sumter County Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 11 to resolve a long‑running dispute over a parking lot that now appears to be owned by the county after prior tax‑deed proceedings and litigation.
Compton said he recently purchased commercial property whose shared parking area was later split into a separately taxed parcel; past owners failed to pay taxes and the parcel ultimately went through tax‑deed sale and litigation. County counsel explained the…
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