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Property owner challenges $65,000 assessment for 5.08-acre Weed parcel; board hears assessor, owner and neighbor
Summary
Christine Cole appealed a $65,000 supplemental assessment on 5.08 acres in Hammond Ranch (Weed); the assessor defended the $65,000 valuation using sales comparables, while Cole and a former owner argued poor access, steep slopes and dense timber reduce marketability and requested a $30,000 value.
Christine Cole asked the Siskiyou County Assessment Appeals Board to lower a supplemental assessment on a 5.08-acre vacant parcel off Oak Ridge Drive in the Hammond Ranch area of Weed, saying the county's $65,000 valuation greatly exceeds market reality for the lot.
An assessor's office representative presented a sales-comparison analysis that produced a range of $64,000 to $155,000 for similar land and recommended the assessor's supplemental valuation remain at $65,000, citing the subject's slope, tree density and the comparables provided. The assessor told the board the sales-comparison approach…
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