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Hernando County special magistrate hears Motel 6 valuation dispute

Hernando County Value Adjustment Board (special magistrate hearing) · December 5, 2025
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Summary

At a Hernando County Value Adjustment Board hearing, special magistrate Richard Steeves heard evidence from Property Appraiser Daniel Scott and petitioner Russell Payne (Ryan LLC) over the 2025 assessed value for the Motel 6 at 6172 Commercial Way; the hearing closed without an on-the-spot decision.

Richard Steeves, the special magistrate appointed by the Hernando County Value Adjustment Board, presided over a hearing on petition 25-385 challenging the 2025 assessed value for the Motel 6 at 6172 Commercial Way in Spring Hill.

Property Appraiser Daniel Scott presented an evidence packet describing the site (key number 1327166), owned by Spring Hill Hotel LLC, noting a land area roughly 9.7 acres, building area and leasable square footage, original construction in 1966 with an effective age of 1986, and a highest-and-best-use finding of a hotel. Scott read the appraisal workpapers, including Marshall & Swift cost tables, aerials and sketches, and a cap-rate study used to support the office’s valuations.

Scott described both cost and income approaches.…

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