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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 17, 2004 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Applications for Property Tax Exemption <br />DEPARTMENT: Assessor PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Exempt Status Resolution <br />Spreadsheet <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Smith, ext. 2101 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider four (4) untimely applications for granting exempt status from <br />ad valorem taxation for the 2004 tax year. <br />BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statutes state that applications for exemption must <br />be filed during the normal listing period, which is during the month of January. NCGS 105- <br />282.1(a)(5) does allow some discretion. Upon a showing of good cause by the applicant for <br />failure to make a timely application, an application for exemption or exclusion filed after the <br />close of the listing period may be approved by the Department of Revenue, the board of <br />equalization and review, the board of county commissioners, or the governing body of a <br />municipality, as appropriate. An untimely application for exemption or exclusion approved <br />under this subdivision applies only to property taxes levied by the county or municipality in the <br />calendar year in which the untimely application is filed. <br />Orange Community Housing & Land Trust is applying for exemption based on NCGS <br />105-278.6, which allows exemption for real and personal property used for charitable purposes <br />providing housing for individuals or families with low or moderate income. Victory Harvest <br />Church is applying for exemption based on NCGS 105-278.3, which allows exemption for real <br />and personal property used for religious purposes. Based on the information supplied in the <br />current applications and the above referenced general statutes the applicants can be approved <br />for 2004. The opinion of the Assessor is that the information provided to date satisfies the good <br />cause requirement of NCGS 105-282.1(a)(5) and that the four (4) properties should be <br />approved for exemption. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The reduction in the County's tax base associated with approval of these <br />exemption applications will result in a reduction of 2004 taxes due to the County, municipalities, <br />and special districts in the amount of $16,569.81. <br />