I'm going to access tax records for some of the homes I know are not occupied full-time to see if that's how they're being assessed. I don't have a lot of faith that that is what is actually occurring. In fact, I KNOW it's not--from personal experience and I'll just leave it at that.
The approximate finished home cost will be $20 million, including club membership. It will certainly grow the tax base. As far as whether it would affect assessments for existing housing, it would be audacious and unlikely. Not that those forces aren't in place from other sales. The ski base is low altitude but the upper reaches are around 10k. I've been promised a ski tour this winter.More on Wasatch Peaks…
Planning commission approves first subdivision in Wasatch Peaks Ranch ski resort
MORGAN — The Morgan County Planning Commission on Thursday approved the first subdivision for the Wasatch Peaks Ranch resort development despite concerns about an ongoing legal fight that threatens the project. Two residents pushing for a voter referendum on the 11,000-acre project, approved by...www.standard.net
I am not for or against a project like this but it seems every time a planning commission says something will benefit our tax base it only increases the old-timers property taxes and drives them out.
Well done on scoring a promise for a ski tour. I suspect access to the mountain will be highly restricted to members and prospective home owners.
I’m sure you can find plenty of people who are finding ways to avoid it. Creative tax avoidance is not uncommon.
It would be easier to comment on that after the tour.
They must need some experienced patrollers
Please report after your ski tour. I'm curious to hear what the skiing is like.
Or instructors. That's some pretty incredible terrain up there.They must need some experienced patrollers
You talkin' to me?
! I don’t mind paying my fair share but I really HATE being ripped off!Yeah that’s how they do it, sorry to say. Idaho does the same thing.You talkin' to me?
I have homes in 2 states & Utah has been my primary for 20 years. I have only had my out of state residence for a few years & I still spend the majority of my time in Utah. I pay the Primary tax rate on my Utah home but I pay 100% on a lot I also own in Utah. When I bought my first condo in Utah it was my first time owning & I was not aware of the tax laws. For a number of years I was paying the Non-Primary (NP) 100% rate on what was my primary & only residence. When I realized the error I went to the commission where according to their attorney they were only required to refund me 1 year of overpayment. Even though they admitted that I was in the right, they basically said “FU we don’t have to legally pay you, so we are not”. That still irks me 15 years later
I spent 20 years living where the Air Force told my family we'd go. I know all too well what it's like to live in places that are not as desirable (at least for the lifestyle I prefer.) Not being able to afford a home here now is really unsettling.
Air Force bases are usually in pretty decent places. Marine Corps bases much less so.
I'd argue that. Holloman vs. Camp Pendleton would be an example. Minot, Scott, I could name several AFB I would not want to be stationed at and I certainly did not love living in Dayton. There are crappy bases for all the services. Either way, none of the bases we were sent to were places I would choose to live (which was part of the fun of it, I suppose.) Tried for Hill every single move, denied every single time. Fairchild would have been great, but was never an option.
What? I did not know either. I'd have bet lots of money against that and would have lost apparently.
Few people knew about it until one day someone uncovered an ancient Fast Pass sign along with a dunk tank.
That's pretty cool! I new about Ecker jump hill from some of the old timers I met when I first worked at Snowbasin who actually jumped there. I did not know about the Huntsville rope tow.
