Process To Revalue
Properly Beqins
Potential home buyers arc not the only ones keep
ing an eye on the Brunswick County real estate mar
ket this spring.
In keeping with its schedule, the Brunswick
County Tax Department began its 1994 property
rovnlijaiion in April.
A team of measurers and listers will visit each
parcel of land to appraise its fair market value before
the end of the year. Such values arc used to determine
the amount of property taxes due to the county at the
current 1991-92 fiscal year rate of 68.5 cents per $100
of valuation.
Plans arc tc- evaluate ic-suu numcs along
Brunswick County beaches later in the year, during
the slower tourist months from October to December,
said Tax Administrator Boyd Williamson.
Homes inland and in more rural areas will be vis
ited first, from April to September.
It will then take about 18 months before notices
showing new tax values arc mailed to property own
ers in November 1993. An independent Brunswick
County Board of Equalization and Review will then
hear appeals from property owners who disagree with
the tax values.
But how will someone know that their property
has been visited?
In the pasi, ihe lax officc has left door hangers on
the homes explaining the process and indicating that
the property has been visited by tax listers. This year,
the department is working on a lax sticker that will
adhere to die electrical meters outside of each home.
A team of eight to nine measurers and listers will
canvass the county with the stickers in hand.
Williamson said state law allows tax deparuncnts
to adjust market values without making on-site in
spections, relying instead on computerized programs
and manuals in the office.
"ii is very iugiiiy recommended thai we go oui
and do the inspections," said Williamson.
The bottom line, said Williamson, is that the job
can be done on a computer.
"The General Assembly says you can do it that
way," said Williamson, "but the general public
doesn't think so."
Officials arc unsure how the 1994 revaluation will
affect values in Brunswick County's resort communi
ties.
Every eight years, counties arc required by law to
revalue property to obtain fair market values. Home
improvements, such as new additions, floating docks
or decks, figure into a home's true market value.
Pedigree Pet Taken By
Leland 'Cat Burglar'
II Y TKKRY POPE
A Lcland resident told Brunswick
County Sheriff's Deputy Steve
Mason Sunday that a burglar stole
her S5(X) pedigree cat.
Someone pried open a front door
to a home on Applcton Road, Mason
reported. The only item missing was
the resident's two-year-old Himal
ayan seal point cat, which is de
scribed as silver and gray with a
black face.
Himalayans arc a breed of domes
tic cats developed by crossing the
Persian and the Siamese. They have
stocky builds with long, thick fur
and blue eyes.
The front door was pried open at
a dcadboll lock, but the home was
neither ransacked nor was anything
else taken. Mason reported.
"The cat is very docile and gen
tle," said Mason.
It had been left in a bedroom with
the door closed. The cat burglary oc
curred between 6:45 p.m. and 9:45
p.m.
In other reports on file at the sher
iff's department:
?A John Deere lawnmowcr was
stolen from the North Brunswick
High School campus between
March 18-23, reported Deputy Pete
Moore. The $700 mower was stored
in a shed next to the baseball field.
?An outboard iTioior was reported
stolen from a home on Forest Hills
Drive in Lcland, sometime between
CRIME REPORT
March 22-29, Mason reported. A
gas line was cut, causing SI 5 in
damage, when the SI ,500 Yamaha
engine was taken.
?Someone stole a kitchcn table
from a home on Goose Creek Road
cast of Bricklanding between Feb.
22 and March 28, reported Deputy
Phil Bryant. Someone pried open a
d(x>r and took the round, maple table
with straight legs, valued at SI 00.
?Bryant also investigated the thelt
of a water pump from a home at
Route 1, Asli. The SI 75 pump was
being installed for a mobile home
lot.
? Damage was estimated at SX(X) to
a car struck by another vehicle while
parked on the shoulder of Sawmill
Road in lite Northwest community
between 1 1 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m.
Sunday, reported Deputy Biian
Sanders. Someone drove into die
right rear side, breaking a light and
leaving a dent in the car.
?While on routine patrol Sunday,
Sanders found the front window to
the Advancc Auto Parts store in
Leland shattered by vandals around
4 a.m. The front right window had
been broken, but nothing was taken
from the store on Village Road, re
ported Assistant Manager Larry
Heutchcr.
?Another car parked on Sawmill
Koucl, next to the New World Disco
building in Northwest, was stolen
Saturday night, reported Moore. The
1987 Chevrolet Celebrity was re
ported missing by Short Brothers
Rent A Car of Wilmington around 2
a.m. The keys were left in the dri
ver's door, Moore stated.
?A car left parked in the Sandpiper
Restaurant lot in Lcland Saturday
was vandalized, Moore reported.
Someone used a baseball bat to
break the rear and side windows to
the 1992 Ford Mustang owned by a
Route 3, Lcland resident.
Taken from the car were a S70
pair of sunglasses and an S85 motor
cycle helmet. The seats were also
damaged and the bat left in the park
ing lot, Moore stated.
?Someone may have stolen mer
chandise from the Family Dollar
Store at the River Run Shopping
Center in Soulhpon, Deputy Cathy
Hamilton reported. Store Manager
Phyllis Vaughan told the store's
home office March 26 that she sus
pected theft from the store, Ms.
Hamilton reported. The store is
checking its records.
?A Maxi Sport moped bike was
found in a wooded area behind a
home at Route 1, Winnabow, off of
Caison Loop Rxwd, Mason reported.
The vehicle may have been aban
doned there. Mason reported. It was
confiscated by deputies.
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