Chesterfield Council Sits Tight on Tax Rate for 2011
City council hears resident complaint over new RV ordinance.
Chesterfield City Council voted 7-0 to keep property tax rates the same for 2011, which is 3 cents per $100 of assessed value. Councilman Randy Logan was absent and didn't vote. The rate includes real estate and personal property, such as cars, RVs and boats. The tax revenue will pay debt service on general obligation bonds for parks, officials said. At the same time, Mayor Bruce Geiger said it was important to keep property values steady during the present economy, and that was why in part he voted to ban recreational vehicles from residential property earlier this year. At the time, he was a council member, not mayor, so he could vote. The RV ban came about in February. A resident of Clarkson Woods, Felix Owens, asked the council Monday …
Felix A. Owens
7:17 pm on Tuesday, September 20, 2011
We, nor any of our neighbors had seen any posting or notification anywhere about RV Residential Parking Restrictions agenda to be discussed prior to a City Council vote. It gave RV owners no opportunity to present their cases prior to law passage. Just the few close neighbors we've spoken to consider it absurd no consideration will be given to Grandfathering addendum despite our appeal to the … more ›