August 09, 2010

Task force recommendations

Read through it briefly.  The one that jumps out at me is seeking special legislation to tax 4 units or more of residential housing at a commercial rate.     Bad enough we have  a dual tax rate:
  1. Commericial
  2. Residential
Now we in essence will be having three three classes
  1. Commericial
  2. Residential (3 units or less)
  3. Residential (4 units of more)
Let me ask stupid question, why should a 2 or 3 unit residential be considered residential, but once you hit 4 now it is commercial??? 

3 comments:

Paulie's Point of View said...

in Somerville I have to pay a added trash pick-up fee on my seven unit property...do people generate more trash if they live in a residential building that is larger than a three unit

Nick said...

Yeah that 4 unit mark seemed more political than anything. So many triple deckers in Worcester, a sizable opposition might materialize!

Residential should be broken up by owner occupancy status rather than by units.

Bill Randell said...

Nick:

Thank you....

This will never get approved under special legislation. Complete waste of time.


Bill