Assessors adopt flat quality factor for garages, update accessory-building policy

Sep 9, 2026

The Norton assessors set a uniform quality factor of 1.0 for accessory garages and adopted residential accessory-building assessing criteria to reduce inconsistent coding of garages and similar structures.

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The board adopted a residential accessory-building assessment policy that sets a flat quality factor of 1.0 for garages, leaving separate age-and-condition factors in place. During debate members cited multiple examples where two garages of similar finish had different quality factors, prompting the change to simplify classification.

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